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Word: would (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it would be just and right. It took some time in the U.S. to build this monument and do justice to those killed in action. I believe that after some time we will have a monument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: with Sergei Akhromeyev: A Soldier Talks Peace Marshal | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...Whether the U.S. defense budget is $299 billion or $320 billion, it would have no effect on the standard of living of the American people. But in our conditions, an increase or decrease of the military budget by 6 billion or 7 billion rubles has a direct influence on the material well-being of the people. Any cut in the military budget makes it possible to come more quickly out of our difficulties. The military is well aware of that. We are keeping the minimum required for maintaining the armed forces in a state of readiness to rebuff a possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: with Sergei Akhromeyev: A Soldier Talks Peace Marshal | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...geographical situation is completely different. We are located between Europe and Asia and are encircled by American bases. No matter what conflict might arise in the world, the U.S. can quite easily deploy its armed forces without rushing. No such thing for us. If the situation became serious, we would be forced to change to wartime organization quickly. That is why we need to have very well-trained reserves and armed forces organized on the basis of the draft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: with Sergei Akhromeyev: A Soldier Talks Peace Marshal | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...bodies of power in this country. In the U.S., there are many who underestimate this factor and think that in the Soviet Union the highest military command can get its own way on major matters. This is absolutely out of the question. Your estimation of your own military would be no different. It acts in a spirit of respect toward the President and Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: with Sergei Akhromeyev: A Soldier Talks Peace Marshal | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...literal destruction of the Wall would, in many respects, be redundant. Honecker's successor, Egon Krenz, has promised that most East German travel restrictions will be lifted, making it possible for citizens to travel freely to the West. The thousands who jammed the West German embassy in Prague last week seeking asylum testify to the futility of mere stones to bar the exodus. Johannes Chemnitzer, a member of the East German Communist Party's Central Committee, admitted last week that with the borders open, the Wall's "meaning becomes limited and illusory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After The Wall | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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