Khrushchev's words and his shoe banging
Robert Chandler
kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM
Thu May 8 05:53:54 UTC 2003
Dear Alina,
> I remember my grandfather telling me that in
> one May day speech he said "Esli by idei Marksa da maslom pomazat'..." That
> statement also did not make it into print.
A wonderful phrase, but can you say a little more about the intended
meaning? Was Kh. implying that Marx's ideas are too rigid and need to be
treated flexibly?
> Some stuff he said caught on. I
> remember our grammar teacher quoting Khrushchev "a ja, desushaka, eshche
> porot' budu."
I don't know 'desushaka' either!
Best Wishes, and thanks,
Robert
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