Word: sovietism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration has promised to give Moscow most-favored-nation trade benefits, and to support its bid to participate in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an international trading organization, in exchange for Soviet relaxation of emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews...
...article last Monday on a study of the Soviet legal system incorrectly quoted Lowry Wyman, a fellow at the Russian Research Center. Wyman actually said in the Soviet Union, "...there is a tendency to have the courts run by the administration rather than the judiciary...
...other members of the ruling Politburo resigned en masse, admitting that they had taken insufficient measures to bring about democratic reform in the country. Within hours Jakes was replaced by Karel Urbanek, 48, party leader of the Czech republic. Urbanek played no role whatsoever in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the principal condition set by opposition forces for the choice of a new party leader. But his views on reform are far from clear, and some observers saw him as a - transition figure. Jubilation over Jakes' departure was further tempered by the reappointment of several hard-liners...
...have just seen the most celebrated toppling of a wall since Joshua took Jericho. More than any other event, it symbolizes the rebirth of freedom in Eastern Europe. The amazing political changes in what used to be called the Soviet bloc raise questions about changes yet to come. Hasn't an economic barrier also fallen? Don't new opportunities beckon? Shouldn't Western business pioneers be packing their suitcases...
...restoring the scarcity value of money, ended the barter economy. Eastern Europe suffers from another economic distortion: the incestuous trade patterns that are a legacy of the Stalinist years. Trade under Comecon, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, was based on a curious reverse mercantilism: the imperial country (the Soviet Union) supplied energy and raw materials that the colonies (the satellites) paid for in manufactured goods. Since the Soviet Union was chronically short of almost everything, it was an undemanding market, providing no incentive for East Europeans to develop products for sophisticated customers. These bad habits will not be shed...