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...Search of Dracula is a bit overpackaged. But the authors have done fine work in assembling documents and tales from Dracula's own time. A report written for Czar Ivan the Great in 1490 is particularly revealing. It would not have been good sense to criticize Dracula harshly lest the Czar suspect the principle of autocratic rule was being challenged. So the writer repeated the bloody stories in an approving tone...
...Ruski Boulevard, in the heart of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, looms one of the oddest monuments in the Communist world: a huge equestrian statue of Alexander II, Czar of All the Russias from 1855 to 1881. While Moscow abounds with likenesses of Lenin and Peking with those of Mao, Sofia has chosen to preserve an image of the Emperor who helped liberate Bulgaria from Turkish rule in 1878. The Bulgarians still feel that they owe a historic debt of gratitude to Russia's rulers...
...much is a homeland worth-if you need to buy one? About $1,000,000 to onetime Miami Gambling Czar Meyer Lansky, 70. For two years Lansky has been trying to find a permanent sanctuary in Israel for himself, his ailing wife and his dog. The Israeli high court rejected Lansky's application for citizenship, and now the Interior Ministry has given him two weeks to get out. Since he faces prosecution for tax evasion and contempt if he returns to the U.S., Lansky is reported to be offering the million in cash, plus substantial investments, to any country...
When it was all over, Heinz had beaten his opponent, also a millionaire, 2 to 1. He and his wife set up housekeeping in Washington, D.C., in what had been the Russian embassy during the reign of Czar Nicholas I (it cost the Heinzes $500,000), and plunged into the capital's social life. But Heinz has taken his political responsibilities seriously. A hard worker and self-styled moderate, he has bucked the Republican leadership on some big issues, including the war. Last spring on the floor of the House, he questioned the mining of Haiphong Harbor...
Steve Gladstone, the reigning czar of eastern hightweight rowing for the last five years, has abdicated his throne to take over the head coaching position at once-mighty Berkeley on the West Coast...