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Sometimes history repeats itself as neither comedy nor farce. Richard Nixon became the first U.S. President to visit Red China in 1972 in order to create a new global coalition against his enemy?the Soviet Union. On Feb. 21, 30 years to the day after Nixon touched down, George W. Bush is arriving to create a new global coalition against his enemy?international terrorism. It would be grandiose to suggest that Bush's two-day swing through Beijing will change the sweep of history the way his predecessor's did. Yet three decades on, China again relishes the chance...
...estimated three billion television viewers who tuned in to the opening ceremony saw quite a show. Watching the members of the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team gather to light the Olympic torch tingled the nerves of all who remember their memorable victory against the Soviet Union. The players recreated their famous medal-stand pose, but this time, they reached for the Olympic flame rather than a gold medal. For those of us who are too young to remember the game, it was dramatic to see the team that accomplished the “Miracle on Ice?...
Khrushchev also discussed his own political experience during the 1960s, when he participated in the Soviet missile and space programs...
...former Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev drew parallels between Russia’s conflict in Chechnya and the United States’ war on terrorism in a speech at Harvard Law School last night...
...press conference with foreign journalists in Rome last Thursday, opposition leader Francesco Rutelli blasted Berlusconi, comparing his control of information in Italy to Leonid Brezhnev's in the 1970s Soviet Union. But Rutelli and his allies - who tried in vain to make conflict of interest a pivotal campaign issue last spring - are still having trouble convincing the Italian public that there is much to worry about. rai's impending change of the guard is old news in Italy, where the state broadcaster's board - as well as top newsroom posts and even minor acting jobs - have long been divvied...