Word: odessa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would remind that man," he went on, "of the fact that attempts have been made in the past to speak to us in those terms. After the October Revolution in our country there was a landing by the British, by the Americans, by the French at Odessa and by the Japanese at Vladivostok, but then the Russian people made an effort and cleared them...
...RUBBER plant to be privately financed since the war will be built by El Paso Natural Gas Co. (TIME, Dec. 5) and General Tire & Rubber Co. In its first venture into the chemical industry, El Paso will feed natural gasoline, butane and propane into a $30 million plant at Odessa, Texas, and General Tire will convert the materials into synthetic rubber...
...work had carried him all the way to Berlin, where he became Stalin's private eye in the Soviet Military Administration. He rounded up German atomic and rocket scientists, watched over Stalin's disgruntled airman son Vasily (who disappeared in 1953), trailed Zhukov to Odessa after his demotion...
When the concerto ended, Gilels got an ovation that would have made most Western pianists euphoric. The Russian never cracked a smile. At 39, Gilels is used to applause, having played his first concert at twelve (in his native Odessa). No single concerto can be a thorough test of a pianist's capabilities. The full measure of Gilels' musicianship for Americans will come this week, when he gives a Carnegie Hall recital without orchestra. Meanwhile, it was plain that the Soviet pianist is a phenomenal technician with conviction and passion. Leaving the stage after last week...
...Collected Stories, by Isaac Babel. Moving tales of war, death, courage and ghetto life in Russia by an uncommonly gifted Odessa Jew (TIME, June...