Ceauşescu

American

[chou-shes-koo] / tʃaʊˈʃɛs ku /

noun

Nicolae 1918–89, Romanian political leader: president 1967–89.

Ceauşescu British

/ tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː /

noun

Nicolae (ˌnɪkɒˈlaɪ). 1918–89, Romanian statesman; chairman of the state council (1967–89) and president of Romania (1974–89): deposed and executed

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Birth rates under Ceauşescu did initially shoot up, at least until women inevitably figured out how to get around the system.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2024

You can watch video footage of Ceauşescu, in Bucharest, 1989, confidently addressing an assembled audience and realizing in a single moment that the crowd has turned.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

In 1985, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romania’s Communist leader, ordered up such television programs as “The Nicolae Ceauşescu Era” and “Science During the Nicolae Ceauşescu Epoch.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

He’s just published an essay in Granta about the Bucharest that Ceauşescu swept away – a third of the old city was bulldozed, six square kilometres, home to 57,000 people, including the entire Jewish quarter.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2016

A 5 p.m. trip to Andrews Air Force Base to meet Rumanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu concluded a typical business day.

From Time Magazine Archive

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