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Best of all, of course, was the vacation from censorship. On conference copy (as the Russians had promised) there was no censorship at all-and some of the stories sent out were fairly rude to the hosts. A special teleprinter was set up at the Moskva, and some stories cleared to the U.S. in only two hours, instead of the usual seven or eight. A New York Times correspondent tested the new freedom with a wisecrack: "Russian hospitality has seen to it that Moscow is cleaned up like a Dutch kitchen-or as some cynics say, like a Potemkin village...
...York is a rude city, but it isn't the only one. Moscow's subway, which compares favorably in service with Manhattan's Seventh Avenue line, is just about as crowded in rush hours as is that line's Times Square station. I've occasionally heard someone say 'Sorry' in New York, but not in Moscow. You do hear a lot of stuff, such as 'Citizens, stop shoving,' and 'Citizen, you're standing on my feet...
...rude," interrupted Sir Patrick, who had been Labor Attorney General in 1924. "When you are rude to other people you think that is argument, but when people say something about you, you bring actions for libel...
...young man. Both of the novels by which he is best remembered were written later: War and Peace in his 30s and Anna Karenina in his 40s. They were not written by the unkempt peasant-patriarch of the last publicized years of Tolstoy's life, but by a rude aristocrat of tremendous energy...
...recently the Bishop of Como ordered Don Luigi to leave Caravate. A matter of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, said the church authorities. The 800 citizens of Caravate stormed and raged. At a mass indignation meeting in the public square, rude things were said about church authorities in general and the Bishop of Como, a cleric of "considerable circumference," in particular...