Word: ublindki
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...same time, Moscow Bureau Chief Edmund Stevens, who is fluent in Russian, was forwarding personal translations of the Soviets' words- which, rough as they sounded in their own interpreters' translations, were at times rougher still in the original. Stevens' skill was particularly helpful on words like ublindki-used by Khrushchev to describe the West Germans-which could mean "abortions" or "Mongolian idiots" or other terms far worse than some other translators used...
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