We are all Slave now.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Skadden doesn't come off so well here. I wonder if this guy was taking summer associates out to lunch.

Until I read this I never realized that most countries are seldom call "the NAME." Russia is just Russia, Canada- Canada etc. The US of A and The USSR are exceptions. But Ukraine has always been the Ukraine ("the Ukraine is weak Newman!"), until i read this, where "
Ukraine" gav eme pause because it sounded wrong. Is there some rule or is this another random English quirk?