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TONIGHT THE FORMER LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION
SPEAKS TO A LARGE CROWD OF COLLEGE FACULTY AND STUDENTS.
UNION UNIVERSITY'S FOURTH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET.TOPS OUR
NEWS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.I'M BRAD DOUGLASS.
.AND I'M ERIN PICKENS.
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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV WAS IN JACKSON TODAY AS THE
FEATURED SPEAKER FOR UNION UNIVERSITY'S FOURTH ANNUAL
SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET.
GORBACHEV SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "FROM TOTALITARIANISM TO
DEMOCARCY" TO A PACKED HOUSE AT THE JACKSON CIVIC CENTER.
HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION FROM 1985-
1991 AND WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 19-90 FOR HIS
ACHIEVEMENTS IN WORLD AFFAIRS.
GORBACHEV HAS BEEN NOTED BY "TIME" MAGAZINE AS THE
"MAN OF THE YEAR" AND HAS BEEN REGARDED BY MANY AS ONE
OF THE MOST PIVOTAL FIGURES OF THE 21ST CENTURY DUE TO HIS
INFLUENCE IN RUSSIA THAT LED TO THE FALL OF COMMUNISM.
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GORBACHEV LED THE FORMER WORLD POWER FROM 1985 TO 1991. |
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