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"Equestrian," when used as a noun, refers to a person who rides a horse. (Example: von Bismarck is an accomplished equestrian.) One does not say, "This sport is called equestrian." One would no sooner say, "equestrian will always be in his blood," than say "bourgeois will always be in his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Equestrian' is No Noun | 10/23/1990 | See Source »

The story of Sergei Kirov's murder helps draw back the curtain on how the meat grinder of the purges got started. First, though, I must describe the atmosphere of those times -- the early days, before a petty bourgeois mentality began to take over the party. Those were romantic times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khrushchev's Secret Tapes | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

After the communist regime headed by Erich Honecker collapsed late last year, East Germans were appalled by what they discovered about the lavishly bourgeois life-style that the ousted party boss and his cronies had enjoyed at their well-guarded compound in the Berlin suburb of Wandlitz. Nonetheless, the new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Compromised by a Gigantic Lie | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

That is a partial tally of deliberate affronts to the audience in 15 acclaimed stage shows from East and West Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Bremen, Bochum and Schwerin. All were imported for, or staged locally to enrich, last month's Berlin Theatertreffen, the city's 27th annual festival of productions from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: The Power to Shock | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

If these Harvard bookstores seem altogether too bourgeois for you, try Revolution Books, at 38 JFK Street. Revolution Books offers every manner of leftist literature, and probably has more copies of the Communist Manifesto anywhere outside of, well, Cuba. In addition, Revolution Books has all the paraphenalia that a good...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Catering to Harvard Consumers | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

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