Word: levich
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...threat to détente. In what can only be construed as a symbolic gesture to mollify U.S. opinion, they released Major General Pyotr Grigorenko, 67, who had been placed in a psychiatric clinic for political crimes five years ago. At the same time, Benjamin Levich, a Jew and a leading Soviet chemist, was told that next year he would receive his long-sought permission to emigrate to Israel. His two sons, both of whom had been harassed by authorities because of their own requests to leave the country, were told they could go before the end of this year...
...Leader Valery Chalidze argues that the law violates Article 121 of the Soviet constitution, which guarantees free education with no strings attached. He also points out that the levies have reduced some Jews to an illegal condition of "debt bondage," or permanent peonage. The world-famous Soviet electrochemist, Benjamin Levich, puts it more succinctly: "The levies may create a new category-the slaves of the 20th century...