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I say “sneakily” profound because the Slansky/Sorkin opus partakes of the sneaky new satirical art form that Paul Slansky has invented over the years in his “quizzes” about the hard-to-believe, obscure, bizarre and blundering statements of Nixon, Reagan, Bush and other ripe targets among public figures.
For a Guilty Nation, Docu-Satire My Bad Profoundly Scorches 2006
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It did not matter that Slansky, far from being a Zionist, had disagreed with the Soviet Union's early support of Israel.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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Slansky was a brutal member of the dictatorship, probably guilty of many crimes, but he was tried and executed for Zionism.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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Before the Slansky trials, Novotny and his wife had once been invited to the home of Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis, and Novotny's wife had admired the Clementises 'porcelain tea service.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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After Clementis was executed in the Slansky purges, with the help of Novotny's doctored evidence, Novotny bought the porcelain for his wife.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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The word Zionist was being used not to designate supporters of Israel but to refer to people of Jewish origin, which Slansky was.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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Slansky and ten other prominent Communists were sentenced to be hanged; their execution took place on Dec. 3.
1951, March 2 2001
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Paul Slansky, one of Mahjoub's lawyers, called the assessment too vague to be used as grounds for detention or bail conditions.
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"Any such detention or condition must be based upon reasonable grounds to believe that he is a threat to the security of Canada," Slansky said in an interview.
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"Any such detention or condition must be based upon reasonable grounds to believe that he is a threat to the security of Canada," Slansky said in an interview.
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