Word: budapest
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...DIED. Ferenc Puskás, 79, Hungarian soccer star whose girth and ungainly gait earned him the nickname the Galloping Major, a moniker that belied one of the deftest and deadliest strikers in the sport's history; in Budapest. Described by former England manager Ron Greenwood as a "roly-poly little fellow" who looked as if he "did most of his training in restaurants," Puskás was an unstoppable shotmaker, scoring 84 goals in 85 matches for his national team. In 1953 he starred in one of soccer's most famous contests: a surprise trouncing of England that debuted...
Paris tried to break the record for the world's largest lip lock, but only 1,188 people showed up for smooches. Frankly, we expected a little bit more from a city so famed for its amour, its romance, its va-va-voom. Budapest--Budapest!--still holds the record with 11,570 simultaneous kissers...
...wealth, yet he chooses to raise taxes on the population. Unless Hungary's leaders come clean about their affairs and demonstrate a willingness to make the system work not just for them but for the whole society, we cannot expect the people to believe in them. Istvan Pataki Budapest...
...selling it. Her emotion is forced, and she seems as confused as the audience as to the necessity of her character. The smattering of 19th century female gender issues throughout the film were also accordingly lost on her acting performance. Filmed primarily in soundstages and on location in Budapest, the film is also disappointingly confined to cramped rooms. Perhaps the director was trying to convey the lifestyle of hermit Beethoven; still, the film gives no impression of actually occurring in Vienna. Bottom Line: What could have been essential for Beethoven enthusiasts and laymen alike is, in fact, disappointing for both...
...This was not just a little uprising, like in Poland or in East Germany in 1953," he said last week, "this was a real revolution. There was no consultation; it just jumped up here and there." Despairing at the brutality of a particularly nasty communist regime, ordinary citizens in Budapest - students, office workers - turned themselves into guerrilla fighters almost literally overnight, learning on the job, as it were, how to lure a Soviet tank down a narrow alley and bomb it with Molotov cocktails. "There was a tremendous euphoria, especially after the Russians agreed to a cease-fire and withdrew...