Word: politburo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...continuing purges, which Gomulka has unsuccessfully tried to moderate, indicate that his troubles are far from over. Last week two of his own supporters on the ruling twelve-man Politburo, Cyrankiewicz and Party Ideologist Zenon Kliszko, came out in favor of the purges. That sign of approval from his own camp may have been the price Gomulka paid to avoid an immediate showdown with his critics, but it also whetted their desire for power. Police Boss Mieczyslaw Moczar, the man behind much of the anti-Gomulka dissidence but normally a shadowy figure, appeared three times in the past two weeks...
...time. He is anxious to see them dismissed, even more anxious to see them replaced with his own men. Gierek, who was the first national figure to condemn the "Zionists," is fond of the youth argument since, at 55, he is the youngest member of the twelve-man ruling Politburo-to which Moczar does not belong. If the Polish Parliament, which convenes this week, should decide to make a change in the top-echelon leadership, including that of ailing President Edward Ochab, both men would be more than willing to offer their services...
...haggard, laggard spy, Harvey is a stereotypical pawn of the politburo; as his most persistent bedmate, Mia Farrow is a soft sprite whose eyes are larger than her role. The stars are outshone by the supporting players, including Tom Courtenay as a psychotic British agent and Per Oscarsson as his junkie Russian counterpart, hopelessly in love with the heroin. Fortunately, they give Aspic some flavor as it moves toward a credibly tragic end, when Harvey suspects the game is up and utters the burnt-out lament: "I feel like a whore in a creaking...
...labor camps. Soviet writers, scientists and university teachers, who once quaked in fear of the Kremlin's displeasure, have drawn up petitions, loudly condemned the sentences and fired off a spate of letters not only to Russia's newspapers but to the Soviet Supreme Court, the Politburo and several other government agencies. In an unusually bold campaign, they have accused the Russian press and government of deceiving the people about the facts of the case and demanded a new trial for Yuri Galanskov, 29, Aleksandr Ginzburg, 31, Aleksei Dobrovolsky, 29, and Vera Lashkova, 21, who were all convicted...
According to the evidence available, in fact, his total command of the current Communist offensive in South Viet Nam was accorded him quite by accident. One of his Politburo archfoes, Nguyen Chi Thanh, who had shared control of operations in the South, died last summer-of what Hanoi describes as a heart attack but U.S. officers refer to as "B-52-itis" caught in the South. Thanh's death left Giap unchallenged, and he has spent a large part of the past six months planning the New Year's offensive that began last week...