Word: seven
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They came seeking help, rushing past surprised Soviet guards and bursting into the U.S. embassy in Moscow last June 27. The seven Soviet citizens are now holed up as unwelcome guests in a 20-ft. by 12-ft. basement room (plus kitchen and bath). They are permitted no mail through diplomatic channels, cannot meet with reporters in the embassy building, and live in relative isolation. But they are adequately fed, at U.S. expense. Sympathizers have sent them books, and even a game of Russian Scrabble...
This time, distrustful of Soviet promises that they will not be arrested, all seven are holding out for guaranteed emigration for their entire families. For the Vashchenkos, that means 13 children. As a further complication, one son is already in prison for pacifist defiance of the army draft. Another will reach draft age next month and faces possible imprisonment...
...this presents American Ambassador Malcolm Toon with a seemingly insoluble problem. He hopes the seven will leave voluntarily, but that appears as likely as the prospect that the Soviets will let the son out of prison and the families emigrate. On the other hand, the U.S. can hardly turn these refugees out into the street. The plight of the Vashchenkos and Chmykhalovs dramatically illustrates the condition of thousands of dissenting Protestants who want to quit the U.S.S.R. so they can practice their faith without government restrictions, most notably on the religious education of their children. In Kiev last month, newly...
...Brown oarsmen won the Head of the Charles in October and seemed poised to make an assault on the rowing aristocracy. But the San Diego race and a disastrous three-tenths-of-a-second loss to Boston University, a squad Brown, destroyed by seven seconds last year, indicates the Bruins might be a year away...
...race, as the Crimson average only 6-ft.-2-in. and 185-lbs., small by coach Harry Parker's usual standards. The Bruin's pre-season roster showed four of the varsity boat averaging 6-ft.-4-in. or more. Additionally, Brown has the advantage of experience, with seven of the 1978 eight returning...