Like the third little pig of legend, Russia's new leadership recognizes the wisdom of building in brick. Nikita Khrushchev for years had huffed and puffed in favor of prefabricated concrete slabs, relegating the lowly brick to minor status in the nation's crash housing program. But last week, when the new economic plans of Premier Aleksei Kosygin and Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev were disclosed, the brick was back in the planners' priorities. That alone would not keep the wolf from the door, but some of the other decisions announced would certainly help.
Out of the Dump Truck. In a step aimed...
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