Articles about Soviet Union

Great Leap Foward (again) - 5-15-2006

China is shaking off the rust from the old Iron Curtain days and moving foward with the world's most ambitious Industrial Revolution-ever. In the 1970's Merrill Weingrod spent a lot of time in Taiwan. Then the owner of a Massachusett...

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..."This is a big difference between China and the Soviet Union," Lampton says. "The revolution in Russia was...

...and so by the time you get to the fall of the Soviet Union, in 1989, you are into this revolution 70-plus...

Hot Ink & Souled Out - 3-15-2002

Hot Ink and Smooth Sounds Fletch and Nobel-winning scientist Andrei Sakharov live on in just-released books.

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...H-bomb, who was also a leading dissident in the Soviet Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an...

The Saint Of St. Petersburg - 10-15-2005

Why won't famed conductor Valery Gergiev permanently relocate to one of the great cities of the world? Because he's already living in one of them.

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...of Communism that soon plunged the former Soviet Union into a period of economic and political chaos.

Luck Isn’t On The Itinerary - 5-15-2008

YOU ITINERIZE. You plan. You schedule.You've got the MapQuest printouts and the GPS instructions.You leave nothing to chance.But the next thing you know, you are coming out of a New York City restaurant in the middle of the afternoon, feeling all lat...

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...as though you are in a picture taken in the old Soviet Union. While waiting in line, an odd thing happens:...

Document It - 4-15-2001

ARCHIVE THIS George Washington knew the cost of war — down to every penny. A 66-page expense account (right), penned by Washington during the Revolutionary War, is one of the compelling written records in American Originals: Part V...

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...from Leon Trotsky announcing the birth of the Soviet Union. (202) 501-5000; www.nara.gov ...

Fresh Air - 5-15-2001

: Whether changing lifestyle or altitude, the characters in these new books find new air to breathe.

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...who have taken over since the fall of the Soviet Union, is using a secretly built stealth airplane to...

Let the Games Begin - 8-1-2008

It’s time for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. To celebrate the occasion, we’ve selected the top five Summer Olympics moments that not only highlight a handful of incredible individual achievements but also demonstrate the games’ evolution and endurance.

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...WestVirginia. In a competition boycotted by the Soviet Union, she wonOlympic gold as the game’s...

Veni, Vidi, Vici - 2-15-2009

How David Stern and the NBA conquered the globe.

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... NBA players on the U.S. Olympic roster after the Soviet Union defeated an all-amateur U.S. team in the...

Giving Mbas A Global Spin - 11-15-2001

Ggiving MBAs a Global Spin U.S. business schols are revamping curriculum so students understand what makes the world go round.

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...have flourished since the collapse of the Soviet Union. A newly open Eastern Europe and Asia created...

Rank Professionals - 9-15-2003

When BusinessWeek first named the “best” MBA programs, no one dreamed that rankings might radically change the way business schools operate — or that answering surveys might be a year-round job. Richard Kurovsky reaches into a drawer un...

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...and MBA programs as did the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 1990s high-tech boom, and globalization.

Mettle Count - 9-15-2009

Cities that covet the glory that comes with hosting an Olympics need plenty of fortitude (and cash). The four finalists for the 2016 Games have both -- and so much more.

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...were boycotted by the United States because the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan. In 1976, Denver was...