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According to his Top 10 list published in the Village Voice, film critic J. Hoberman’s favorite film of 2006 is “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu,” a stylistically innovative meditation on death, illness, and bureaucracy by Romanian director Cristi Puiu...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hoberman Reveals Cinema’s Cold War Secrets | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...bloc colleagues, the Rumanians more than tripled the number of medals they won in Moscow in 1980, a feat that could not wholly be explained by the bloc's absence. "It's not our biggest Olympic team, but it's our best," said Team Spokesman Alex Lazarescu of the 127 athletes dispatched to Los Angeles, down from the 237 at the Moscow Games. "Quality, not quantity this time." Rumanian women blitzed the rowing events, for instance, winning five of six gold and taking the silver in the sixth. Such concentration of talent reflects a national policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Rise of an East Bloc Maverick | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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