Word: popular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Unwary Traveler. But not even Khrushchev dared move precipitately against the most popular man in Russia and its greatest living hero. Not until early last month did Khrushchev feel ready to make his move. Then, with all the fanfare due Zhukov's rank as Defense Minister and a member of the Presidium that rules the Communist Party, the unsuspecting marshal was shipped off on a state visit to Yugoslavia-a trip that was scheduled to last two weeks but was suddenly extended to three when Zhukov unexpectedly got orders to proceed from Yugoslavia to Albania...
...government refused to release the popular vote totals, which, according to unofficial counts, gave the opposition 51.6% of the vote. "Serious illegalities in the elections have destroyed peace among our citizens," cried the 73-year-old Inonu, who had inherited the mantle of power from the late Kemal Ataturk, only to lose to the Democrats' Menderes in 1950. The Republicans ignored the fact that it was they who had set up the system by which a party with a minority of popular votes could win a sizable majority in the Assembly...
...Haile Selassie himself had been solely responsible for bringing his backward people closer to the trend of the times. In his speech from the throne, the Emperor summed up some of the accomplishments of his 27-year reign: the adoption of his nation's first constitution, its first popular elections, the inauguration of public welfare, health and education programs. "If we had not provided our people with the opportunity for developing their knowledge," he asked, "who then could have commended or criticized our activities...
...That is the way the modern Mother Goose would put it. I don't expect the modern Mother Goose to be especially popular with little children who have not yet learned not to like poetry. But it is the parent who buys the book...
...seasonal curtain raiser was its first production in 36 years of Tchaikovsky's faded period piece, Eugene Onegin. At the end of the second act, the character known as Lenski sings one of the most meltingly popular tenor arias in Russian opera ("Oh where have flown my days of springtime?"), turns to face Onegin in a duel and is promptly shot dead. At the Met last week, Tenor Richard Tucker, as Lenski, was at the top of his luminous form; Baritone George London, etched against a handsomely stark stage set, was magnificently arrogant as Onegin. The only trouble...