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Word: tbilisi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...planning for next year. Though the new budget still allots heavy industry the lion's share of funds, it will give a 50% boost to investment in consumer industries as compared with a 30% rise for heavy industry. To justify this concession to consumer wants, a delegate from Tbilisi declared that the housing situation in the Georgian capital is "tense" because of the government's slack construction schedule. A speaker from Sverdlovsk grumbled that apartment houses are being built without running water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: The Engineering of Consent | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

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