Word: slavic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colleges. However far removed this is sue may seem from the crisis of the mo ment in the Persian Gulf or Eastern Europe, the ability of the U.S. to deal with those regions ten or 20 years from now will depend hi part on the vigor of Arabic and Slavic studies around the country. A presidential commission correctly concluded hi 1979 that "American incompetence in foreign languages is nothing short of scandal ous and it is becoming worse." One so bering example: when a Soviet soldier hi Afghanistan briefly sought asylum at the U.S. embassy hi Kabul last Sep tember...
Ethan Burger '81 and Frederick Schneider '82 are Slavic Studies concentrators who returned in January from a semester at Leningrad State University...
Donald Fanger, chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, said yesterday he was "more concretely optimistic than at any time in the recent past" that Stanlslaw Baranczak, who has been invited to join the department, will be allowed to leave Poland. Baranczak, a 33-year-old poet, was allowed to take a brief trip to Stockholm in December, but Polish authorities must still grant him a separate passport for him to begin the three-year associate professorship first offered by Harvard...
Jurij Striedter, professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, suggested that Nagy's proposal be modified allowing certain courses to have optional finals. Students not taking the final examination, no matter what the reason, would be evaluated on their performance throughout the term...
...dead. Surveying all, he looked first to the north And at the pole, he caught sight of a gleam; A Cadillac in chrome was riding forth, Pulled by a twelve-man transition team. "What can this mean?" asks Bok of his stern guide, Who answers thus in Slavic-sounding voice: "This year a new man takes the Yuletide ride, Delivering gifts to rich and poor--rejoice!" Bok looks puzzled, turns and asks, "Who are you--Don't tell me you're a share-the-wealth type!" The guide turns east, stares into the blue, He sees red, then says...