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'Beyond the Hills' tells a different kind of exorcism tale
In 2005, Romania's equivalent of the sensational O.J. Simpson trial rocked Eastern Europe when a priest and four nuns from a convent in the country's remote Moldavia region went to prison for accidentally killing a young woman during an exorcism. The case...
Tags: Religion and Belief, William Friedkin, Roman Polanski, Awards and Prizes, Daniel Day-Lewis
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PASSINGS: Robert Pritzker, Liviu Ciulei
ROBERT PRITZKER
One of three brothers who built family business empire
Robert Pritzker, 85, a billionaire industrialist and one of three brothers who built the Pritzker family's business empire, died of Parkinson's disease Thursday in Chicago, said...Tags: New York University, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Obituaries, Arts, Columbia University
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The EU's ugly little challenge
COLUM MCCANN's new novel, "Zoli," will be published Tuesday by Random House.ON NEW YEAR'S day, the European Union swelled by another 28 million people. The inclusion of Romania and Bulgaria in the European fold is cause for celebration in the streets of Bucharest and the courtyards of Sofia. For two of Europe's poorer countries,...Tags: Politics, Sofia (Bulgaria), Bill Clinton, Bulgaria, Django Reinhardt
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A visit to Dracula's castle in Romania
Special to The TimesAfter touring Suceava and the painted monasteries in Bucovina, I board a bus for the seven-hour ride south to Bucharest. When I take my seat, a friend turns to me and says, "Bucovina is seeing Romania in Technicolor and Bucharest is seeing Romania in...Tags: Death, Vehicles, Apple iPod, Europe, Children
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Haralamb Georgescu's midcentury Pasinetti house renovated
In Los Angeles, where it seems every architecturally significant modernist house has been documented, studied, photographed and published several times over, the 1958 Pasinetti residence has proved to be that rare surprise: a little known midcentury gem...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Board of Directors, Education, Italy, Arts and Culture
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From the archives: Troops Fire Into Crowds in Romania
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWARSAW -- Security forces armed with automatic weapons fired into crowds of protesters in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Thursday, killing or wounding an undetermined number of demonstrators demanding an end to the rule of dictator Nicolae...Tags: Politics, Health, Human Rights, Family, Democracy
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From the archives: Romanians Topple Ceausescu Regime
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLONDON -- The Warsaw Pact's last Stalinist domino, the tyrannical regime of Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, toppled with a violent crash Friday after several days of Europe's bloodiest fighting since the end of World War II. A newly formed...Tags: Politics, Television, Human Rights, Disasters and Accidents, Parties and Movements
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From the archives: Power Ends for Dictator, Wife Amid Chaos
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWARSAW -- Nicolae Ceausescu's monster was dying monstrously Friday. As his 24-year-old dictatorship in Romania careened into its final blood-soaked days, Nicolae Ceausescu, along with his wife Elena, his son and his network of family retainers,...Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Television, Politics, Human Rights, Death
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From the archives: Ceausescu's Rule Invaded Minds, Dreams, Intimacy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBUCHAREST, Romania -- The young woman, her dark hair tied back in a long braid, sat in the chair by the fire, her face pulled tight by the unsuccessful effort to hold back tears. "I am sorry," Dmitra said, "I do not mean to offend, but the rest of the...Tags: Health, Television, Birth Control, Death, Family
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From the archives: Ceausescu Arrest Told; Battles Rage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLONDON -- The fiercest battles yet in a week of bloodletting rocked the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Saturday amid reports that deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu is under arrest by the army. There was convincing evidence that the death toll...Tags: Television, Politics, Health, Disasters and Accidents, Democracy
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From the archives: Secret Police, Ceausescu's Iron Grip Led to Violence
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBUCHAREST, Romania -- For all but the last two weeks of this year, Communist Eastern Europe passed through one of the most remarkable political transformations in modern history, a massive upheaval that was accomplished with hardly a shot fired. The...Tags: Health, Coup d'Etat, Death, Romania, Europe
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Solar Entertainment Partners For Romanian Expansion (EXCLUSIVE)
VarietyBobby Paunescu and Jared Underwood's Solar Entertainment Group has allied with Romanian entrepreneur Dragos Savulescu to launch Solar Studios in Bucharest. The partnership, announced in Cannes, provides for Solar to take over Savalescu's Kentauros...Tags: Television, Banking, Tom Hardy, Entertainment
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