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In New York, the Glasnost Salon;Visiting Soviet Women Charmed by the Latest in Makeover Magic

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19890324
Author:Paula Span

Everyone swore it was the Russians' idea. They were all floating down the Volga last fall on a boat called the Maxim Gorky, the visiting American women and children and their Soviet counterparts, in a historic exchange sponsored by Mothers Embracing Nuclear Disarmament. The talk turned to what the Soviets would like to see and do when it came their turn to visit America. They did not mention Old Faithful, Mount Rushmore, the Pentagon or even Trump Tower.

"They wanted to know why American women looked swell," reports Maureen King, MEND's executive director. "They wanted to look swell, too."

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