Word: czars
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Russians are constantly looking for a leader who will be a secular version of the beloved St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Centuries of setbacks have not shaken their confidence that someday a Good Czar will finally appear with a quick fix for all their problems. Since no one ever measures up to these great expectations, Russians soon tire of the incumbent. They sink into apathy or pin their hopes on samozvantsy -- the numerous pretender czars of Russian history who rose out of nowhere to challenge the powers that be. Yeltsin donned this historic mantle when he led his populist crusade against...
...nobility reflects an intense nostalgia for a Russia long gone, a monarchist age that appears as full of sunlight and promise for the Slavophiles as it was dark and despairing for the communists. The traditionalists take inspiration from prerevolutionary conservatives like Pyotr Stolypin, the assassinated Prime Minister of Czar Nicholas II, who dismissed his radical opponents with the curt dictum, "They need a great upheaval; we need a great Russia...
...behavior of owners in recent years, a certain historical analogy is fitting. As written by Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes in The Russian Revolution, Alexandra and her Rasputin (the wife of Russia's last czar and her confidant) "could not have worked more effectively for the enemy if they were full-fledged enemy agents." Similarly, if someone had set out to destroy Major League Baseball, they would have instructed owners to take the exact actions that the owners chose to take on their...
...held responsible for the breaking of the tax pledge. But Bush defended them. Activist Republicans also called in July and August for Bush to demonstrate powerfully the shift in his attention from foreign affairs to the domestic economy by declaring at that point that Baker would serve as economic czar in a second term. But until last week, Bush deferred to Baker's preference for returning to the State Department...
...campaign had matched the face-off in St. Louis, Missouri, the spectacle would indeed have been inspirational. Although none of the candidates said anything particularly new or revealing (aside from George Bush's promise, if re-elected, to make former Secretary of State James Baker a domestic-policy czar), the debate transcended the flawed campaign; it was more possible than ever before to get a sense of the contenders, a feel for what they believe, and insights into their underlying personalities...