Word: alexei
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Even so, one of the monastery fathers, Alexei Polukarko, defended the effort to topple the Lowell tower, saying, “To transport the bells will be difficult, but if people can fly to Mars then it’s possible.” We hate to point this out, but people cannot, as of yet, fly to Mars. And if people could fly to Mars, it would be extremely expensive to do so. Similarly, we cannot, as of yet, get those bells out of their tower without tearing it apart. And if we could, it would be extremely expensive...
...media "Devaluations are not risks in Latin America, they are certainties." Mario Giraldo, president of Colombian foodmaker Noel, on the region's monetary woes "He was the Great Satan, the personification of evil. But after watching this film you end up just a little bit in love with him." Alexei Kazakov, Moscow movie critic, on The Oligarch, based on the life of tycoon Boris Berezovsky
...invents abstract art. But before quite doing so, he painted Angel of the Last Judgment (1911), in which we can make out a glorious, multicolored archangel lifting the last trumpet. Kandinsky is perhaps suggesting the confusion, delight and anxiety we might feel on encountering such a being. Alexei von Jawlensky, another Blaue Reiter, wrote of the years 1905-06, "I understood how to translate nature into color according to the ardor of my soul." His drawing became schematic, as color carried his paintings' emotional content. In Helene with Dark Blue Turban (1910) the clash between the cold fuchsia background...
...churches, 18th century noble residences and the odd basement "intellectual bookstore," but it can be full of fascinating little finds, like a lovely white stone church with a dark green cupola, behind a wall on Bolshaya Ordynka (No. 38). It looks medieval but was built in 1912 by Alexei Shchusev, one of the most prolific architects of his time. He later designed Lenin's mausoleum and the hideous Moskva Hotel near Red Square, with its asymmetrical façade. Shchusev's career embodies the compromises that many intellectuals made during the Soviet period. And the church, now an icon-restoration...
...Guests on the show received an exclusive Olympic pin - depicting a seagull skewered by a ski pole - and a T-shirt supporting the Smiggin Holes bid. So far, Tara Lipinski, Katarina Witt, Tristan Gale, Johann Koss, Alexei Yagudin, Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl and Miss Utah, Jaclyn Hunt, have all been very supportive...