But I'm a collector of stories that I can verify the Soviet people are telling among themselves, and it gives me an idea of how they regard their situation. And many of those stories have to do with the state of their economy and their dismay at the fruits of communism. Like, what are the four things wrong with Soviet agriculture? Spring, summer, winter, and fall. [Laughter] But the story I'm thinking of concerns a star Soviet athlete, a hammer thrower. He'd gone to the West and seen what it was like and then returned home. And in the first meet after he got back, he set a new world record. A journalist from a Soviet newspaper rushed up to him and asked, ``Comrade, how did you manage to throw your hammer that far?'' And he replied, "Give me a sickle, and I'll throw it even farther.'' [Laughter] https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-rotary-club-luncheon-west-bend-wisconsin
But I'm a collector of stories that I can verify the Soviet people are telling among themselves, and it gives me an idea of how they regard their situation. And many of those stories have to do with the state of their economy and their dismay at the fruits of communism. Like, what are the four things wrong with Soviet agriculture? Spring, summer, winter, and fall. [Laughter] But the story I'm thinking of concerns a star Soviet athlete, a hammer thrower. He'd gone to the West and seen what it was like and then returned home. And in the first meet after he got back, he set a new world record. A journalist from a Soviet newspaper rushed up to him and asked, ``Comrade, how did you manage to throw your hammer that far?'' And he replied, "Give me a sickle, and I'll throw it even farther.'' [Laughter]
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-rotary-club-luncheon-west-bend-wisconsin
В это время сорокалетний Дональд Трамп был в Москве https://tijd.livejournal.com/37611.html
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Плохой урожай - беда, хороший - опять беда.
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