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An American in Vilnius
It was an age of suspicion. It was a time within the Soviet Union that all foreigners, especially an English-speaking foreigner and more so an “American” came under immediate suspicion by the NKVD. Americans and those who knew or had relatives in the West had to be shunned, after all, the USSR was surrounded by…
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Death of a Basketball Icon
The death Sunday of basketball icon Meadowlark Lemon brought back memories of my life as a Soviet. Meadowlark who, for more than two decades, was one of the shining stars of Abe Saperstein’s Harlem Globetrotters, dazzled millions of cheering fans across the continents with his deft ball-handling and pin-point passing. His hallmark shot was one…