Word: ussr
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...when the major news media held back reports that might have affected negotiations. They conveniently omit, of course, that if the media hadn't shown the same deference when they knew the Bay of Pigs invasion was coming, they might have averted that fiasco and helped the U.S.-Cuba-USSR relationship that eventually led up to the missile crisis. Besides, as much as readers and viewers hate an aggressive media that seems to be stirring up trouble, in the long run - and more deeply - they resent and mistrust a quiet, smug understanding among media and government elites to maintain...
...late '80s, Krayzelburg's parents were so worried about the deteriorating Soviet system that they applied for exit visas. The family, including Lenny's sister Marsha, finally left the USSR in 1989 and landed in Los Angeles. At what should have been the peak of his career, Krayzelburg instead found himself struggling to learn a new language, getting a maintenance job at the local Jewish community center and swimming only a couple of hours a week...