Word: russias
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...church and state in Italy. In the end Italy's Cabinet approved Gronchi's mission to Moscow in January, but also unanimously agreed that any exchange of visits should be limited to "heads of state, to avoid the possibility that Khrushchev could reciprocate by coming to Italy." Russia's aging figurehead. President Kliment Voroshilov, might be acceptable in the Holy City, but not Khrushchev. Reason: many Italians fear the impact of Khrushchev on a land with the biggest Communist party outside the Iron Curtain...
...worth $1,200, with annual dividends running to $80 or more. Said Joseph: "We felt that giving them stock, so they would get a dividend check every quarter, would put joy in everyone's heart." Argued Victor: "Then we thought that because of America's trouble with Russia . . . this might be a pretty good move. Because if Italy went Communist, the whole of Africa would be open to Russia." He added: "If these people hang onto their stock, it will be worth a lot of money someday...
...reply to the U.S. protest, Cuban Minister of State Raúl Roa delivered an 18-page "white paper," rewriting history, charging economic aggression and warning that Cuba will buy arms and planes "from whoever may be willing to supply them," i.e., Russia, if need be. He patted Cuba's new government on the back for "unequaled sportsmanship" in remaining friendly to the U.S. people, recounted "sacrifices" Cuba had made, e.g., selling sugar at low prices to the U.S. during two world wars. He brushed off Cuba's expropriation of U.S. property as involving only "transitory interests...
Said the startled cellist to the conductor: "Are those your metronome marks in the score?" Replied the conductor adamantly: "Yes." And at that point, reports the Boston Symphony's First Cellist Sammy Mayes, Russia's Dmitry Kabalevsky simply "took off." Composer Kabalevsky was conducting his own cello concerto in Boston, and "he wanted it a lot faster than we usually play it. You start flying around like a young gazelle...
Kabalevsky's conducting stint last week was the high point for a touring musical contingent from Russia, including Composers Dmitry Shostakovich, Konstantin Dankevich, Tikhon Khrennikov, Fikret Amirov, and Music Critic Boris Yarustovsky. As they were on their previous stops-Washington,. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Louisville, Philadelphia, New York -the Russians were strenuously entertained in Boston. As usual, they gave no individual interviews, uttered polite platitudes about music. What distinguished the Boston visit was the obvious affection the visitors had for the Boston Symphony, the first U.S. orchestra to tour Russia (in 1956), and for its Russian-born or Russian...