gorbachev
gawr buh chev
- n Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
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- JOHN GOTTCENT: Remember when
The big story 25 years ago this week (1988) involved major political reorganization in Moscow. The Soviet Communist Party voted to end its monopoly on power, approving sweeping reforms proposed by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to take the party out of day-to-day administration of the country in favor of a strictly political role.
June 30, 2013 - Evansville Courier & Press - Who ended the Cold War?
The fall of the Berlin Wall is as much Gorbachev's unheralded achievement as it is Reagan's.
June 27, 2013 - Boston Globe
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- Joe DiMaggio in SI.com
After dinner, proceeded to another room to hear Van Cliburn play. Mrs. Gorbachev requested a song that Cliburn played and Mrs. Gorbachev sang along,wrote DiMaggio. "Had to buy a new shirt because neck size down to 15 1/2." - Barack Obama in Earthtimes (press release)
Strong countries and strong Presidents talk to their adversaries,said Obama. "That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao."