Word: finnishness
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...British party remains alienated from Moscow; so do nearly all the other West European and Scandinavian parties, except the tiny hard-line groups in Portugal, Luxembourg, West Germany and West Berlin. Whether the voters will understand these new distinctions is another matter. The Finnish and Swedish parties both suffered severe losses in recent elections, even though their leaders had denounced the Soviets at the time of the invasion...
...Finland's turn. On the same day that Izvestia charged that West Germany was menacing Finland, who should arrive for a three-day visit but Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin. Afterward President Urho Kekkonen tried to reassure the Finns that the Russian premier had come only to allay any Finnish uneasiness...
...stores and spare parts is an awesome task." But when it comes to creature comforts, life aboard Ondine is luxurious indeed. The boat can sleep 14 at one time, and all cabins are heated and air-conditioned. There are two showers (one freshwater, one salt) and a genuine Finnish sauna bath- which, when unoccupied, is used for drying spray-drenched clothes...
...Nielsen, and absolute music." Carl Nielsen? At the mention of the Danish composer's name, most non-Scandinavians could only look blank or grope for their music dictionaries. Nielsen's reputation in his homeland had been supreme since his death in 1931 at 66, but unlike his Finnish contemporary Jean Sibelius, he was a nobody in the European and especially the U.S. music world...
Overriding Tradition. Silja's life story would make an operatic libretto in itself. The illegitimate child of a Finnish actor and a German actress, she was raised by her grandfather, an unconventional dabbler in voice and piano coaching, fiction, painting and sculpture. He trained her himself, and launched her at twelve on a concert tour. When she was 16, he allowed her to begin her apprenticeship in opera...