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Even Stalin was fond of citing the fiction that his prosecutors were independent and beyond his control. And that's why Russians will take little comfort in President Vladimir Putin's suggestion, while traveling in Spain, that he knew nothing about the arrest this week of anti-Kremlin media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky. Gusinsky, the oligarch whose Media-MOST company operates radio, TV and print media critical of President Putin's administration, was arrested Tuesday, purportedly on charges of stealing $10 million in state property, and taken to a 19th-century prison where he'll have to wait 10 days before...
...taciturn warriors, one who killed from a great height, the other a blood-caked corpsman who routinely risked his life to treat the wounded and comfort the dying, are remembered in two remarkable books. They are remarkable not only for their scorching accounts of war but also because they were written by sons desperate to know fathers who never talked about the most intense experiences of their lives...
...Many tutors of color were in this camp when the college first proposed assigning first-year students to Houses randomly. They charged that, in a predominately white university, students of color needed to congregate to achieve a critical mass and comfort level...
Unlike students in other industries, who must interview in person for mere handfuls of positions offered at unpredictable times, prospective investment bankers and management consultants can sign up for interviews from the comfort of their dorm rooms, and need only to trek across campus to meet the recruiter...
...Entryway resident Michelle founded the poetry journal the Gamut and now Jim serves on the board. Meg, an aspiring minister, has given solace and comfort to practically every student in the entryway and beyond...