Word: sverdlov
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Blake Edwards' adaptation of Evelyn Anthony's novel, Sharif is cast as an allegedly dashing Soviet spy named Sverdlov. Liberal views and a developing taste for high-living Western ways make him a prime candidate for the Lubyanka prison. Vacationing at a Caribbean resort, he meets Judith Farrow (Julie Andrews), secretary to a well-placed British official. Omar claims it is love at first sight. She thinks he is just after a quick roll in the hay. A British intelligence officer - crabbily, almost picture-savingly played by Anthony Quayle - insists that Sharif is trying to recruit...
...vessels each. It is second in overall size only to that of the U.S., and in some categories of ships, it is far ahead (see chart). In general the Russian ships-which range in size from swift 83.7-ft. Komar missile boats to the 19,200-ton Sverdlov cruisers, no longer in production-are faster and younger than the U.S.'s (an average of about eight years, v. about 18 for American ships...