Word: russianize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...renewal of the Lacey-Zaroubin exchange agreement accentuates the difficulties and dangers of cultural exchanges as well as its immense potential. For despite clauses providing increased interchange of teachers and cooperation on medical research, conflict between Russian and American proposals suggests a fundamental divergence of aims...
...Russians. "After many years of international tension," began De Gaulle, "some signs of an easing of the situation are visible on the part of the Soviet world." Most important cause of the new Russian attitude, suggested De Gaulle, is the personality of Nikita Khrushchev, "discerning as he does that at the supreme level of responsibility," peace "is the supreme realism." But along with this tribute to his future guest, De Gaulle coolly offered the opinion that Russia had good cause to be conciliatory toward the West, since, internationally, the Soviets are leading from several weaknesses. There are the natural aspirations...
Throughout, the Soviet government maintained a discreet silence. Remarked the press attache of the Russian embassy in Rome: "We have no comment-except that Italians talk too much...
...conducting stint last week was the high point for a touring musical contingent from Russia, including Composers Dmitry Shostakovich, Konstantin Dankevich, Tikhon Khrennikov, Fikret Amirov, and Music Critic Boris Yarustovsky. As they were on their previous stops-Washington,. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Louisville, Philadelphia, New York -the Russians were strenuously entertained in Boston. As usual, they gave no individual interviews, uttered polite platitudes about music. What distinguished the Boston visit was the obvious affection the visitors had for the Boston Symphony, the first U.S. orchestra to tour Russia (in 1956), and for its Russian-born or Russian-speaking musicians. During...
Misplaced Modifier. In Louisville, while trying energetically to pronounce a difficult word in a Russian-language class, University of Louisville Coed Brooke Johnston dislocated her jaw, had her mouth shut by a doctor, could not open it again for a fortnight, had no recourse but to drop the course...