Word: russianize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...liked your June 22 story, "Rubbernecking in Russia," since I returned on June 10 from 15 days on the first American bus tour in Russia. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay, and I take exception to "the food is heavy and generally dull." At all times, I liked the Russian food; it was always different, and rather exciting as you never knew what, when or how long it took to be served. We had eggs, fish, cheese, etc. for breakfast...
...diplomat," the Russian said...
Justified Summit. On all sides then, homework seemed unnecessary, grand new schemes seemed futile, and the only purpose (in Russian and British eyes) seemed to be to prepare a conclusion that would give nothing away, would solve nothing, and would merely refer things to the heads of government for a summit conference. The U.S. objective remains the removal of the Soviet threat to West Berlin, and the threat, in fact, is the real reason that Secretary Herter is talking with the Russians in the first place. President Eisenhower had made it clear that Geneva had not yet "justified" the summit...
...Spokesmen, ranging from Nikita Khrushchev ("I desist from attacking and welcome you," he told seven junketing U.S. Governors) to touring Frol Kozlov ("Is a proposal to hold negotiations an ultimatum?"), mixed menacing warnings and unyielding basic positions with genial talk about how agreement was possible. But the most significant Russian clue of all, though buried in the midst of invective, was Andrei Gromyko's hurt complaint that the Russian position had been misrepresented in Herter's TV report to the U.S. If an East German-West German committee were set up to explore German reunification, there would...
...Hurdler Martin Lauer, 22, knows how to get in shape. His workouts, though short, are incredibly intense. His basic technique is a series of short, full-throttle sprints broken by what he calls Laufhupser (local dialect for grasshopper), i.e., a sort of Russian balletlike leap touching chest to thighs in midair...