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Readers not familiar with Sinyavsky's style or the content of his life may have difficulty with the half-submerged facts. He was born into an affluent family in 1925. His father, who appears in the book as a brilliant though ineffectual figure out of a Chekhov play, was a revolutionary but not a Bolshevik. He was individualistic and something of an eccentric pragmatist. While waiting to be drafted during World War I, he practiced writing with his left hand in case he lost his right...
...Western ideals, combined with the failure of Communist ideals he still defends and opposition to Soviet domination he represents, which brought millions into the streets. It is true that he could have repressed the demonstrations, but it might not have worked and would have inevitably derailed his brilliant diplomatic blitzkrieg aimed at psychologically disarming the West. Instead, he is now getting credit for developments he could not contain...
Former State Sen. George A. Bachrach said thatSilber "has been a brilliant and effectiveadministrator." He said that as an outsider toBeacon Hill, Silber might be an attractivecandidate because he has not been involved in thestate's current financial crisis...
...mark, Young's tripping penalty gave the Big Green a 5-3 advantage with defender Kevan Melrose already in the box. Roy made a brilliant glove save to kill off Melrose's penalty, but with Young still serving time, the Big Green closed the margin to 3-2 on a perfectly executed two-on-one capped off by Tom Nieman...
...giant library watching a library assistant update the stacks. As she walked through with a bucket, she picked up volumes, glanced at them for a moment, and then threw them away. Russell was particularily alarmed when she tossed out the last remaining copy of his Principia Mathematica, a brilliant work on mathematics and logic...