Word: khrushchevism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...outspoken Russian poet is as good as his word. He spits when the mood strikes him, and he seems care less of the consequences. When Nikita Khrushchev personally upbraided him for his unconventional poetry, Voznesensky stubbornly refused to recant. When critics attacked him for formal ism, which in Soviet jargon means experimenting with the language, Voznesensky replied in verse: "They nag me about formalism./Formaldehyde: you stink of it and incense." He helped to stir up the Soviet Writers Congress last May by signing a letter boldly calling for an end to Soviet censorship. Last week copies of a Voznesensky...
Dangerous Defiance. Pravda did not print the letter, and Voznesensky did not cool off. A few days later, at a poetry reading in a Moscow theater, he expanded his indictment to take in all the boorishness in Soviet culture that was epitomized by Khrushchev's shoe banging...
...NEWS SPECIAL (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). "Khrushchev in Exile-His Opinions and Revelations Today," produced by a special NBC team, features the first full-length interview since the downfall of the Russian leader in 1964. Repeat...
...missile crisis. It was named after "the recurrent scene in Anthony Trollope's novels in which the girl interprets a squeeze of her hand as a proposal of marriage." When Moscow seemed to be stalling about pulling the missiles out of Cuba, the White House decided to force Khrushchev's hand by publicly accepting an offer of a settlement that he had made only tentatively and in secret. Next day he announced that his missiles would be removed...
Undisclosed Source. Khrushchev also has words of praise for the late John F. Kennedy: "A real statesman. He completely filled his post. I like the way he -unlike Eisenhower-had his personal opinions on all questions we discussed. Kennedy was entirely different from Eisenhower and had a precisely formulated answer for every question...