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• DE: The Soviets seem to have difficulty implementing modern technology.
  Would you comment on that? Belenko: Well, let's talk about aircraft engine lifetime....
• There is something you must understand about the Soviet system.
  They have the ability to concentrate all their efforts on a given design, and develop all components simultaneously, but sometimes without proper testing....
• Remember Khrushchev: he tried to do too many things too fast, and he was removed in disgrace.
  If Gorbachev tries to destroy the system or make too many fundamental changes to it, I believe the system will get rid of him....
• I have a friend who just got back from the Soviet Union, and told me the people there are hungry for information about the West.
  He was asked about many things, but I will give you two examples that are very revealing about life in the Soviet Union....
• I could accept this openness, glasnost, perestroika, or whatever you want to call it if they did these thing
  abolish the one party system; open the Soviet frontier and allow Soviet people to travel freely...
• A promoter is a person who wants to sell you something you don't need that he does not have
  at a price you can't afford, and for reasons neither of you can possibly understand, but the deal goes through and now you make your living using the things no one wanted to do what everyone said could not be done, for people who don't want what you offer....
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....