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  • Whopper: Arnold Schwarzenegger What were Soviet tanks doing in Austria's British-occupied sector?

    09/04/2004 6:21:53 AM PDT · by Jeff Blogworthy · 154 replies · 3,594+ views
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    ByTimothy Noah Posted Friday, Sept. 3, 2004, at 3:56 PM PT When I was a boy, the Soviets occupied part of Austria. I saw their tanks in the streets. I saw communism with my own eyes. I remember the fear we had when we had to cross into the Soviet sector. Growing up, we were told, "Don't look the soldiers in the eye. Look straight ahead." It was a common belief that Soviet soldiers could take a man out of his own car and ship him off to the Soviet Union as slave labor. My family didn't have a car...