Word: spasski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...courtyards are the ornate buildings of the Czars, executed, like the history of Russia itself, in a variety of styles: Byzantine, Gothic, Romanesque, Neoclassic. On the tops of the tallest spires are the newest accretions: huge five-pointed crystal stars which catch the sun's rays. The tall Spasski clock overlooking Red Square strikes the hour, and chimes. From cupolas, cornices, eaves and ledges a flock of ravens rises in a black cloud, filling the air with cawing, then settles...
...many evenings, when the Spasski clock strikes 7, Stalin & Co., the members of the Politburo, drive up to the Kremlin in their big black cars and settle down for an all-night discussion of the lands where they will strike next...
There is plenty of evidence that the bloody-minded professors under the Spasski clock miscalculated the time of day in the U.S. For 36 hours after President Truman's announcement that the U.S. would defend Korea, the Soviet press and officials were mum. Had they expected the U.S. move, they would have instructed Jacob Malik, their U.N. delegate, to take his seat at the Security Council and veto any U.N. action. When the Council convened, Malik was not there, and the U.S. gained the immense advantage of U.N. backing...
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