| Front | Stakhanovite \sta-KA-nuh-vyt\ |
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| Back | noun A Soviet worker honored and rewarded for exceptional diligence in increasing production. [After Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov (1906-1977), Soviet miner.] "With characteristic Stakhanovite energy, Rea has a whole new album of jazz-blues tracks, entitled The Blue Cafe, out in October." - John Walsh, The reluctant rocker, Independent, 3 May 1997. "Experts confirm the boomers' reports of Stakhanovite schedules." - Walter Kiechel, III and Susan E. Kuhn, The Workaholic Generation, Fortune, 10 Apr 1989. |
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