Word: nikita
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
embassy residence in Vienna. Out of the residence door, like a broncobuster sprung from his chute, bounded John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He dashed down the steps to meet his bald, fat guest. "How are you?" he asked smilingly. "I'm glad to see you." Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev grinned politely and shook Kennedy's hand. Thus, one cold, wet day last week, the youthful leader of the Western alliance greeted the tough leader of world Communism...
...measuring an enemy was not the same as measuring a friend. Kennedy found Nikita Khrushchev in good humor?at least on the surface. Khrush was ready to trade quips and toasts?but not a bit interested in making concessions on issues. If Khrush has a telling weakness, Kennedy seemed not to have found...
...spending long hours in private consultation with Nikita Khrushchev, as with Charles de Gaulle, Kennedy was engaged in personal diplomacy to an extent never before attempted by a U.S. President. There were potential benefits?and obvious hazards. Both Khrushchev and De Gaulle have greater power than Kennedy to translate their personal impressions into political action within their countries. And if, in their taking of his measure, either found him wanting, then the meaning to the future could be dire...
...same thing happened all over again in Vienna. Jackie literally stopped traffic wherever she went. Nikita Khrushchev seemed smitten: at a banquet, he edged his chair closer to hers and, eyes twinkling, told her funny stories. Next day, as Jackie and motherly Nina Khrushchev lunched together in Pallavicini Palace, a crowd outside chanted, "Jacqueline, Jacqueline, Jacqueline...
...Nikita Khrushchev could not match the glamour of the Kennedys' Paris visit in his own progress toward Vienna, but he did his best. To counter Jackie, he brought along his stout, pleasant-featured wife Nina (who was recently caught staring wistfully at high-fashion corsets at the British Trade Fair in Moscow). He arranged stopovers to receive welcomes from his own "allies." Boarding his private railroad car in Moscow, he stopped first at Kiev and then at Lvov, where a dutiful crowd turned out to cheer-even though Lvov is a Polish city snatched by the Ukraine after World...