Word: escu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rumanian government of President Nicolae Ceauçescu, reports TIME Correspondent Strobe Talbott, has secretly been looking into the possibility of buying modern armaments, including American F-5 jet fighters, in the West. Such a move, if it materialized, would be unprecedented for a member of the Warsaw Pact. The subject was raised by Rumanian Chief of Staff and Deputy Defense Minister General Ion Coman when he flew to Washington in March for talks with his U.S. counterpart, General Frederick Weyand. But while the U.S. would welcome a "protocol" or limited military relationship, it is reluctant to provide Rumania with...
...Hungary. Like other Western journalists in the late '50s he could not get visas for Eastern European countries. When the cold war eased in the mid-'60s he found visas often did not help much. While working on a cover story on President Nicolae Ceauşescu, Rademaekers spent three weeks in Rumania and could not "get within ten feet of a high party official." Needing some descriptive details for a cover portrait (TIME, March 18, 1966), he asked a Rumanian press officer for help. What color, for example, were Ceauşescu's eyes? The officer...
...coming up fast as a jovial but strong character actor. Among the performers sharing the limelight will be French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Rumanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In all, leaders or representatives of 35 states will gather at Helsinki, including spokesmen for the Vatican and every European country except myopic, Maoist Albania. Everyone seemed to be groping for a phrase that would sum up the spectacle. Departing slightly from theatrical images, a European delegate...
Whereas Brezhnev sought barter deals and longterm, low-cost loans, Ceauşescu encouraged West German firms to develop joint ventures with Rumania, in return for 49% of the equity...
Rumania's President Nicolae Ceauşescu underlined this rare sense of independence on an official visit last week to West Germany. Like Brezhnev, who preceded him to Bonn by five and a half weeks, Ceauşescu was looking for more West German help to turn his country into a modern, industrialized nation...