Somehow missed this thread. Huzzah to Yuri!

This really is gold, thank you for sharing. “Not only would indiscriminate attacks on civilians be arguably immoral, she points out, they’d potentially invite other countries to do the same, or worse.”

Well, Chekhov fits well between Dostoyevsky and Saltykov-Shchedrin.

Can’t quite access the link, so here it is: the link

Thank you, once again.

Thank you for sharing. Do you happen to know what particular events lyrics refer to? Something around 1964? Edit: found after cursory search https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/mr073.htm

To be fair - Johnny Silverhand we meet is a heavily modified verison. Both memories, personality and (possibly) appearance are altered by someone, who may or may not be Yorinobu Arasaka.

Then there is base tabletop, creator of which (M. Pondsmith) is said to favour Nomads.

“Who is laughing now?” - mice, probably.

There are already good advices here - but I would like to suggest something that seems obvious, but might still be overlooked: consider several most likely questions your professor will ask, and prepare answers for them.

Also happens in other locales (i.e. Moscow), to similiar effect.