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Word: tu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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They were unmistakable as they got off the Aeroflot TU-104 turbojets and into waiting Volga cars: somewhat shapeless heavy wool overcoats, dark gray felt hats and impassive faces that, to the knowing, suggest the KGB officer. Hundreds of them were flown in from Moscow to forgather in East Berlin's grim, hulking Ministry of the Interior, the headquarters of the nation's vast security-police network. Other Russian officers were dispatched to secret-police stations around the country. According to Western intelligence analysts, this activity meant that the Soviets were now directly supervising the campaign of repression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST GERMANY: Making Dissenters Pay the Price | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

...story was decidedly downplayed: ten lines on the back page of Pravda, under the innocuous headline ANNOUNCEMENT. But the news was dramatic: a TU-104 turbojet of Aeroflot, the Soviet state airline, crashed last week after taking off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on a flight to Leningrad. Readers did not learn how many people died (Western estimates range from 52 to 72), nor were they told that it was the fifth major Aeroflot crash this year. Still, the announcement was rare confirmation that the world's largest, least-known airline is far from perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES: Biggest, But Hardly Best | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...agreement with Pan American, Soviet officials have made it difficult if not impossible for their citizens to get Pan Am tickets for Moscow-New York flights. Adding to Aeroflot's embarrassments, its chiefs have had to announce that the Soviets' new supersonic jetliner, the 1,430-m.p.h. TU-144, will not begin passenger service this year as scheduled; Westerners doubt it will be flying even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES: Biggest, But Hardly Best | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

When I awoke, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor in her newest Rudi Geinrich special--a translucent hefty bag with a hole cut in the top for her neck. "Ah, mon vieux, tu t'es leve." She laughed and threw back her pretty head. The maid brought it back to her. "And now I shall read to you. Chloe," she called, ringing a dainty cow-bell, "le livre!" "Wit' bacon and onions?" Chloe asked liltingly as she stomped out her stogie with the toe of her Converse. Cheryl laughed and threw back her head once more; Chloe double...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Candy is randy but pasta is fasta | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

...beau masculin cherche GWM qui parle francais tu es masculin beau 20-30 sexe musique films sports. Respond to "Crime", box 11. YWMinterested in others into mutual massage--let's rub each other--also interested in dominant (sic) female. Respond to "Crime" box 11. BYP who likes to dance on raisin bread seeks companionship with farm animals. Respond to "Crime...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: ROCK | 11/18/1976 | See Source »

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