Word: russian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spokesmen indicated that there would soon be an intermission in step-by-step negotiations by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and a return to the full-scale Geneva Conference. Ar abs favor the conference because they could speak as a bloc and they would also be supported by a Russian voice as forceful as that of Washington. Damascus predicted resumption of Geneva talks in early January. In Cairo, they were expected to resume soon after So viet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev makes his first trip to Egypt...
...owned cars; the buses and trolleycars in the cities are jammed, though people insist on giving up their seats to foreigners. The trains between cities are beautiful, with lace curtains and swivel chairs and stewardesses serving tea. But since not many people ride the new American 707s or old Russian planes with ventilation systems that let in the clouds, their schedules are pretty flexible. You call ahead about the flight and then wait at the airport till the weather's right. When the plane from Hangchow did take off we almost reached Canton, ran into a storm, and flew back...
Tamara Mitchell, soprano, and Judith Kogan, piano, present a recital of Russian art songs...
...about the fall of Europe. The U.S. also might be influenced by the European desire to appease the oil producers. I see a period in which the free world will be in economic decline. This has its political and military implications in terms of readiness and determination to withstand Russian aggression, especially in the Middle East...
SYRIA lost 103 of its 200 MIG-21 jets in the October war, and 36 of its 80 MIG-17s. The U.S.S.R. has not only replaced all the downed planes with fast MIG-21s but given the Syrians 45 MIG-23 fighter-bombers, the Russian equivalents of the vaunted U.S. F-4 Phantoms. To fly them, the Syrians have cadres of Soviet-trained Cuban and North Korean pilots. In addition, the Russians have given the Syrians 30 Scud ground-to-ground missiles, which have a range of 180 miles and could hit both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv from positions well...