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Glasnost by itself isn't good for much, Bill, but combine it with perestroika and we can all relive the Cold War. They go together like Quemoy and Matsu.
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it's my considered opinion that Anu missed out on the chance to gloss one of the most interesting Russian words of all: poshlost /POSH lust/ a well-rounded, untranslatable whole made up of banality, vulgarity and sham; it applies not only to obvious trash (verbal and animate), but also to spurious beauty, spurious importance, spurious cleverness... http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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Anu missed out on the chance to gloss one of the most interesting Russian words of all: poshlost
Don't blame it on Anu-- the guest AWADer this week is Rudy Chelminski. I agree, by the way, that poshlost would have been a much more interesting WAD than nyet.
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There are a couple points of interest here. The way "nyet" is used in the example, it is a noun. But ordinarily, according to my dictionary, it is an adverb. And English "no" is an adverb, which I did not kinow before.
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>Don't blame it on Anu... why not? he's been dictating to jazzo on our list. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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Dear slithy: I'll bet few members remember what Quemoy and Matsu refer to.
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>I'll bet few members remember... define 'few'. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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Dear tsuwm: the last time Quemoy and Matsu were in news was in Eisenhower administration, I think. And then briefly enough to be readily forgettable. So if ten percent of board members remember them, I'd be mildly surprised. A URL about it: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/elections/1960/editorial1.html
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>So if ten percent of board members remember them, I'd be mildly surprised. well, since not even close to 10% of board members participate (and then there's all those split-personalities), it's going to be a rough go, statistically speaking. but then we're a pretty old bunch. I remember them well; fallout shelters too. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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I remember.
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