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A red's white elephant: in Ceausescu's palace, gigantism and heartache.(COMMUNISM)
THERE is no building in the world more philosophically instructive than the Palatul Parlamentului--formerly the Casa Poporului--in Bucharest. It is worth going all the way to Romania just to see it, for it has layers of meaning that provide an almost infinite scope for reflection. No one who has not seen it can grasp the full potential of human megalomania.
It is 15 years since the downfall and death of Ceausescu, the man who instigated the construction of this colossal edifice and its surrounding Centru Civic, destroying a wide swathe of old Bucharest in the process; and it is a testimony to the incompetence and venality of the local politicians ever since the ...
- Ceausescu's Rumania: Stalinism with an iron fist. (Nicolae Ceausescu)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Pintea, Victor January 8, 1990 700+ words
CEAUSESCU'S RUMANIA Stalinism With An Iron Fist...with the West. Its leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, attended five summit meetings with...reformist encirclement. Rumania under Ceausescu is not merely isolated; it is regarded...
- Ceausescu's son wants his legal status clarified.
- Newspaper article from: Bucharest Daily News (Bucharest, Romania) June 30, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: Alecs Iancu Jun. 30--Valentin Ceausescu, the son of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, asked a court to clarify his legal situation...revolution, which have not been completed. Ceausescu told the court that, for the last 16 years...
- Debts Paid, Romania Says; Ceausescu Announces Austerity's Result
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post A.D. Horne April 14, 1989 700+ words
Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu announced this week that his country...poorest in Europe after Albania." Ceausescu made his announcement on Wednesday...Romanian news agency Agerpres reported. Ceausescu rules Romania both as president and...
- Ceausescu Survives Another Winter of Discontent;Romanian Leader Affirms Rigid...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Loren Jenkins December 20, 1987 700+ words
...food supplies, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu appears to have survived the worst bout...Thursday after 18 years as party chief, Ceausescu once again affirmed his rigid hold on...since he took control here in 1965, that Ceausescu's rule has been so openly rejected...
- Where Stalinism still thrives. (Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Knight, Robin December 4, 1989 700+ words
...looking for," the man says. As Nicolae Ceausescu delivered a 6-hour harangue to 3...collectivist economies are unraveling, Ceausescu, who was elected last week to another...role in society will be increased. "Ceausescu," one diplomat says, "is convinced...
- Ceausescu Tells Romanians More Austerity Is Necessary
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post December 15, 1987 700+ words
Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu called today for further belt-tightening...Opening a Communist Party conference, Ceausescu rejected economic reforms and said...speech to 5,000 party delegates, Ceausescu said Romania has failed to reach...
- Not many Romanians like talking about Nicolae Ceausescu. Twenty years after the...
- Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph June 6, 2009 700+ words
...Romanians like talking about Nicolae Ceausescu. Twenty years after the downfall of...ideas and no taste, are overwhelming. Ceausescu's legacy is more than communist blocks...cheap underground network was not how Ceausescu got from A to B. He had a nine-car...
- Life after Ceausescu. (Romania, Nicolae Ceausescu)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 6, 1990 700+ words
Life after Ceausescu LITTLE had changed in Romania, you...since the bloody overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, the Communist leader who held Romania...or Berlin was missing. A week after Ceausescu's fall, snow blanketed the city and...
