Clifford J. Levy in his July 5th, 2009 New York Times article "Heading to Russia, Obama is Mindful of Its Power Equation: One Plus One" (about the forthcoming summit) writes: "Speculation about where the power lies in the Putin-Medvedev tandem began as soon as Mr. Medvedev took office last year after being endorsed by Mr. Putin." I think I have an idea: the power lies in the hyphen.
The Putin-Medvedev "tandem" might not be an awkward political marriage of two...
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