Word: soviet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stability & Peace. Though Russia had attempted to snuff out these gains by clamping down on Berlin, "the Soviet planners," said Clay, "failed to recognize our strength in the air . . . The airlift to Berlin is not a makeshift operation. It is a well organized, efficient and precisely timed operation which can provide the minimum essentials for the people of Berlin indefinitely . . . Our airmen . . . have not wavered in bad weather; nor in the face of contemptible threats...
Judd: And with the Asiatic continent under control of Soviet Russia, what would be the position of Japan...
Both flyers had been regular listeners to the "Voice of America" broadcasts. Said Barsov: "I believe everyone within range who has a radio listens to the broadcasts . . . The Russian people are really interested in life in the United States and they know the Soviet press and radio are not giving the true picture...
Every statesman, in his first go at negotiating with Russia, thinks that he will succeed where others have failed. Argentina's Juan Bramuglia was no exception. Nervously chain-smoking his black Argentine cigarettes, he spent two weeks shuttling back & forth between the Soviet Embassy and the headquarters of the Western delegations, trying to work out a compromise for the Berlin crisis...
...Camp McCauley airstrip near Linz, Austria, a Russian two-engine light bomber bounced on to the field, overshot the strip and crumpled into a fence. Out climbed a handsome Soviet air force lieutenant, English grammar in hand. "I is Russian pilot," he said. "Where is Linz...