Prvi sekretar NATO-a Lord Ismay slikovito je razloge osnivanja NATO-a nanizao kao to keep the Russians out, to keep the Americans in, and to keep the Germans down.

Autor je nekoliko klasičnih remek-djela putopisne proze, uključujući Among the Russians, Behind the Wall: A Journey through China, The Lost Heart of Asia i In Siberia, kao i nekoliko beletrističkih naslova: Emperor, A Cruel Madness (dobitnik nagrade Silver Pen 1985. godine), Falling, Turning Back the Sun, Distance i To the Last City.

Andrei Kirilenko scored 20 points, as the Russians, who led by only four points after three quarters, stretched their lead to nine early in the fourth after a 3 - pointer from Zakhar Pashutin and a layup by Kirilenko

Although the Russians were blamed for setting it alight, Hotwagner and many of the townspeople believe it was the German forces who torched it, in compliance with Hitler ' s " Nero Command ", or scorched earth policy

In addition to the Russians and the British, we ' ve also conducted more than our fair share of experiments with nasty bugs and chemicals.

When I was researching my book about his family, Baron " Heini " Thyssen-Bornemisza, self-styled " Swiss " industrialist and legendary art collector, always insisted that Margit, his vivacious older sister, was in fact shy and retiring, while his family ' s castle at Rechnitz had been entirely destroyed by the Russians during the war

Russia jumped ahead 50 - 47 in the third, but Mario Kasun put Croatia back in front 54 - 53 before the Russians took control for good

I don ' t know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street.

After a brief counterattack by the SS and the loss of more than 1,000 lives, the Germans eventually admitted defeat, leaving the Russians to occupy Rechnitz and Eastern Austria for the next 10 years

He had said that the Russians had concluded that the planes were going the wrong speed and that there was evidence that they weren ' t real.

This week, the Russian Space Troops Force announced that it and the Strategic Missile Forces had successfully test-launched another Topol missile (designated by the Russians as RS-12M) from the high security Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia ' s northern Arkhangelsk Region

The Russians ' superiority to us was 11:1 in infantry, 7:1 in tanks, 20:1 in guns.

During dogfights at altitudes of between about 10,000 and 24,000 ft [ 3048 - 7315 m ], usual when engaging the Russians, I found that I could pull the Fw 190 D into a tight turn and still retain my speed advantage.

5) The Russians will conquer the Balkans

There exists a common urban legend claiming that the Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Space Pen, and the Russians used a pencil

The Russians have also had their own share of nuclear mishaps, and while we haven t heard about most of them, the ones we HAVE heard of it are enough to make you pack your dehydrated beans and go live up in the hills.

In fact the Russians denied that they had launched a missile

Given the speed with which the Russians reacted to Georgia s incursion into South Ossetia, Moscow was clearly ready to intervene.

There is a strictly held-to agreement between the Russians and the Western powers to inform the other side of any such test in advance (thus obviating the possibility that either side was starting World War III).

In such a short time, Carius and Kerscher ' s Tigers knocked out 17 Russian tanks including the new JS-1. Although the Russians were attacked by suprise, Carius ' quick and accurate recognition of the situation and the excellent tactics used were the main factors in the outcome

The so-called " extermination camps, " such as Auschwitz, were all in Poland, and were captured by the Russians after having been evacuated in an orderly fashion by the Germans.

The Russians found no horrible scenes comparable to those we later found in Germany, and no evidence of exterminations

I read an article in The Examiner (10 December 2009) entitled Norway light spiral missile failure caused by UFO/ET intervention? It reported that the Russians had a failed missile launch in the area, and continues: There have been a number of occasions where nuclear missile tests have failed due to UFO intervention.

Tactically, there is only one issue: Will the Russians attack Georgia on the ground?

If they are going to, the Russians have likely made that decision days ago

Now the Chinese have pulled just ahead of the Russians [ the Chinese seem to have more Flankers than the Russians ], the latest CHICOM guided missile destroyer has RCS reduction features like the US Arleigh Burke, but more extensive than anything on a Russian major surface combatant, and the CHICOM ASAT test in Jan 2007 was a more sophisticated technology than anything the Soviets ever tested, etc etc.

The Russians hold a trump card with the Americans: Iran.

Synthetic, only disadvantages Before the first leg, Mourinho spoke of " gray area " concerning some doping problems with the Russians after the match in Manchester (group stage), yesterday, he has focused on the schedule and also on the synthetic field.

Private M. S. claimed, " I have never yet seen such tough dogs as the Russians ".

After marveling at the " often superhuman, purposeless resistance of encircled groups of Russian troops ", private R. L. conceded that " the Russians are really tough ", an admission that came only grudgingly, since he also referred to them as " a people that requires long and good schooling in order to become human ".