Word: matskevich
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moscow's minutes, which sold out within hours, showed that after Bulganin admitted "joining" the "antiparty activities of Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganovich and Shepilov," speaker after speaker rose-obviously in a coordinated assault-to assail his confession as "feeble" and "unconvincing." Said Agriculture Minister Vladimir Matskevich, a longtime Khrushchev henchman from the Ukraine: "Bulganin now pretends that he only joined the group at the last minute. This is not true. If Bulganin has in fact repented, then he must disarm himself completely and tell honestly about his subversive work and about the roots that have remained...
...Homburged, blue-suited visitor who looked like what he is: a capitalist tycoon. On hand to greet the TU-104 jet that brought Cleveland Industrialist Cyrus S. Eaton (Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Steep Rock Iron Mines) were crowds of children bearing flowers, and Soviet Minister of Agriculture Vladimir Matskevich bearing official greetings. Three years ago Eaton gave Matskevich's department a prize Shorthorn bull, which had nobly performed to improve the quality of Russia's herds...
...Much Lemonade." At lunch next day, the Russian farm officials got a standing ovation from Washington's National Press Club. Matskevich had been so good at patting babies out in Iowa, said the chairman of the lunch, that "if he stays here much longer he'll be elected to the Senate." One newsman asked Matskevich about Marilyn Monroe. "I haven't seen her farm," grinned...
...most important and joyful impression of our trip," said Matskevich, "was our meetings with the average Americans. These meetings left an unblemished spot in our hearts." Matskevich was impressed, he said, by hybridization of corn, poultry and hogs, mechanization of small tasks on the farm, fattening of cattle on feed lots and home-economics teaching in land-grant colleges. He liked U.S. farm machinery so well that he hoped to place some orders right away; he had already sent one member of his delegation back down to Texas for some breeding stock of Santa Gertrudis cattle. "Sometimes there...
...Vladimir Matskevich wound up his visit to the U.S. in a surplus-goods store, where he bought a down hunting vest and suede hunting jacket to take back to chilly Russia. In there exuding humanity and good will to the end, one of the Russians commented: "He's a country man. He buys the clothes for hunting...