Sakharov from the U.S.S.R., and the Argentinian Adolfo Pérez Esquivel received, their awards on just these grounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Peace Prize 1983 - Presentation Speech] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Peace Prize 1975 - Presentation Speech] Reference
"Sakharov," writes Andropov, is an honest, compassionate and conscientious person. From Wordnik.com. [Hero] Reference
When radicals such as Sakharov first proposed repeal last year, Gorbachev opposed it vehemently. From Wordnik.com. [Why He's Failing] Reference
He was a part of what might be called the Landau school, which included some powerhouse physicists such as Sakharov, Lebedev and Zeldovich. From Wordnik.com. [Physicist Vitaly Ginzburg Dies at age 93 | Universe Today] Reference
LAMB: That was a picture of Sakharov on that sign. From Wordnik.com. [Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire] Reference
Parliament as he received its annual Sakharov prize. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Russia of Solzhenitsyn and Sakharov and their kids?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2008] Reference
Sakharov knew and said that this boded ill for the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Many Faces Of Gorbachev] Reference
Sakharov was the only one of us who made no compromises. From Wordnik.com. [Where are our Heroes Today>] Reference
I don't think Sakharov got it in that short of -- short of time. From Wordnik.com. [The Irony of Virtue: Ethics and American Power] Reference
We thank you too for awarding us with the Sakharov prize in 1988. From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS OF THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NELSON MANDELA, AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT] Reference
Maybe the Soviet press would call for an interview, Sakharov thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Struggle for Light] Reference
Gorbachev said to Sakharov on the way out, you know, some words of good-bye. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Free: A Memoir of Love] Reference
You think about what he faced in the Soviet Union and how he and Sakharov and Eleana. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carlson: Iraq: A View Worth Considering] Reference
You mentioned that when Sakharov came back to Moscow after living in Gorky when he was freed. From Wordnik.com. [Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire] Reference
He had just brought Sakharov back from internal exile, but it was the first time they'd ever met. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Free: A Memoir of Love] Reference
Considering that he essentially predicted the Internet, I'll take Sakharov over Nostradamus any day. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-01] Reference
In a 1971 letter to Brezhnev (which of course received no reply) Sakharov laid this out quite clearly. From Wordnik.com. [Hero] Reference
In response, Sakharov wrote Gorbachev a letter, the original of which is still in the KGB's possession. From Wordnik.com. [Hero] Reference
Sakharov said and I quote, "profound thoughts arise only in debate with the possibility of counter argument.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2009] Reference
The movement's most prominent members — Sakharov, Solzhenitsyn, Bukovsky — were in jail, in exile, or abroad. From Wordnik.com. [Hero] Reference
I now await, with great interest, comments from Nobel Laureates Sakharov and Alvarez on the roles I have given them. From Wordnik.com. [2061 Odyssey Three]
When Sakharov was released, he came to Washington, where he asked to meet whoever had written The Post's editorials. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary: Stephen S. Rosenfeld, Post editor and columnist] Reference
In December, 1989, shortly after completing a draft constitution for a free and democratic Russia, Sakharov died at age 68. From Wordnik.com. [Where are our Heroes Today>] Reference
And Sakharov said, I'd like to come meet with you soon to talk to you about the ideas (UNINTELLIGIBLE) nuclear power plants. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Free: A Memoir of Love] Reference
There are only two in Russia -- a country of Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn -- just Moscow University and St. Petersburg University. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2008] Reference
Gorbachev warned Sakharov that he was running over his time limit and then cut off the microphone after this memorable exchange. From Wordnik.com. [A Speech to the People's Congress] Reference
There was a man sitting in Sakharov's place, obviously the Sakharov figure, hunched over and his hair had been air-brushed black. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Free: A Memoir of Love] Reference
It is a superb portrayal of Sakharov and Bonner and meticulously accurate as to the events and even the published words of Sakharov. From Wordnik.com. [Where are our Heroes Today>] Reference
Osman, 50, won Sakharov Prize for providing free legal aid to victims of human rights abuses in his country for more than two decades. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
To put it differently, Sakharov was not merely a beneficiary of the international human rights movement, but one of its founding fathers. From Wordnik.com. [Hero] Reference
Hesse, who is now seventy, has known Elena Georgievna Bonner, Sakharov's wife, for more than thirty years and Sakharov himself since 1970. From Wordnik.com. [The Sakharovs in Gorky] Reference
At a number of points, the editors note that the KGB's recollection of events differs sharply from those of Bonner and Sakharov themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Hero] Reference
By the time they had left the chamber, Floyd had learned more about the Sakharov Drive than he really wished to know, or expected to remember. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Odyssey Two]
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