Word: duel
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...placing their own candidate for Czar on the throne rather than Nicholas I, and Lermontov's "radicalization" or at least politization upon watching the death of Pushkin. Both men's problems with women are also important elements of their lives, portrayed in the first scenes. Pushkin dies in a duel with a favorite of the Czar's, who calls him a cuckold because his wife is having an affair with the Czar...
...Hero" is Mikhail Lermontov, a literary contemporary of Pushkin who was much affected by Pushkin's life, his work, and particularly by the circumstances of the duel in which Pushkin is killed. The action of the play moves back and forth from Lermontov's own life and his more-or-less conscious attempts at emulating Pushkin to the life of Gregory Pechorin, Lermontov's idealized self and the protagonist of his novel, which bears the same title as the play...
Statics through eight games show that three Crimson sophomores are most likely to break-up today's pitching duel. Third baseman Dan DeMichele leads the Harvard sluggers with a .519 batting average, while both Pete Bernhard and Pete Varney are hitting over...
...Nationals. Murphy is not yet sure if he will go, but as perhaps the best diver in the East, there is no question that he is qualified. And added incentive for Murphy is the opportunity to defeat Dartmouth's Mike Brown, whom Murphy beat in this winter's duel meet but lost to in the Easterns...
...orchestra will be scattered throughout the audience during the world première of Nomos Gamma at France's Royan Festival next month. Perhaps his most extraordinary composition is Stratégic, which introduces mathematical game theory to the concert hall. Two full orchestras and two conductors literally duel for points on the same stage by improvising combinations in accordance with Xenakis' rules for the musical match...