Word: ussr
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shoes from another room. (Earlier that morning, Rubin had noticed the sneakers in the trash, but thought little of it, thinking just that they were somebody's "old kicks.") At the bottom of the barrel, Stevens found Gibson's backpack with his TI-86 calculator and history of the USSR notebook. Stevens' Harvard I.D., his debit card and all his cash--about $20--were taken from his wallet. Why didn't the robber also take Gibson's calculator? Gibson theorizes that the burglar didn't take his calculator, or the three laptops, or Stevens's stereo or television...
...Slavs, Muslims and Turkish peoples. During their reign, the Bolsheviks addressed the concerns of such a multi-ethnic state, trying various methods to stay atop their empire. At one point, they used a divide-and-conquer approach that led them to create 10,000 different governmental subdivisions within the USSR in order to accommodate--and separate--each ethnic group...
...Slavs, Muslims and Turkish peoples. During their reign, the Bolsheviks addressed the concerns of such a multi-ethnic state, trying various methods to stay atop their empire. At one point, they used a divide-and-conquer approach that led them to create 10,000 different governmental subdivisions within the USSR in order to accommodate--and separate--each ethnic group...
...animosities between the two groups is a task I believe to be beyond anyone lacking advanced degrees in theology, political science, sociology and counter-terrorism. In fact, I have yet to meet anyone--native or otherwise--who claims to understand politics here. To paraphrase Churchill's opinion of the USSR, "It's an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a code." I don't quite get it, but I take comfort in the fact that nobody else seems to, either...
...nuclear world order, a legitimate contender for the geopolitical throne. In 2003, go the national-security nabobs, China will have a new and improved generation of nuclear weapons, all thanks to Bill Clinton, Loral and Wen Ho Lee. And all the Pentagon will have to do is cross out USSR and write in PRC -- and aim everything in the arsenal a little to the right...