[aug645]

Thanks very much for your most eloquent response. Couldn't have said it any better myself. :-)
One more time, mym (May this resonate deep within your tormented psyche);
God Bless Ronald Reagan!!

[mym]

==One more time, mym (May this resonate deep within your tormented psyche)==

I've nothing against Ronald Reagan, he's a great politician.

But I do remember perestroika (1985-1991). My father was kicked from Communistic Party of USSR in 1988 when he said something anti-communistic. That meaned the end of his career.
USSR mainly stayed on enthusiasm after revolution in 1917 and after WW2. But by 1980 people tired, many were disappointed. So called 'zastoy' (stagnation) leaded to perestroika.

I remember so.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

God Bless Ronald Reagan!!

I couldn't have said it better myself! :)