Word: georgies
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Having bought ample space in two such solidly capitalistic papers as the N.Y. Herald Tribune and the N.Y. Times, 326 citizens of more or less good will invited the nation to follow the newest Communist party line. The occasion: the tenth anniversary of Georgi Dimitrov's epic Reichstag trial. The citizens: a spicy mixture of Earl Browder, Arturo Toscanini, Lillian Hellman. The party line: a united front of "progressives, liberals and democrats" behind Georgi Dimitrov. (Most newspaper readers asked themselves blankly: "Now who the hell...
Their innocent minds unmolested by any such torturing memories, the 326 newly loyal followers of Georgi Dimitrov implicitly endorsed Comrade Browder's modest definition of him as "the father of the Teheran Conference," the leader of the "all-inclusive unity of all the democratic and progressive forces of the world." Explicitly they pledged themselves to victory "in his name...
Three things were clear beyond any doubt: 1) Georgi Dimitrov is a courageous and disciplined agent of World Communism; 2) Earl Browder, for one, is not so sure that the Comintern is dead; 3) Arturo Toscanini is the world's greatest living conductor...
...Last fortnight the Soviet Union set up a five-man committee to direct the rehabilitation of the regained soil; ordered the return of 571,500 head of evacuated cattle, horses, sheep. The committee's head is plump Georgi Malenkov, one of Stalin's ablest trouble shooters. Among the members is the professorial-looking Georgian, Lavrenti Beria, chief of NKVD (formerly OGPU...
...Pursue the enemy untiringly," ordered the Soviets' Central Commander, General Georgi K. Zhukov. "Give him no respite. Do not permit him to reorganize his defenses or fortify new defense lines. Death to the German occupants...