Word: leninization
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...projections." But there is another week, and, in gold medals at least, the U.S.S.R. (43) and the U.S. (31) are in moderate range of each other. "I've always been an optimist," the American Georgian said, and proved it again while coming away from a visit to the Lenin Mausoleum. "A little pale," he exulted, "but looks great." Furthermore, Seattle has been selected to host the second quadrennial festival in 1990. In the meantime, Turner will busy himself with documentaries on both the Soviet Union and disarmament. "In the U.S., we're saying things like, 'They're an evil empire...
...about 3 1/2 times as much as the U.S. shuttle. The Soviets have, of course, one huge advantage: their authoritarian government provides long-term planning and consistently high funding for its priorities. "The Soviets worship only certain things," observes George Jeffs, president of Rockwell's North American Space Operations. "Lenin's tomb is one and space is another...
...heroes of a new age. Encouraged by this, John D. Rockefeller in 1932 commissioned a Rivera mural, Man at the Crossroads Looking with Hope and High Vision to the Choosing of a New and Better Future, for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center. Rivera put in a head of Lenin and refused to take it out, though he offered to counterface it with some portraits of Lincoln and other moral equivalents. The result of this Mexican standoff was that the Rockefellers effaced the mural, while the Communist Party denounced Rivera for "opportunism." This finished Rivera's career as the conflicted...
That day and into the night, Bozzotto pranced around the Holyoke Center courtyard in his Local 26 jacket as if he were Lenin himself. He appeared on television screens and in newspapers across the Boston area, bashing Harvard and Shell Oil for their connections to South Africa. His unconventional methods surprised some in the Harvard community, angered others and bewildered most...
...midnight, the air was biting. Our contacts had been made. After watching the changing of the guard in front of Lenin's tomb, and digesting the impressive splendor of St. Basil's Cathedral we returned in pairs to the hotel...