Word: sovietized
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...certainly sad to see the developments in Russia since Gorbachev was President of the former Soviet Union. His concept of perestroika was sorely misunderstood by the population, which has since separated into many factions, each with its own agenda. As a Nobel laureate, Gorbachev will be remembered by many of us as a man who was ahead of his time. Henrik V. Blunck Dianalund, Denmark...
...issue is nothing less than how best to deter a Soviet nuclear attack ... The U.S., [Weinberger] insists, must ... get ready to fight against Soviet or Soviet-inspired thrusts in several areas at once-the Persian Gulf, Central America, Africa and Central Europe ... 'WE MUST BE ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES IN WARS OF ANY SIZE AND SHAPE AND IN ANY REGION.' Some critics counter with the argument that the U.S. cannot police the world and that such simultaneous wars are not likely. The fact is that U.S. weakness makes them much likelier. Moreover, Weinberger insists, military planners can no longer assume...
...Iranians persist in crazy talk about wiping Israel, or New York, off the face of the earth, it isn't a bad idea if we hint that we can get crazy, too. One can easily imagine the unthinkable: a suitcase nuclear weapon, acquired from the former Soviet Union by Iranian agents, detonated in New York, London or Tel Aviv. A nuclear response certainly would have to be on the table then - and the military would be negligent if it weren't studying all possible nuclear scenarios...
...foil the activists, the nuclear test, code-named Hazebrook, was set off Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule. The subsequent protest was not confined to Nevada. On Capitol Hill, the House Democratic caucus proposed that Congress cut off funds for further U.S. nuclear tests as long as the Soviet Union adheres to its testing moratorium. The House Democrats called on President Reagan to negotiate with the Soviets to achieve a "reciprocal, simultaneous and verifiable" test ban. The Soviets, meanwhile, announced they would soon resume testing in response to the U.S. action...
...Yehudi Menuhin, one of the foremost violinists of the 20th century, said of the performer at age 10 that “she plays with more integrity than any young violinist I have ever heard.” The program is filled with Russian composers. Where Shostakovich worked under Soviet rule—and was denounced in 1936 for composing “muddle instead of music”—both Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky were of the Tsarist era. The power and beauty of their compositions can be compared favorably to the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Gorky...