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Western governments were just as puzzled over who was in charge during Brezhnev's absence. Speculation that Andrei Kirilenko, 75, a longtime favorite for the succession, had lost a power struggle to Brezhnev Protégé Konstantin Chernenko, 70, was strengthened last week when Kirilenko's name was missing from an obituary for a World War II tank commander signed by other Kremlin leaders. A senior West German official gave Brezhnev "a few more months," but then warned: "When I read our information, I am always amazed at how little we know for certain about the inner...
...during the past decade. Still, tension within the Kremlin may mount as contenders for power vie for position. Apparently out of the running is Andrei Kirilenko, 75, a onetime favorite who has not been seen in public since mid-February. The most visible contender for the succession is Konstantin Chernenko, 70, a longtime Brezhnev aide who has consistently appeared standing next to the President in recent months. Other Politburo members vying for the succession include Moscow Party Chief Viktor Grishin, Leningrad Party Boss Grigori Romanov and KGB Chief Yuri Andropov...
...offstage than on. Rumors have been circulating that Thus We Will Win was the object of an ideological tug-of-war in the Politburo. Party Theoretician Mikhail Suslov, a hard-liner who died last January, is believed to have done his best to block the production, while Brezhnev Protege Konstantin Chernenko apparently intervened to save the play. As if to dispel any notion that the leadership was divided in its feelings, virtually the entire top rung of the Politburo, including Brezhnev, showed up for a performance early last month. In what may be the start of a period of transition...
...Kremlinologists scrutinized the lineup of Politburo members waiting to greet Poland's General Wojciech Jaruzelski, they noticed a subtle, but possibly important, change. Konstantin Chernenko, 70, a burly, longtime crony of Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's, occupied the No. 3 position in the receiving line. Only Premier Nikolai Tikhonov, whose presence was required by protocol, stood closer to the ailing Soviet leader. The white-maned Chernenko's commanding position set off speculation that he had won a round or two in the behind-the-scenes struggle to succeed the 75-year-old Brezhnev. At the same time...
...Polish-born Strasberg, a discerning but caustic pedagogue, helped shape such future stars as Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, John Garfield, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Eli Wallach, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Strasberg's technique, the so-called Method, was inspired by a system developed by the Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky. Through the use of physical and emotional exercises, Strasberg taught his pupils to forgo external acting tricks and "internalize" roles, drawing on reservoirs of their own experience and feeling. Strasberg's disciples called him "Rabbi," "Pope" and "the ultimate shrink," and swore by him. His detractors, who accused...