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Free fall: pollution, poverty and caricatures of capitalism: the horrifying meltdown of what was once the Soviet superpower

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Quality of life in the former Soviet Union is generally poor and getting worse. Corruption, pollution, homelessness and crime have spread rapidly. Photographs of Russians tell the story of how they live.

Author: Burkard, Hans-Jurgen
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1995
Social aspects, Russia

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Self-reliance in hard times

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The author recounts his increasing depression over the recession and the state of the economy. He remembers Ralph Waldo Emerson's statements on the importance of individual to cheer himself up.

Author: Rosenblatt, Roger
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1992
Psychological aspects, Personal narratives, Column, Appreciation, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Recessions, Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The year within us

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1991 was a year of radical change and disturbing events. Photographs profiling some of the big stories of 1991 are included.

Author: Rosenblatt, Roger
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1992
Political activity, Military aspects, Yugoslavia, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Current events, 1991 AD, Hill, Anita, Johnson, Magic, Duke, David

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Subjects list: Portrayals, Russians
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