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...When Tanya Fenmore '94-'95 placed her belongings in storage on May 28, 1993, she expected to retrieve them--all of them--upon her return...
...special cases personal involvement can be deeply gratifying. Just ask TIME correspondent Ann Blackman. As a member of our Moscow bureau in 1987, Blackman was struck by the plight of a family of Jewish refuseniks she met. Her daughter Leila and Vera Zieman became friends. Yuri and Tanya Zieman, who had % been trying vainly to emigrate to the U.S., led a lonely life of outcasts. "We spent countless hours at their kitchen table," Blackman says, "sipping tea and learning firsthand how difficult Soviet life was for average people...
...Ziemans were once again denied emigration rights, Reagan intervened, and they were at last granted permission to leave the U.S.S.R. They moved to a tiny white clapboard house in Waltham, Massachusetts, where they promptly became red-white-and-blue American suburbanites. Yuri got a job as a computer programmer; Tanya taught English and lectured on Russian life; and Vera, an accomplished pianist, was accepted with a full scholarship to Milton Academy. On their dining-room wall they hung a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence...
Last week Yuri and Tanya reaped the most cherished fruits of their trials when they stood in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall and, tears streaming down their cheeks, were sworn in as citizens of the United States. "This is the most important day of my life," said Yuri later, as he and his family celebrated at home with Blackman (the menu: their typical Russian-American fare of pizza with borsch). "I feel like I have acquired wings," said Tanya. "It's incredible how many things you can do in this country when you set your mind...
...country coexist? Producer Don Was thinks so. He has brought stars of both styles together on Rhythm, Country & Blues, due out in March. On this CD, Al Green sings with Lyle Lovett, Sam Moore with Conway Twitty, and Little Richard with Tanya Tucker. Looks quirky on paper, but it's perky on the ears...