Word: thaws
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accustomed to an absence of freedom," writes one dissident in his memoirs and Rubenstein sets himself to disclosing Stalin's arctic gulags, what Solzhenitsyn called the "sewage disposal system." Over seven million more returned from these purgatories during Kruschev's "thaw". Many of the those prisoners went on to become cultural leaders and intellectuals, and thus, art and literature quickly became a barometer of freedom and provoked an intense and continual debate...
...government ultimately seems to have time on its side. It is easy enough for farmers to strike in the winter, but when the spring thaw comes in late March the peasants will no longer be able to afford to remain idle. A local Solidarity official conceded as much when he said that the "workers will just have to take the peasants' places." Unfortunately for the farmers-who are not only demanding recognition of their right to organize a Rural Solidarity but also a sweeping reform of the country's agricultural system-the only leverage they have...
...Midwest, temperatures were normal, but precipitation was not. The drought that plagued crops all last year is continuing, with little snow on the ground and low moisture content in the soil. Winter wheat needs the snow both for protection from cold and, come the spring thaw, for water. Even the Mississippi is hitting new low-water marks. The Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg has dredged the river at 18 locations this month. Still the river banks south of Memphis are a graveyard of grounded barges, and captains are lightening their loads by as much as a third to avoid...
...Acting is much like professional football," observes Norman Mailer, writer and sometime thespian. So when it came time to film his big scene in the movie Ragtime-wherein his character, Architect Stanford White, is assassinated by Millionaire Harry K. Thaw (Robert Joy)-the star got the pre-game jitters, "not because I was being shot, but because I might let the team down." He died like a pro. As the bullets flew, he slumped convincingly over a table, then rolled to the floor. His comely companion cried holy murder, which made Mailer especially proud. She is his sixth and current...
...force would destroy what is left of détente, accelerate the U.S.-Soviet arms race and damage Soviet prestige in the East bloc and the Third World. Relations with the incoming Reagan Administration might never thaw. Said a U.S. State Department official: "There is no facet of international affairs in which the Soviets would not lose." Western economic reprisals would be swift and painful; the European allies, which had little taste for the Afghanistan embargoes imposed by the U.S., would be far more responsive concerning Poland. Sales of grain and sophisticated technology to the Soviets might well be shelved...