Word: malia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pity the poor history major. His troubles began with departures to other coleges, were compounded by vacations, were aggravated by sabatticals, and were culiminated by Guggenheim Fellowships. The exodus leaves the department without Gilmore, Hammond, McKay, Schlesinger, Wolff, Bailyn, Conway, and McGann; Malia in the springtime; Albion and Graubard in the fall. So pity the history major as he tries to find a professor. Sorrow for him as he searches for courses with which to pass generals. Grieve for him as he looks for Greece, early Rome, most of the Middle Ages, half of Renaissance and Reformation, Russia from...
There is no proof for Orlov's statement other than his word, Malia said. If the story is true, he added, it is surprising that no one has discovered it before...
...Malia also attacked the authenticity of a letter claimed by its discoverer to prove Stalin's connection with the czarist regime until 1913. Isaac don Levine, author of the first major biography of Stalin, claims to have found an Okhrana letter, written in 1913, in which Stalin's "spying" activities are discussed...
...Life, Levine gives an account of his discovery of the document and his "proof" of its validity. Malia, however, said that the document is probably a forgery...
...wording of the letter, which refers to "Stalin's election to the Central Committee of the party." The term "the Party" is to be a considered post-revolution term for referring to the Communist Party, casting doubt as to whether the letter was actually written in 1913, Malia said...