Word: capitalistically
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...high point on Radio Moscow is what might be called the "Boris and Vladimir Show," on which the two men regularly discuss topics of the day. Vladimir will say something like, "You see, Boris, in the capitalist West they are engaged in something fashionably called the 'rat race,' in which selfish individuals are out for themselves. Not like here in the Soviet state, where we are responsible, first and foremost, to society." Boris, the straight man, always answers, "I agree with you totally, Vladimir...
...nude Lennon embracing a fully clothed Yoko, was used as the cover of Rolling Stone's 1.8 million-copy Lennon memorial issue, which is expected to be RS's alltime bestseller. Publishers began turning out Lennon books almost overnight. The Wall Street Journal reported that one venture capitalist, Harry Harootunian of Cranston, R.I., even put out a prospectus offering 23 partnership interests at $45,000 apiece in a forthcoming book about Lennon...
...Union with regard to trade and so forth? You have to ask yourself, can the Soviet Union exist on its own? It never has. The Soviet Union, with all its boastfulness about its system, could not live without support and help by way of trade and so forth from capitalist nations. If their system is so great, how come they're not self-sufficient? They are probably richer in minerals and fuel supplies than any other nation...
...Soviets, sometimes troubling ways, guided by their own historic and cultural traditions. Rumania, although it has one of the East bloc's most repressive regimes, has maintained a boldly independent foreign policy. Hungary, while hewing to the Soviet line on international affairs, is experimenting with quasi-capitalist practices in its socialist economy...
Intentionally vague about his political ideas, he claims to be a simple "union man." But his political goal seems to be an amalgam of Christian socialism and Polish nationalism. He has read Alexander Solzhenitsyn and shares his views of both Communist and capitalist shortcomings. "No system must make people forget that they are human beings," says Walesa. Then he adds enigmatically: "My own plans are far-reaching, but it is too early to reveal them...