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Soviet Word-Twisters Leo Dudin

by Leo Dudin

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Soviet Word-Twisters

When President Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev met in Washington last week, their talks were a three-cornered game. Ike heard Nikita’s voice but the message he got was what his interpreter had been able to make of Khrushchev’s words. Khrushchev, in turn, understood only so much of Eisenhower’s ideas as his interpreter was able to grasp.

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