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Soviet-Era Tale Enthralls Russian TV Viewers

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Oct. 12, 2009
A prime-time documentary gripped Russian television viewers recently. In it, an elderly Jewish woman tells the story of her life under authoritarian Soviet rule. She and her friends settled into a life of quiet dissent, anonymously helping the families of political prisoners and doing work that...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler