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...role of party "theologian" before Andropov took the job held by the late Mikhail Suslov. Not elder statesmen like Brezhnev's Premier, Nikolai Tikhonov, 77, a man with more experience in government than in the party apparatus, or the widely traveled and urbane Central Committee Secretary Konstantin Rusakov, 72, who lacks a vital prerequisite: Politburo membership. One contender seems to be on the way out. Party Secretary Andrei Kirilenko, 76, used to be Brezhnev's understudy, but apparently lost out on a chance for the starring role because he is in poor health or political disgrace...
...powerful Secretariat of the Central Committee, who was believed to be on a meteoric rise. Katushev apparently lost favor for having organized last June's summit meeting of Europe's Communist parties, at which several party bosses flaunted their independence from Moscow. His replacement is Konstantin Rusakov, 68, a Brezhnev protégé with long experience in Eastern Europe who may have better luck in dealing with Moscow's wandering comrades in the Communist world...
Things are just as bad at the Molot [Hammer], on Rusakov Street: "There are piles of dirt in the corners. For four years the same [photo] exhibit has been shown. Regular customers at the Molot know that exhibit by heart. The newspapers in the reading room are a year old." Moviegoers may write their gripes in a Complaints Register, but it does not do much good. Reported Evening Moscow's crusading newsmen: "Once a patron asked a question. Mme. Nosovaya, the cashier, refused to answer him. The manager entered in the book: 'The cashier was too busy...
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