Word: leonid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Died. Leonid, 80, Russian-born neoromantic painter; in Manhattan, where he had lived since World War II. While painting on the Mediterranean coast in the 1920s, Leonid became fascinated by the mysterious beauty of the shore, and pale, silent seascapes became his hallmark...
...grown in office. He is less narrowly partisan than he was. Exposure to national and international problems has broadened his perspective. He no longer feels uncomfortable in the presence of such world leaders as West Germany's Helmut Schmidt and the Soviet Union's Leonid Brezhnev...
...firm but moderate Premier, seems in charge. He stood first in the lineup of leaders at Mao's mourning. He has also impressed foreign observers with his cool, adept handling of both the recent earthquakes and the obsequies for Mao. But will he consolidate his power, as Leonid Brezhnev did in the Soviet Union after the ouster of Khrushchev? Or will he, like Georgi Malenkov after the death of Stalin, eventually be relegated to obscurity? Many observers believe that he might endure, given the apparent strength of the moderates in China today. But the first indications...
...lover, current director (Face to Face) and the father of her daughter Linn, 9, are published this week in her autobiography titled The Change. If Ullmann takes a sharp focus on Bergman, she is equally exacting about some other famous men she has met. Among them: Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and former President Richard Nixon, all of whom sat down to dinner with the actress one night. Reports Liv: "Gromyko is pale, but blushes every time his name is mentioned. Brezhnev looks vain, but I like him immediately when he takes my hand and says...
...preordained choice agreed upon by a small group of A.B.A. leaders generally runs for the top spot-with about as much opposition as Leonid Brezhnev faces. This year the quasi-official nominee was William B. Spann Jr., 64, an Atlanta attorney who has been active in the A.B.A. for four decades. But Spann's relatively liberal inclinations distressed Houston Corporate Lawyer Leroy Jeffers, 66, a partner of John Connally, a former president of the Texas bar and, most important, a two-fisted conservative who believes the A.B.A. has plunged foolishly into broad national legal issues instead of sticking...