Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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At noon on the frosty morning of Dec. 21, a group of 20 men and women gathered in Red Square to protest in case any pro-Stalin demonstration was held at the dictator's grave, which is now marked only by a simple marble slab. There was no demonstration...
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The dissidents' worst fears were unfounded. In its birthday editorial, Pravda criticized Stalin for "diverging from the Leninist principles of collective leadership," which resulted in "unfounded reprisals against prominent party, state and military figures." Shorn of its jargon, the statement means that the present collective leadership is not at...
Lavish Homage. Perhaps the only Spot in the Soviet Union where Stalin's anniversary was marked with joy was his birthplace, the squalid little Georgian town of Gori. There, obdurate Georgians, proud of a native son's fame (or infamy), paid him lavish homage. TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud...
Admitted the next day, Cloud learned that most of Gori's 15,000 citizens had swarmed into the town square, which is dominated by what may be one of the last statues of Stalin still standing in the Soviet Union. There they feasted, listened to speeches in praise of...