Word: kadarism
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...Kadar passed a signed copy of his written answers across the table. The General Secretary then lit a cigarette and leaned toward his visitors. "Now," he said, "I am at your disposal...
...hands tremble slightly now, and the flesh around his eyes makes them seem smaller than they really are, heightening an occasional glare, muffling his frequent shy smiles. Yet Janos Kadar still displays the same unexpected charm and cool canniness that have helped make the onetime typewriter mechanic the boldest and most beloved leader in Eastern Europe. Wearing a tailored gray suit and a wine-red silk tie, Kadar chain-smoked Symphonia cigarettes while talking for two hours with a group of TIME visitors in his office in Budapest's Central Committee headquarters. Any initial reserve that the General Secretary displayed...
...were added to piles of unburied corpses, dusted with lime, that littered the city. Soviet tanks blasted the facades off downtown buildings trying to stop sniper fire from upper windows. In scarcely more than a week the Hungarian dream of independence was over. A puppet government headed by Janos Kadar, 44, set about "normalizing" the country through executions, show trials and brutal repression. The purge made Kadar the most hated man in Hungary and won him the epithet the "Butcher of Budapest...
...years, a unique bargain has been struck between Hungarians and their leaders. In return for conceding Soviet domination of their country, Hungary has been granted special license to dabble in free markets and private initiative. Dubbed "goulash Communism," Hungary's balancing act between socialism and capitalism is Janos Kadar's legacy to his country. In 30 years, his public image has come full circle. If open elections were held tomorrow, Kadar, at 74, would win by virtual acclamation...
Hungary is another Communist state where profit can be a virtue. The country's thriving cooperative system leaves some 650,000 farm workers relatively free to make business decisions and to absorb losses or pocket gains. Leader Janos Kadar encourages small private ventures, with results that can be seen across the country. Virtually every Hungarian town boasts restaurants with tempting food and smooth service, clothes stores with high- fashion wear and bustling streets filled with numerous shops...