Word: systemized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perestroika has not significantly improved life in the Soviet Union, Kasparov says, calling Gorbachev "the man who has now become a dictator." And he gets in a few digs at Karpov, as well, labelling him "a symbol of the Soviet system...
...brunch, the chess champion predicted that the one-party system would last "not long, much less than it has been [in existence]." He added, "You can't change anything with a one-party dictatorship...
...have, right here, one of the grossest examples of social distinction still active at the collegiate level. The final clubs, dating from the 1870s, have carved out a place for elitism beyond the norm even at Harvard. Santayana called the system "the secret society...to which everybody of consequence belonged...
...weeklong contest. In messages sent to electronic bulletin boards frequently used by hackers, LeeMah promised that any successful code breaker would win a trip for two to St. Moritz or Tahiti. More than 7,000 phone calls came into LeeMah from dozens of hackers trying to beat the system, but none were able to retrieve the hidden message in the computer. The odds against them, estimated LeeMah: 720 quadrillion...
...chess master blamed much of the Soviet Union's problems on Gorbachev. Kasparov, a former backer, said he became disillusioned with the Soviet leader in February when it became clear to him "that Gorbachev only wants perestroika of the system, but the Soviet people want perestroika of the society...