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...also given an alternate course in Kurkov's 2000 satire of the modern-day Ukrainian Security Service, The Kind Angel of Death, in which a colonel complains that a lack of funding is forcing the former kgb to "use the passive help of our citizens ... Unfortunately, none of these assistants of ours ever managed to assist us without our help." Kurkov captures such absurdities of post-Soviet existence with characteristic black humor. Born in St. Petersburg, Kurkov grew up in Kiev, where his parents moved when he was 2. He learned Ukrainian, majored in foreign languages at college...
...Baton Rouge, Governor Blanco revealed that her office had been working with New Orleans since last week to assist the city's beleaguered police force, many of whom still have no homes. "The situation is urgent and we will accelerate our plans to deploy law enforcement to the city tomorrow [Tuesday]," she said in a statement. "I will not tolerate criminal behavior... Criminals are not welcome in New Orleans or anywhere else in the state...
...primarily responsible for helping to enlist the best legal minds to assist in preparing the amicus brief that was cited so extensively by the Supreme Court,” Bok wrote in an e-mail...
...these that the boundless riches lie, awaiting the power shovel and the drill. Energy developers first began arriving in droves in 1973, when OPEC hiked its prices fourfold and jolted the nation's oil and gas companies into searching for additional supplies. Jimmy Carter gave the developers a big assist in 1979 when he announced his intention to tap the region's energy supplies by setting up an Energy Mobilization Board to speed up the building of refineries, pipelines, coal mines and synthetic fuel plants. He also proposed an Energy Security Corporation to funnel public funds for further research...
...would also like to address some of the misinformation and accusations fabricated by the warlords and wish to provide the international communities with accurate information that will assist them to support the desires and the will of our people who wish to be free form violence and anarchy...