Word: russian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Visiting Moscow last winter for the 25th congress of the Soviet Communist party, Berlinguer took the podium to deliver an independence speech that left his stony-faced Russian hosts sitting on their hands. He demanded "a road to socialism that corresponds to the peculiar characteristics of the historical, civil and political development of our country." In public speeches and private interviews (see box), Berlinguer has promised that the Communists, if allowed to share power, would continue the Italian role in NATO and the Common Market. On the key question for democratic Europeans, whether the Communists, if defeated, would give...
...Grade, chairman of Associated Television Corp., Ltd.: a life peerage. Rotund, cigar-chomping Grade, a Russian immigrant (ne Win-ogradsky), began life as a music-hall performer and became a prominent showbiz impresario...
...Berlinguer. "No party gave more blood in the resistance. And afterward, too, we participated in the development of the constitution. What does Prague have to do with anything? That was another situation, another Communist Party, with other aspirations." Then, referring to the Italian party's condemnation of the Russian intervention, he added: "And, in fact, we took our stand on the events of Prague...
There are Russian spies, a kidnaped British scientist, a Pakistani Robin Hood, a Soho gay bar and some madness in a Bavarian castle. All of which is typical movie fare for fans of intrepid Inspector Clouseau, the bumbling gumshoe played by Peter Sellers. After a trio of previous successes (The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, The Return of the Pink Panther), Sellers and Director Blake Edwards have teamed up for another round of Clouseau capers with The Pink Panther Strikes Again. This time Sellers' co-star is Actress Lesley-Anne Down, formerly Georgina in the Upstairs, Downstairs...
...rest of the United States has managed to forget the years devoted to crushing the "Communist island within ninety miles of our territory." Neglect has proved to be a simpler policy than military invasion. Extremist groups may still throw a hand grenade down the gangplank of a Russian cruise ship or threaten the airlines of countries resuming diplomatic relations with Cuba, but the lurid billboard in San Juan that showed Cuban soldiers executing prisoners before a bloodsplashed wall disappeared years ago. Hardly anyone remembers its inscription...