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  • Can we imagine what would have happened if Reagan didn't speak with gorbachev?

    Bush suggests Obama wants 'appeasement' of terrorists 2008

  • She also saw the familiar face of a KGB agent who had often kept tabs on her until gorbachev had made him disappear.

    The People Vs. The Plotters 2008

  • Senator Catalyst said: "watermelon sympathy gorbachev to barmitzvah salami salad syntax"

    old fogy club. daveberta 2005

  • By: yankee you're right, soxconn. who do you think persuaded gorbachev to move away from communism and toward personal liberty? having read reagan's autobiography twice, I've read about the huge number of negotiations and such that took place between gorbachev and reagan. but anyway, bush wont be given any credit for winning the war.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2009

  • #1 if you implying, as you seem to be, that gorbachev intentionally undermined the communist system to set all those under the yoke of soviet communism free, then you are misinformed. the fallout from perestroika and glasnost were quite shocking and unintentional.

    China Singles Out CNN Commentator - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • — the soviets knew. gorbachev knew, and in fact he told reagan- if the soviets leave afghanistan, there will be a power vacuum there, and what will fill that vacuum will not be a friendly regime. the soviets, being a lot closer to that mess, already knew the threat of radical islam.

    Think Progress » Iraq’s New Freedom on Display: Hundreds of Thousands Chant ‘Death To America’ 2006

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    Ginny Dougary: The Man Who Changed the World: An Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; world = 1; nickname = evelyn-leopold; entry_id = 207819; iaea = 1; john-f-kennedy = 1; mikhail-gorbachev = 1; mohamed-elbaradei = 1; north-korea = 1; nuclear-proliferation = 1; nuclear-weapons = 1; un = 1; united-states = 1",

    Evelyn Leopold: The Mantra of 20 nuclear Weapon States -- Why 20? 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; featured-posts = 1; world = 1; nickname = sarah-van-gelder; entry_id = 350253; berlin-wall = 1; eastern-europe = 1; germany = 1; mikhail-gorbachev = 1; nonviolence = 1; people-power = 1; triumph = 1",

    Sarah van Gelder: People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. green/blog; green = 1; nickname = matt-petersen; entry_id = 183325; @ypolitics = 1; @yworld = 1; environment = 1; g-20 = 1; green-energy = 1; mikhail-gorbachev = 1; solar-energy = 1; solar-power = 1; solar-power-report-card = 1",

    Matt Petersen: Gorbachev Joins the Call for Green Stimulus 2009

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