Word: czar
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Search the attic! Check behind the wallpaper! Lucky scavengers may discover a small fortune in Russian bonds issued during World War I by the government of Czar Nicholas II. For 70 years, the IOUs have scarcely been worth the ornate paper they were printed on. Reason: a year after shooting the imperial family, the Soviet revolutionary government repudiated $192 million in the hands of U.S. bondholders. But last week the State Department said U.S. and Soviet officials have started negotiating a repayment of the Czarist loans. Including interest, the settlement could reach $900 million...
...from now, said he considered his contract "annulled by this event." Conductor-composer Pierre Boulez resigned as vice president of the organization in charge of Parisian opera. Zubin Mehta of the New York Philharmonic said, "I will not go there under these circumstances." Herbert von Karajan, the grand old czar of the conducting world, declared that his plans for the Bastille were "null and void." Also lining up behind Barenboim: Sir Georg Solti of the Chicago Symphony and Carlo Maria Giulini, formerly of the Los Angeles Philharmonic...
...Drug Czar William Bennett commemorates Independence Day by exploding 1604 kilos of confiscated drugs over the Washington Monument instead of fireworks. When the smoke clears, it is discovered that President Bush has painted the White House in day-glo paisley, and the Pentagon has given out free chemical weapon souvenirs to tourists. D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is found wandering dazed through the downtown streets, but no one finds that out of the ordinary...
Described by an aide as "a tornado in a wheat field," Bennett as drug czar would have to be a deft persuader and work with dozens of agencies like the CIA and the Pentagon as well as foreign governments like Bolivia and Colombia. That may not come easy for his heretical nature...
...Washington, but it will distance lawmakers even more from life beyond the Beltway. -- A retrospective view of Ronald Reagan as he heads off into the sunset. -- A new survey finds that Americans are looking forward to Bush with something less than longing. -- Hugh Sidey on the new drug czar, "Big Bill" Bennett...