Word: russianness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the first attempt to secure Poppe's entrance into the United States failed, Parsons asked Edward Mason, a member of the Russian Research Center's executive committee, to seek help from State Department official George F. Kennan...
During the '40s, Parsons also sought to appoint two Soviet citizens who fought for the Nazis during the war, the article says. The Nation reports that the two were not allowed into this country, but they gathered information from other Soviets living in postwar Germany for the Russian Research Center...
...glad you're sticking behind me, George. A while ago, I almost believed those press reports that you didn't think I had the discipline to manage Pentagon reform after I rammed Ron's defense buildup through the Senate. You know, George, if the stink about my seeing that Russian woman down in Houston taught me anything, it's that sometimes it's better to have a little restraint, even if it means turning down a piece...
...outbreaks of hostilities in Asia seriously disturbed China. One was the invasion of Kampuchea by Viet Nam, a Soviet ally, which eventually provoked a "punitive attack" by Chinese troops on Hanoi's territory. The second was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which revived China's longstanding fear of Russian "hegemony...
...only is Beresford's script guilty of being mundane, it is also sloppy. In deference to U. S.-Soviet glasnost relations, the writers have deftly swayed away from any direct attacks on the Russian government. Porizkova's Nina does not come from the Soviet Union, but is rather supposed to be a native of Romania. But the temptation of using the KGB as an obvious foil to the good American guys seems to have been irresistible, and so we see it re-enacted again. Once more, in the spirit of James Bond and other spy thrillers, we see a plot...