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Word: russianize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Small wonder that any Russian artist with integrity finds life difficult if he values his health. He has two choices: paint according to the Soviet realist standards of the Minister of Culture or paint in the privacy of his own closet...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Bourgeois Art | 2/10/1959 | See Source »

...Soon we will be able to travel to Mars, to Pluto, to Venus," a professor told his Russian students. "Are there any questions?" A student in the back of the class raised his hand. ''When," he asked, "can we travel to Vienna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: SOVIET JOKES | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Asked whether gum is manufactured in the Soviet Union, a Russian grins and replies: "No, we Communists consider that to chew without swallowing is unproductive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: SOVIET JOKES | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...Russian, meeting an American tourist carrying a transistor radio, says: "We have those too.'' and then adds: "What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: SOVIET JOKES | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...Russian was convicted by a Soviet court of having called the Minister of Culture a fool. He got a 20-year sentence: five years for slander and 15 for revealing a state secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: SOVIET JOKES | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

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