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...Lenin. The power and substance of Solzhenitsyn's condemnation seemed likely to bring down the Kremlin's wrath on the already beleaguered author (see BOOKS). In contrast to his novels One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The Cancer Ward and The First Circle, which dealt only with Stalin's terror, Gulag strikes out at the officially idolized figure of Lenin. Solzhenitsyn rejects the Kremlin's thesis that Stalin alone was responsible for the "excesses" of his time. Instead, Solzhenitsyn devastatingly demonstrates that the imprisonment of millions under Stalin was made possible by Lenin...
...bureaucrats, Congressmen and oil executives with his quick grasp of complex energy policies, and his appointment brought forth a chorus of praise that he finds almost embarrassing. Says Representative Silvio Conte of Massachusetts, a strong critic of the Administration's energy performance: "Of all the people I have dealt with in 15 years on this problem, Simon is the best. He has a handle on it better than anyone in the Government...
That such a blow should be dealt by the former mayor of that city, who rose to prominence because of his courageous insistence that West Berlin survive and prosper in the face of the erection of the Berlin Wall, is particularly ironic. It is yet another sign that cold-war positions are no longer viable in contemporary Europe...
...said that people now believe that prisons do not correct offenders, that organized crime has been dealt with too leniently, and that the majority of those who preach law and order are crooks themselves...
...Crimson can stay healthy between now and the weekend meet, Army could be in for the same spiking that Harvard dealt the Terriers...