Word: sovietize
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There are mystical and awesome moments in history: days when entire historical streams collide and coalesce into a single pinpoint of collapse. Nov. 9, 1989: the fall of the Berlin Wall-the entire Soviet era and the Cold War, crumbling in a hail of concrete. Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died-the innocence and naivet of early rock 'n roll and the '50s burning up and crashing to earth. These are moments of myth when intangible and supernatural forces reduce to a microcosm, a specific time and place where zeitgeists materialize for an instant before shattering...
...Saudi financier who recruited and led Arab volunteers for the jihad (holy war) against the Soviet invaders in Afghanistan. Since that war, he has sent his "Arab Afghans" to fight in Bosnia, Chechnya, Kashmir and other conflicts involving Muslims. But he also declared a jihad against the United States, and has been accused of authoring a number of bloody attacks on Americans, most notably the 1998 embassy bombings in east Africa. He's also a prime suspect in the attack on the USS Cole...
Syrians got their equipment and tactics from the Soviet Union. The U.S. Army worked closely with Israel. Together, we saw the need for more powerful tank guns; longer-range, all-weather optics; thicker armor; and better coordination among units. Defensive tactics were refined, complementing Israel's already formidable offensive capabilities. For Israel, it had been the fourth war in 25 years. The Israelis were unchallengeable on the ground and in the air--at least in conventional terms...
...equity is usually satisfactory to both partners." Earlier this year, Dichter brokered a fifty-fifty joint venture, worth about $250,000, between Akshay Urja in Poona, India, and a company called Ekrani in Tbilisi, Georgia, to manufacture solar hot-water-heating systems for sale in the former Soviet republics. The Indian company will provide production technology and marketing savvy, and the Georgian firm will provide raw materials and factory and office facilities. "Neither side committed capital to the deal, and none was needed in order to launch the project," Dichter says...
...million Children in the former Soviet Union living in "genuine poverty," according to a recent study...