Word: popovic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest evidence of Soviet ambitions comes with the return to earth of Cosmonauts Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin from a record-breaking 185 days aboard the Salyut 6 space station. Their successful mission not only eclipsed the Soviets' earlier endurance mark of 175 days in orbit but was 101 days longer than the stay by U.S. astronauts aboard the Skylab space station in 1974. Says retired U.S. Air Force Lieut. General Thomas Stafford, a former astronaut who commanded the orbital linkup with the Soviets in 1975, the last manned American mission: "The Soviets are challenging the U.S. in space...
...Soviets were piqued by the way many of the 3,000 journalists on hand were focusing on the tight security measures and other "political" stories. At midweek Vladimir Popov, deputy chief of the Moscow Olympic Organizing Committee, warned that newsmen might be deported for negative reporting. Said he: "You may be sure that if the national dignity of the host country has been offended, we shall demand that resolute sanctions should be taken against these journalists...
...landing in the single ring, and their delight is tangible. Sure enough, what emerges is no astronaut, considering the oversize checkered cap perched on unruly shocks of blond hair, black velvet jacket, red scarf, clodhopper shoes and, of course, trademark potato nose. After 30 years with the circus, Oleg Popov, 49, is regarded as the king of clowns even beyond Soviet borders. How long did it take to dream up the medical mayhem in his latest laffer? Says Popov: "Six months, plus my entire life...