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Bridell, then Judith A. Gilmartin, was one of several Harvard students who took part in either this program in Poland and the USSR or an academic student exchange between the Soviet bloc countries and the United States. Both had the stated goals of promoting a cultural appreciation for—and understanding of—the “other side...
Students fortunate enough to be selected for the “Experiment” program traveled to Poland or the Soviet Union and mingled with students in that country, staying in Warsaw or Krakow in Poland or moving around from region to region in the USSR...
Martin M. Wallner ’11, a student from Austria, said “it is an interesting contrast between [Latvia’s] first wanting to leave the USSR and then wanting to join...
...traditions of the last century, Putin has emerged as the new "Gensek," the Russian abbreviation previously used for Secretaries General of the Communist Party. Vladimir Illyich Lenin was not the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - the USSR's titular Head of State. That role was filled by his lieutenant Yakov Sverdlov. But the Communist Party leader, as Chairman of the Cabinet, held real executive power. The same was true of Joseph Stalin and his titular Head of State, Mikhail Kalinin. Nikita Khrushchev combined the offices of the Gensek and Prime Minister, while Leonid Brezhnev combined his leadership of the party...
...College Alliance for Rock and Roll vs. Harvard College American Music Association. Why isn’t Meatloaf American enough to be celebrated? 13) Harvard College Spoken Word Society vs. Corcairdhearg. Good thing it’s about Irish dance, because it certainly cannot be spoken. 14) Born in USSR vs. The Harvard Salient. Anyone associated with communism is a prime target for witty banter and biting rhetoric. 15) Harvard Taekwando vs. Harvard Wushu Club. This would actually just be an awesome fight. — Charleton A. Lamb