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Conservative Republicans were outraged. Snapped G.O.P. National Chairman William Brock: "A tragic error." Declared California Congressman Robert Dornan: "They're breaking out the vodka and caviar in Moscow." Republican House Leader John Rhodes of Arizona accused Carter of giving the House "a rather gratuitous slap in the face" by not announcing his decision prior to its vote on the B-1 funds. Only 48 hours before Carter dropped his bombshell, the House had beaten back, by a vote of 243 to 178, an amendment to delete from the defense budget $1.5 billion for production of five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Carter's Big Decision: Down Goes the B-1, Here Comes the Cruise | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

With splotches of caviar and borscht still fresh on their lapels, the all-male a capella chorus comes twenty-five strong to perform at Sanders this Friday night, in the first of their public concerts since they returned to the country. What a range in character and style the group boasts of! It has performed from San Francisco to Moscow, is composed of Engineering to Slavic majors, has alumni in international opera companies and huge business corporations, and stores a repertoire of liturgical and secular music ranging geographically from Latvia to Macedonia. But the range stops somewhere. According...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: Heavy On The Russian | 4/14/1977 | See Source »

...also a familiar type out of the recent past-a successful San Francisco lawyer who travels a lot, defending Black Panthers and arranging arms deals for urban guerrillas. When someone at a party asks Charlotte what he does, she replies characteristically, "He runs guns, I wish they had caviar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Imagination of Disaster | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...Zahedi, 48, escort of beautiful women-last year's favorite was Elizabeth Taylor-lavish dispenser of caviar, which he delivers to friends by liveried chauffeur, former husband of the daughter of the Shah of Iran and probably Washington's best-known diplomat and partygiver. Hidden by his playboy image is his tremendous competence as an ambassador. He is also the chairman of the board of governors of the Islamic Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: The 38 Hours: Trial by Terror | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

Pepsi's main Russian import is Stolichnaya vodka, distributed by the company's Monsieur Henri subsidiary. It is aimed at the caviar set, costing $7.99 a fifth-$2 more than U.S.-made Smirnoff, the bestselling brand. A newer import in which Pepsi finds promise is a champagne called Nazdorovya, said to be the product of vineyards planted in 1870 on Czar Alexander II's estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Profiting from Pepskis | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

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