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Word: sigua (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1991-1991
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...tell it, conspiracies seethe around him. At the national level, Mikhail Gorbachev is scheming to "create a civil war" in the southern republic with the help of "40,000 KGB agents," while fellow Georgian Eduard Shevardnadze, the former Soviet Foreign Minister, is a "provocateur." At the state level, Tengiz Sigua, the Georgian prime minister until six weeks ago, is "a liar and a criminal" who, Gamsakhurdia says, "is making a coup against me." At the grass-roots level, the thousands who now take to the streets daily demanding Gamsakhurdia's resignation are all "plotters" and "criminals." Even Washington is colluding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Paranoia Run Amuck | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

...treadmill: too many fruits and minerals but not enough export-oriented industry. Georgia still relies on imported grain, meat, sugar and dairy products to feed itself. Supplies have become so short that earlier this month Gamsakhurdia forbade the export of vegetables, meat and building materials. Charges former prime minister Sigua: "Gamsakhurdia has already destroyed the few sprouts of a free market economy that were beginning to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Paranoia Run Amuck | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

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