Word: russianism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...manned atomic bomber, declares Paratrooper Gavin, will be out of business even before the intercontinental ballistic missile is on hand to replace it. Date for the bomber's "early obsolescence": the moment effective Russian "surface-to-air missiles carrying nuclear warheads are on the site in numbers." If such deterrent protection is to be retained, argues Gavin, "we will have to step up missile production so as to have, at an early date, an arsenal of combat-ready, mobile, intermediate and long-range missile systems...
...Russian medical researchers raised the hopes of multiple sclerosis* victims in 1956 with claims that they had 1) found the virus that causes the illness, and 2 made a vaccine that is useful in treating...
Discussing the University of Moscow, a "monument of faith and conviction of the Russian people in education," Hunt called the facilities there "among the finest I have ever seen--like a private club...
Another significant principle is regimentation. In illustration, Hunt stated that no Russian children may write left-handed. "The educational process is largely regurgitative," he added, "for there are no controversial issuse...
...conclusion, Hunt said that although "sobered" by what he observed, he disapproved of people who, regardless of the ideological disparity between American and the USSR, return from Russia strongly endorsing the Russian system...