Published September 01, 2014
BUCHAREST, Romania Stefan Andrei, a foreign minister under communism who decreased Romania's dependency on the Soviet Union, has died. He was 83.
Andrei died Sunday at home, according to a foreign ministry official who declined to be named because she was not authorized to report the death.
Andrei was named foreign minister in 1978 and developed ties with African and Asian countries which gave former Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu a reputation as a maverick among Warsaw Pact leaders.
Elena Ceausescu, Ceausescu's powerful wife, reportedly disliked Andrei and appointed a loyalist to replace him as foreign minister in 1985. He was deputy prime minister from 1987 to 1989.
Andrei served 2 years in prison after communism ended for helping to suppress the bloody revolt in which more than 1,000 people died.
He is survived by his wife Violeta, an actress, and a son.
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The Constituent Assembly (CA) Constitutional-Political Dialogue and Consensus (CPDC) Committee Chairperson Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the political parties are nearing a consensus regarding the adoption of an inclusive and socialism-oriented economy.
During his meeting with business reporters of a capital-based national media on Monday, Dr Bhattarai claimed that it was agreed at the political level that socialism-oriented capitalistic economy would be the main base for the country's economic policy.
Political parties have accepted the fact that the State should establish education, health, employment and food security as fundamental rights of the citizens and invest in these sectors.
It must be realised that classical capitalism is not enough to address the problems of poverty and unemployment, he added.
On the occasion, the journalists suggested that the CA give attention to financial aspect of the nation and hold broad discussions about the sharing of natural resources to prevent possible disputes to that end in the future.
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This week I asked you to name to two-word search terms, which I denoted as red and blue. Howd you do?
No Mike, you are definitely not doing this rite. A number of you guessed something communism-related:
As it turns out, the Ngram chart for "communism" and "socialism" does closely resemble our mystery data:
But that wasn't it.
Commenter "lizziepoo" voiced a complaint several of you have raised since I started doing this thing: "It's name THOSE data. For God's sake, why must the Post be so illiterate? it's pitiful!"
Good question Lizzie! And in fact, you touched on the issue at the center of this week's challenge - is "data" plural or singular? The correct search terms are "data is" and "data are."
From a strict prescriptive grammar perspective, "data" is a plural word, so "data are" is correct, and this contest should be called "Name Those Data."
However.
Popular usage has been favoring the singular use of "data" in recent years, such that "data is" is far more popular than "data are" Google searches.
Personally I favor the singular use of the word, and I'm not alone. While I respect the viewpoint of those who apply a strict constructionist approach to their grammar, at this points "data is" sounds more natural to my ear.
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