The 45-year standoff between the West and the U.S.S.R. ended when the Soviet Union dissolved. Some say another could be starting as tensions with Russia rise.
Cold facts: Korean War vet identifies with suffering of soldiers who served in Utah WarLee Davidson Deseret Morning News
2. cruel and unfeeling. cold-blooded murder.insensiblecold war a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting. guerra fríaget cold feet to lose courage. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet. entrarle miedo a alguien ...
2. cruel and unfeeling. cold-blooded murder.insensiblecold war a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting. guerra fríaget cold feet to lose courage. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet. entrarle miedo a alguien ...
Truman made the plea amid the crisis of the Greek Civil War (1946–1949). He argued that if Greece and Turkey did not receive the aid that they urgently needed, they would inevitably fall to communism with grave consequences throughout the region. The policy won the support of Republicans(...
Around 295,000 people live in Murmansk, a port city founded in 1916 at the height ofWorld War I. One of its Soviet-era landmarks, the 236-foot (72-meter)Arktika Hotel, is the tallest building north of the Arctic Circle. The region's second-largest city is Russian, too. Norilsk, ...
Cold War = the state of unfriendliness between the USA and the USSR after World War II: "We're studying the Cold War in history". Others be out cold = be unconscious: "After a bottle of whisky he was out cold." go cold turkey = to go through withdrawal symptoms from drugs: "The ...
This article considers the principal changes that have occurred in the illicit arms trade across the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. It discusses the changed nature of demand and the sources and means of illicitly supplying arms to areas of conflict.
Diamond heat spreaders, also known as diamond thermal spreaders or diamond heat sinks, are passive components, made of synthetic diamond, that help dissipate potentially damaging heat generated in many electronic and photonic devices. Examples include high-power RF devices used in satellite ...
Since June, United States and China’s diplomatic ties have deteriorated rapidly across a range of fronts, not just trade but also military and politics. It may not be the start of the next Cold War, at least not yet, but relations between the two sides have been plunged into an unprec...