Word: russian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...disciplinarian of the complex process of moving copy and the autocrat of TIME style has been the quiet, tough-minded chief of the copy desk, Harriet Bachman. This month she decided to retire from policing abbreviations, hyphens, capitals, captions, etc., to tend to her antique collection and study Russian. In announcing Bachman's retirement, Managing Editor Henry Grunwald wrote: "We will miss her as the supreme arbiter of grammar and defender of TIME's English prose against many enemies, ranging from outright barbarism to simple negligence...
Early in the week, Moynihan got into a short but sharp verbal tussle with his Russian counterpart. The admission of the P.L.O. delegation, Moynihan protested, showed a "totalitarian" disregard for due process that threatened to turn the U.N. into "an empty shell." Soviet Ambassador Yakov Malik replied: "I agree with the professor, who lectured us that totalitarianism is a terrible thing indeed. But no less terrible is gangsterism." Moynihan had the last, somewhat heavy word: "Totalitarianism is bad, gangsterism is worse, but capitulationism is the worst...
...Soviet Central Army Sports Club did not show on the scoreboard: the game ended in a 3-3 tie. Moreover, Central Army defeated the Boston Bruins, and the second Soviet team, the Wings, beat the Chicago Black Hawks, clubs that are leading their respective N.H.L. divisions. All told, the Russian teams ended their tour with five wins, two defeats...
...Russians' defensive style is less sophisticated. In fact, the goaltender is the first-and final-line of defense. The Soviet defensemen do not use their bodies to deter opponents as willingly or as often as their N.H.L. counterparts, and the Russian forwards backcheck hardly at all. But with Vladislav Tretiak guarding the goal, there seemed to be little need. He averaged 39 saves in the four games he played and astounded observers with his catlike reflexes...
...Crimson finally started their Russian weave, switching the center and a wing. This spreading of the B.C. defense paid off for Harvard as Dan Dilorati scored at 19:44 of the opening period...