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...towering figures from the Soviet Union's past re-emerged last week in an apparent attempt by Soviet leaders to come to terms with some of the unmentionables in the country's history. The first was Nobel-Prizewinning Writer Boris Pasternak, the second V.M. Molotov, a long-time aide of Stalin...
...five-day congress, members of the Soviet Writers' Union voted overwhelmingly to transform the former country house of Pasternak, who had once been a virtual non-person, into a museum. Writers also discussed the publication of Pasternak's most important novel, Doctor Zhivago, which is still banned in the Soviet Union. They apparently reached no definite ! conclusions about recommending publication...
...Harvard studies presented at the conference derives from research, on the eating habits of Eskimos. Studies had suggested that Greenland Eskimos have a low incidence of heart disease because they consume large quantities of seafood rich in certain oils. Based on this information, Drs. Sanford Warren and Richard Pasternak of the Beth Israel Hospital Coronary Care Unit postulated that cod liver oil could reduce the risk of heart disease...
...VANISHED PRESENT: THE MEMOIRS OF ALEXANDER PASTERNAK, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater...
...Chief, Lance Morrow -- Citizen Hughes, Michael Drosnin -- Occasional Prose, Mary McCarthy -- The Periodic Table, Primo Levi -- Up for Grabs, John Rothchild -- A Vanished Present: The Memoirs of Alexander Pasternak, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater...