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...general in 1934, ran it as a mirror of the Kremlin, slavishly devoted first to Stalin, then to Khrushchev, seeing it grow to nearly 1,000,000 members after World War II only to decline rapidly (current membership: 240,000) in the face of European prosperity, until, suffering from chronic ill health, he "elevated" himself to president last May, leaving everyday tactics to another man; of an apparent heart attack aboard a Russian ship traveling to Yalta for a vacation...
...mile national railway system is being overhauled at a cost of $1 billion. Unemployment has dropped from 8% in 1959 to 1.5%. About 400,000 men are working in neighboring nations, and the $193 million they sent home last year, along with tourist income, more than offset a chronic trade deficit...
...sporadic and chronic debate over the role of the HCUA came to life again last night when John E. Diehl '65 told Council members they had become "cunuchs at the court of the Deans...
Spurting Wine. Nonetheless, under pressure from the followers of Juan Carlos, and with his own chronic misgivings about anything that remotely threatens public order, Franco let Carlos and Irene know that it was his "wish" that they not attend the Carlist rally at Montejurra. Since his future depends on Franco's whim, Carlos meekly flew off with his bride to the Canary Islands instead. His younger sister Cecilia, wearing an ivory dress and red beret, went in his place. Priming their parched throats with spurts of red wine from goatskin botas, the Carlists cheered lustily for Carlos and shouted...
Although journalists get most of the Pulitzers, awards are also made in the field of arts and letters. But on this far larger hunting ground, the judges have had chronic trouble finding, or at least recognizing, enough merit to cover all seven divisions.* The fiction prize has been skipped seven times in 48 years, the drama award eight times. This year the Pulitzer jurors withheld awards in music, drama and fiction...