Word: alexandr
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
July 26: Brezhnev dies. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn is swept into power in huge street demonstrations by Eastern Orthodox Christian militants. Solzhenitsyn announces the formation of a Christian republic, imposes martial...
November 21: Soviet leader Alexandr Solzhenitsyn praises "revival of moral fiber of the West." Begin, Thatcher, Gandhi, Marcos and Botha send messages of support to Carter...
...Stop the Rain? Ignore the sappy title; Paramount didn't have the guts to release it under "Dog Soldiers." But here it is, adapted by author Robert Stone from his award-winning novel--a horrifying movie that graphically portrays Stone's peculiar vision of America in the early '70s. Alexandr Solzhenyitsen aside, it is a curiously amoral world, careening along on its own hellish trip, where the good guys and the bad guys become indistinguishable. Where the last vision of sanity is of ubermensch Ray Hicks (stunningly portrayed by Nick Nolte) slamming a clip into his M-16 and proclaiming...
...service is only responsible for the security of government officials and dignitaries so it will not take any special measures to safeguard Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient Alexandr I. Solzhenitsyn, a private citizen. Smith said...
...Alexandr I. soizhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union last year after widespread Western protests against restrictions placed on his freedom...