Cold war marriages endure or fail across years apart
Irina McClellan and her American husband endured 11 years apart after a 1974 Moscow romance and 1986 reunion. Their story, part of a wider Cold War divided-spouse issue, illustrates politics shaping personal lives and the 1985 push to allow spouses to leave the Soviet Union.
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88 keys enhance the embassy charm in Washington
Anne-Marie Tar wife of Ambassador Pal Tar arrived in October 1991 to find no piano in the Hungarian Embassy residence. She pushed to showcase Hungarian arts with aid from Csaba Szabo and Klara Breuer and gathered donors to acquire a 121yearold Weber piano for the drawing room, elevating cultural display.
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