Word: leopold
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Belatedly, and at great cost, the Shah himself has begun to comprehend the real nature of Iran's malaise and his role in its creation (see Interview page 43). In other societies run by strong rulers - Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, Leopold Senghor's Senegal, Tito's Yugoslavia - literate and cultivated populations have succeeded in matching political progress with economic and cultural development. But Iran's unique society, so influenced by its religious structure and rooted for centuries in a different world, simply could not adjust to such radical change. The Shah failed to realize that the dramatic alterations...
...exports, which include glassware, engineering machinery and textiles. Capital investment has been minimal, and many factories are obsolete. Decentralized planning, economic incentives and worker participation were intended to be keystone policies of the Dubček government. In a highly bastardized form, they have been revived by Finance Minister Leopold Lér. But Lér's plan in no way envisions the kind of widespread shop-floor democracy that had been the dream of Dubček's Finance Minister...
Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (Sopranos Arleen Augér, Ileana Cotrubas and Edith Gruberova, Mezzo Agnes Baltsa, Tenor Werner Hollweg, Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Leopold Hager, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon; 4 LPs); La Clemenza di Tito (Mezzos Janet Baker and Yvonne Minton, Tenor Stuart Burrows, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis, conductor; Philips; 3 LPs). Mozart composed Mitridate when he was only 14; La Clemenza came just before he died at 35. Both works are all but forgotten. They are opera seria, the early style of Italian opera that can present obstacles for the modern...
...Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)--won independence from the Belgians under the leadership of Patrice Lumumba. The Belgian record in Africa was particularly cruel, with a long history of massacres and torture in the Congo. By international agreement, the Congo was the personal fiefdom of Belgium's King Leopold, who grew notorious for the repression and exploitation he encouraged in the area...
This year's co-captains, Bobby Mellen and Hank Leopold, split a pair of other awards presented Saturday. Leopold copped the trophy for the player who contributed the most to Harvard lacrosse, while Mellen won the "best hustle" prize...