Usage examples (35)

• Sakharov from the U.S.S.R., and the Argentinian Adolfo Pérez Esquivel received, their awards on just these grounds.
• This change in Sakharov's circumstances and standing was a direct result of a change in his way of thinking, and his frank admission of this.
• "Sakharov," writes Andropov, is an honest, compassionate and conscientious person.
• When radicals such as Sakharov first proposed repeal last year, Gorbachev opposed it vehemently.