Word: sovietism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because of congressional pressure). Months of difficulties with China followed this incident. Russians also are feeling let down by America. They had an unrealistic notion of riding to prosperity with the West's help, but U.S. assistance--$6.6 billion in grants and $6.9 billion in loans to the former Soviet Union since 1991--has been less than Washington appeared to have promised...
...that Bosnia will be followed by other interventions. During the cold war the U.S. was involved, willy-nilly, in every conflict in the world. But at the same time Washington had to be cautious about where it sent troops for fear of stumbling into a direct clash with the Soviet Union, one that could escalate to nuclear war. Now the opportunities for intervention are almost endless and carry little fear of Armageddon...
...vehemently denied. Like other former Presidents and many of Algeria's high-ranking officers, Zeroual was born in the northeast of the country--reputed for its tough, insular people--and fought in the 1954-62 war of independence against France. He later received military training in Jordan, the Soviet Union and France, becoming Algeria's Deputy Chief of Staff in 1988. He resigned the following year in a dispute over a restructuring of the military...
Halevi looks back on his JDL activities as having been the opportunity to become "at once my father's contemporary and a Yippie." The first connection was with "the danger zone of Jewish history" and the second with "the funhouse of America." In 1972 Halevi protested the Soviet restriction of Jewish emigration by throwing chicken blood at a touring troupe of Ukrainian dancers. He was also part of a group tossed out of Moscow for demonstrating at a visa office...
...progress. Carrying out his ideas would ensure that in 20 years the U.S. would be a Third World country, selling grain and buying high technology. Of course, being a computer professional, I could always move to a country that would more highly value my skills--any of the former Soviet republics, for starters. Their gain would be President Buchanan's loss. ILYA TAYTSLIN Boston Via E-mail...