Word: soviet
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Nelson points to the recent seizure of Kabul by fundamentalist forces to illustrate his fears of Islamic violence; in fact, the victory of the Taliban brings the country closer to the resolution of the civil war to which the U.S. has abandoned Afghanistan following the Soviet withdrawal. Nelson also points to Algeria and Turkey as countries which have embraced Islamic fundamentalism and threaten "freedom." As the defender of freedom, Nelson should have pointed out that in both countries, Islamic fundamentalists came to power legitimately through the democratic process. In Algeria, the military's suppression of democratic electoral results which awarded...
Whiteside is also one of Harvard's own. Having graduated in 1987 with a degree in Russian and Soviet studies, Whiteside moved on to study theater improvisation and performed with troupes in Boston. According to Whiteside, however, the biggest achievement of his life came when he toured with the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus as a clown in "The Greatest Show on Earth." "Snappy Crayons" is Whiteside's first attempt at choreographing a dance/theater production...
...from agents later that all the ailing prisoners had died. In the course of the war, Corso, who was a senior Army intelligence officer, had received U.S. reports stating that two and possibly three trainloads of U.S. prisoners of war, about 900 to 1,200 men, crossed into the Soviet Union...
...fund raiser; in New York City; after 21 months of marriage. DIED. JULIET PROWSE, 59, leggy redheaded dancer who achieved fame in the 1960 movie musical Can-Can; of pancreatic cancer; in Holmby Hills, California. Raised in South Africa and trained as a ballerina, Prowse made worldwide headlines when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the Hollywood set of Can-Can and denounced the dancing as indecent. After her film career petered out, she went on to star in a series of TV specials...
Yeltsin's press handlers hailed his interview as a historic break with the Soviet past, when doddering Kremlin leaders were described as having head colds until they suddenly expired. Last month the same officials indignantly denied a TIME report that Yeltsin might go abroad for surgery. Yeltsin's announcement was at best a victory for semi-glasnost. He gave the impression that his heart problems had just been discovered. But he has been a sick man for years, and his need for heart surgery has been apparent to foreign specialists for months. He did not say exactly what the operation...