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Title | Article: Desire To Learn Russian Heating Up Again |
Body | From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/28/AR2010022804407_pf.html Desire to learn Russian heating up again By Michael Birnbaum March 1, 2010 Russian used to be hot, the must-learn language of ambitious Americans looking to talk to their rivals. But the end of the Cold War put the language in a deep freeze -- one from which it's just beginning to emerge. Students now see Russia as a place to make money, and, with the highly charged rhetoric of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the country appears to be a bit of a rival again. Russian programs in high schools, which had been shrinking since the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991, may have stabilized, educators say. Read the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/28/AR2010022804407_pf.html |
Source | Washington Post |
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