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...newspaper Pravda printed a Yevtushenko poem, considered in step with Gorbachev's thinking, that attacked sluggish bureaucrats. In his address, Yevtushenko also condemned favors bestowed on the party elite. "Any form of closed food and commodity distribution is morally impermissible," he said, "including the special ration cards to visit souvenir booths that are in the pockets of all the delegates to this congress, myself included." He also indirectly denounced Stalin's reign of terror throughout the 1930s. "We do not have the right to remain silent about the fact that many middle- class farmers were trampled upon . . . that there...
...sang along to the recorded Christmas carols as they picked out gifts. One blond soldier bought a money clip inscribed "Super Dad" for his father and crystal glasses for his mother. "They were clicking their fingers and just so happy to be going home," Goodyear recalled. One favorite souvenir: a T shirt reading I SURVIVED GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND...
...thought it would make a great souvenir," Cohen said. "It's one of a kind...
Miyake's face creases into the sort of smile that should come in a gift box. "Great!" he says, grabbing his companion in a tight hug, as if some souvenir sphinx had suddenly surrendered a secret. To all the patrons in the hotel lobby, it looks as if old friends were reuniting at the end of a long trip; in fact, any voyage with Issey Miyake is ongoing. "Next time I make like that, and you do something different again," he laughs. "Always fresh, always different, always challenge. That way is best, I think. Want...
...participants in the Torgau celebration last week. Altogether, 60 Americans from the 69th Infantry Division Association, with a sprinkling of other former U.S. soldiers, greeted 25 Soviet veterans. There were hugs and reminiscences in halting English, Russian and German and, as at the original meeting, in sign language. Souvenir dollars were exchanged for souvenir rubles as they had been in April 1945, and toasts were offered at a lunch in Torgau's District Culture House. Though the spirit of wartime friendship was briefly recaptured, present reality intruded. The U.S. Government boycotted the event to show its displeasure over the fatal...