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...Ginzburg's arrest again prompted Carter to issue a statement of regret. The Russians next picked up Orlov-whether in response to Carter or simply because of Orlov's activities is not clear...
...more moderate statement of support from Jimmy Carter. The Russians evidently decided that they could not ignore comments that they regarded as provocative, and that seemed to signal a new and tougher approach to Soviet-American relations. As if to test the U.S. resolve, the KGB arrested Dissident Alexander Ginzburg in a telephone booth. Hours later the Kremlin ordered the expulsion of George Krimsky, a Russian-speaking American reporter for the Associated Press who had been zealous in covering dissident activities. In swift retaliation, the U.S. State Department deported a Washington-based Tass correspondent (TIME, Feb. 14). This brought...
Among Russian dissidents in Moscow, jubilation over the Carter Administration's statements was tempered by Ginzburg's arrest. Still, the activists were grateful for the U.S. support of Sakharov, whom most dissidents regard as "the captain of our ship." Upon hearing of the State Department admonitions on foreign short-wave radio, "we nearly cried with relief," Dissident Anatoli Shcharansky told TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Marsh Clark last week. "It was what we were waiting for. We think it has saved Sakharov; we're convinced they won't touch...
Despite periodic brouhahas over rulings on pornography, courts rarely jail anyone for peddling or promoting smut. The last defendant of note to do any time was Ralph Ginzburg, who served eight months for the prurient promotion of his magazine Eros. Now, however, three prominent pornicators-an actress, a publisher and a reformed smut merchant-face the threat of prison...
...Ginzburg is a good writer whose novels and short stories are modern Italian classics. The Advertisement won a major prize in France and was well-received in London. The first American production at the Ex does it justice. But director Philip Haas couldn't entirely rescue the play--Ginzburg made the last acts so short that she didn't have enough to work with, and fell back on ending the play with a repeat of the first lines. The massive, intricately crafted and performed tour de force of the first act promises much more than the rest of the play...