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...token of encouragement to the increasingly self-assertive, outward-looking nations within the once monolithic Communist bloc. And while Methodist Mills airily dismissed the need for such a gesture, a dramatic "independence" speech by Rumanian Boss Nicolae Ceausescu pointedly underlined the urgency behind a scheduled fence-mending mission to Bucharest by Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev (see THE WORLD...
...Bucharest lay stunned under the sticky assault of an 85° heat wave. Couples lounged inertly in the lilac-scented shade of the parks along Boulevard Magheru, sipped raspberry soda out of communal glasses, or took in the desultory lake breeze at the Pescarus Restaurant. Then, with an electric crackle, loudspeakers began to blare, and a tingle ran through the crowd...
Secret Huddle. Scarcely had the speech clattered through the Kremlin telex machines when Russia's Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev was airborne for a visit to Bucharest. For three days he huddled with Ceausescu in secret talks. Beyond the expectable communiqué concerning "subjects of mutual interest," outsiders could only guess at the real substance of the conversations. After all, there were plenty of signs that Rumania was taking an active role in European Communist affairs-a role that could only annoy Moscow. Premier Ion Gheorghe Maurer was in Geneva ostensibly for a "cure"-but possibly in some connection with...
Whatever the spark for the summit, it was one that Brezhnev could not avoid. The Russian leader had been planning to go to Bucharest anyway, but Ceausescu's startling speech must have made the trip much more compelling...
After studying sociology and psychology at the University of Bucharest, Steinberg took up architecture in Milan. His eye was also nourished by Egyptian paintings, latrine drawings, primitive and insane art, Seurat, embroidery and Paul Klee. His first drawing was published in 1936 in Milan. "It took about ten minutes to draw," he remembers, "but when it was printed in the magazine, I took a very slow promenade along each line." Ever since, he has been taking millions of viewers along, mostly by means of The New Yorker, in which his drawings have appeared since...