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...LEONID I. BREZHNEV, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union during Lenin's era was a revolutionary beacon for the rest of the world, but all that promise was lost someplace between the Purge Trials and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and nudged Russia backwards until it stands today as the world's Number Two imperialist power. Soviet internal repression is greater than in this country, but it is less imperialist outside its borders, perhaps because it lacks the American capacity for aggrandizement. It was altogether fitting that World Enemy Numbers...
...Harvard alum runs the place--hopefully the fact that the place is jammed does not come out of any cultivation of the connection, be it conscious or unconscious. Rugby shirts are standard wear, and George Kimball, The Boston Phoenix's Gonzo sportswriter, loves the place. The Club Zircon (298 Beacon St.) has live rock--as well as Jack's--but a cover charge to boot...
Harrison Chadwick, also a State Representative during O'Neill's Beacon Hill days, remembers his collegue as "an intensely partisan but friendly leader who could be at ease with any sort of group...
...Irishman's strongest trait, cultivated in the Massachusetts legislature, is the tricky ability to consistently communicate with all members of the House. Thomas O'Neill III, a freshman representative on Beacon Hill, explained his father's lasting techniques: "Dad can't stand being disliked. He's so friendly that animosity is a foreign word to him. If there's a problem between another member and him, Dad simply calls him or her up and clears up the difficulty--no hard feelings remain. He talks friend-to-friend and communicates best with members in the committee room...
Zircon, 298 Beacon Street, Somerville...