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nickel (oh) and glasnost (sh)


nickel (oh)




[Date: 1700-1800; Language: German; Origin: kupfernickel substance containing nickel, from kupfer 'copper' + nickel 'spirit that plays tricks'; because the substance contains no copper, even though it looks like copper]
[U] a hard silver-white metal that is often combined with Other metals, for example to make steel. It is a chemical element : symbol Ni
[C] a coin in the US or Canada that is worth five cents

glasnost (sh)




(Russian: "openness") Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues.

It was instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s and began the democratization of the Soviet Union. Glasnost also permitted criticism of government officials and allowed the media freer dissemination of news and information. See also perestroika.