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...Ph.D thesis on early modern Ukrainian history and the religious history of Ukraine,” he adds. “Once I came to Canada, I decided, why not bring together these two interests. I was able to bring [them] together and look at the Cossack participation in the wars of religion in that time, the ideas they were fired by, and their impact on religious discourse...
...went. From the opening bars of the finale, Horowitz raced ahead with all the mad passion of a cossack charge. "I played louder, faster and more notes than Tchaikovsky wrote," he later recalled. Beecham tried to rally, but there would be no catching up. "I was doing it my way. He was doing it his way," says Horowitz. "On the first night, Beecham came in second." The pianist finished several bars ahead of the orchestra. The audience erupted in a frenzy. In the New York Times, Music Critic Olin Downes captured the intensity of the moment. "A whirlwind of virtuoso...
...unduly bleak view. Nine years ago, two Swedish businessmen, Johan Boden and Carl Sturen, invested about $5 million to start up a company in the farming town of Kakhovka aimed at making use of Ukraine's rich agriculture, including its tomatoes. Their firm, Chumak, named after Cossack salt merchants, is now a leading national brand, making a range of more than 30 types of ketchup, pickled vegetables, spaghetti sauce and other condiments for the Ukrainian and Russian markets. Sales last year grew by more than 50% to $60 million, and the firm is held up as an example...
...their way to see Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ on opening day next Wednesday, eager students will pregame with Cossack brand vodka. It’s like a pogrom for your stomach...
...factory of M.S. Walker, Somerville’s very own vodka bottling company. Cappy has never actually been there before, but thought it was important to see while in Somerville, given how many Harvard students use its products every weekend (Walker is responsible for Gilbert’s, Cossack, S.S. Pierce, and a host of other cheap, cheap plastic handle favorites on campus). Upon arriving at Walker it appears that the gate is locked, but Cappy insists that we squeeze through the fence anyway to get a closer look (at the parking lot). “This is where...