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Hard Choice. Mandelstam could have had an easy life if he had wanted one. Born in 1891, he was the only son of a wealthy Jewish merchant. His father treated him to a grand tour of Western Europe before sending him to the University of St. Petersburg and offered young...
Russian women have long been anxious to get into the face race. The Gorky Street establishment, which for years had been getting quiet advice from Elizabeth Arden and the Paris Academy of Beauty, was already dispensing complexion cures (for 1 ruble, or $1.11) and facials (2 rubles) to as many...
On his death, I admit, there would be a certain inevitable amount of devaluation. And yet, if his body were preserved and embalmed on that high throne, I have no doubt that the exchange rate would recover. The Paris money market--the scene of his greatest triumph--would become his...
Measuring Up. Moscow has pumped into-or promised-the Middle East nations some $1.4 billion in economic aid since the ruble offensive began (v. some $3 billion in U.S. aid to the same nations since 1945). Another $1 billion has gone into equipping the armies of Egypt, Syria, Iraq and...
Not a Red Cent. Moscow's balance sheet shows more red than black in its efforts to make political capital out of credit in the Middle East. Not a single recipient of Russian help has gone Communist. Nasser, the biggest taker, periodically pays his political debts with a verbal...