Yeltsin Defends Use of Russian Words Over English Vouchers
Moscow AP reports President Boris Yeltsin rejected using foreign terms to describe privatization by vouchers calling them Privatizationnye checks. He laughed as critics and lawmakers increasingly employ English words amid Russia's reform process.
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Russians Embrace Western Terms in a Lingering Language Shift
A compact look at how Russian speech absorbs Western words from Vauxhall to Sputnik and Glasnost. It traces how terms like restorant or mvestitsiya enter daily use, while old phrases endure, and Russians push for new financial and political vocabulary as the ruble weakens.
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Parole Hearing Sought for Jim Bakker in 8-Year Sentence
Hendersonville North Carolina AP televangelist Jim Bakker, imprisoned for fraud and conspiracy, seeks parole at the January 29 parole board meeting after an eight year sentence was set by a federal judge. Bakker argues he could have been eligible for parole last April and cites past appeals in the sentence reductions.
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