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...served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in Italy's first postwar government. His alliance with the Communist Party and his opposition to NATO earned him the Stalin peace prize in 1951; he repudiated the award five years later, after the Soviets smashed the Hungarian revolution. In 1962 Nenni's Socialists joined the Christian Democrats in a center-left coalition that ruled for 14 years, during which he served as Deputy Prime Minister in three Cabinets...
...banner year on disc, issuing fine performances of a staple of the repertory (Beethoven's Third Concerto) as well as an avant-garde experiment (Luigi Nono's... sofferte onde serene ...). This set-modernist but accessible- falls happily in-between. Bartók's angular octaves and Hungarian folk rhythms tempt many pianists to turn into percussionists. Pollini achieves a biting authority without ever banging...
...gasoline, plane fares and chocolate. Last July Soviet cars jumped 18% and carpets and restaurant meals rose 50%. Czechoslovakia lifted its rate for children's clothing, fuel, postage and rents, while Hungary raised the price of bread, flour, sugar and some meats by up to 50%. The quintessential Hungarian paprika rose...
...Delta ranks a surprising first and El Al a merited last (see box), few of the airlines land unscathed. In an introduction headed "Thoroughly Fed-Up," Ronay writes: "Herded like cattle, kept uninformed during frequent delays, racked in their tight seats, air travelers are reduced to ciphers and dehumanized." Hungarian-born Ronay nears apoplexy on the subject of airline food: "Only the truly captive situation of the passenger explains how airlines can get away with serving unadulterated rubbish...
Eurocurrency began as an offspring of the cold war. After the 1956 Hungarian revolt, Soviet officials feared that the U.S. would seize the dollar deposits that Moscow had in New York City banks, so they transferred the cash to London. After moneymen began lending the state less dollars to companies in Europe, U.S. bankers and businessmen recognized a promising new source of capital. The lending of hard foreign currencies soon spread out from London. Among the first to handle such loans was the Soviet-owned Banque Commerciale pour I'Europe du Nord in Paris, which has the telex address...