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Example sentences for: yuri

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Under the headline "New Russian Ambassador To Play It Tough in Washington," the Russian daily Segodnya said that Yuri Ushakov, who flew to Washington Tuesday to take up his post, had been given instructions "reminiscent of Cold War documents" by the Russian foreign ministry.
And, all the while, Yuri Bashmet goes threading his way across the foreground, a lonely man with an eerie and haunting sound, sometimes quietly shrieking, sometimes singing lyrically--a heartbreaking figure, heartbreakingly courageous--until, by the end, he seems to be quietly sobbing.
Yuri Gagarin 's module was controlled from the ground--engineers were unsure if he would function competently in weightlessness.
The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, Sputnik, and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
The "successful bureaucrat" issue profiles Rudy Crew, chancellor of New York City Schools, and Yuri Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow.