Word: sovietize
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...once in orbit, excludes any other particle from occupying exactly the same orbit. That may be as apt a metaphor as any for the unique odyssey of the collection of atoms that was Andrei Sakharov. The life of the dissident Russian physicist - acclaimed as both the creator of the Soviet H-bomb and the conscience of his country - spanned the years from Lenin to Gorbachev, the rise and fall of Soviet communism and the triumph of physics. Who but Sakharov could so personify such an age? Now, more than 12 years after his death at 68, the remarkable Russian...
...Deputy Secretary of State, he was assigned to Eastern Europe with the goal of trying to draw away the satelite countries from complete dependence on the Soviet Union...
...Whitehead did not just use his Soviet contacts for diplomatic means. As co-owner of the New Jersey Devils until 2000, he lobbied the Russian leadership to allow the hockey star Viacheslav Detisov to play...
...Fetisov was the first Soviet to have unlimited entry into the United States,” says Lour Lamoriello, current CEO of the Devils. “[Whitehead] really opened the door to allow Soviet players to come play professional hockey...
Politically in the ’50s everything was a mess. Nationally we were subjected to dreadful Senator Joseph McCarthy who exploited fear of the Soviet Union for political advantage. Television was in its infancy and could only be viewed in bars. Senator McCarthy conducted hearings on un-American activities in the Department of the Army live on television, a first-ever event. These hearings were a magnet for students who were appalled by what was widely viewed as a witch-hunt. Interestingly, “Intensive Russian” was a popular course; students were optimistic that understanding...