Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...generals led the funeral parade, carrying a large portrait of Andropov. His full-cheeked, almost youthful face contrasted dramatically with the skeletal, almost alabaster profile that thousands had glimpsed while filing past his coffin. A sea of red floral wreaths followed, adding a brilliant touch to a procession colored mostly in drab grays and black. Then two officers in tall Astrakhan hats appeared, carrying the late leader's 21 medals, including Orders of Lenin and Orders of the Red Banner of Labor on red satin pillows. It was exactly half the number of medals that had accompanied Brezhnev...
...analysts, he is far from a fool. As Alexander Rahr, a Soviet-born expert at Radio Liberty in Munich, puts it, "He is a quiet Siberian, a man who can be quite cunning, a man who knows what power is." But he is also said to have a common touch in dealing with subordinates. As a Soviet journalist who has seen him on numerous occasions observed, "He treats unimportant people like human beings...
...China: For the time being let us be guided by the facts, which evidence that chauvinistic, expansionist psychosis generated by Maoism has not yet died down in Peking. The Chinese leadership continues in touch with the imperialist circles of the United States, Japan and a number of other states to spin a web of intrigues against the socialist community, against the progressive, revolutionary liberation forces. What is more, China definitely expects assistance from the West in modernizing its armed forces...
...inefficiencies. Vladimir, 27, a worker in Siberia, wonders why the Soviet Union is rich in resources but "our products are shoddy and poor." Government and party also inspire less admiration when youths realize how much business is done through bribery and favoritism. The young are, above all, losing touch with the forces that drove their ancestors to embrace Communism. "Ours is a lost generation," says Larisa, 25, an artist in Leningrad. "For us there are no dreams, no illusions, only a hard existence from...
Once again, one is confronted by that angelically ranging mind, that steely eye and that infinitely skilled hand. And though the short catalogue, by Leonardo Experts Carlo Pedretti and Kenneth Keele, can do no more than touch on the scientific and aesthetic ramifications of Leonardo's work as anatomist, it is still a useful introduction...