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...Petrov weave the story of the citizen’s crimes of stupidity with anti-Soviet sentiments, and they deftly use their cast of criminals to get away with it. The instant satisfaction of the characters’ crimes and the rapid dissolution of the rewards therein stand as an allegorical base for the Bolsheviks, who took power only six years before “The Golden Calf” was written. Through the use of undesirables and thieves, the authors are free to digress about their dream of capitalism’s return. The introduction of cremation...
...head the administration managing the business district La Défense. Jean is just 23 and a little over a year into his law degree. Appointing him to such a high-profile position smacks of nepotism, cronyism and regal high-handedness, say Sarkozy's critics. "Who for an instant thinks that the nomination of a boy entering his second year of legal studies to the presidency of an institution that manages La Défense's billions is based entirely on his merit and not at all on his last name?" asked Joffrin's Tuesday editorial in the daily...
...idea for the book come about? There's no such thing as an instant President. And there are some things they should know that their predecessors don't tell them. I think we were very audacious, but on the other hand, this President understands audacity. So we thought we'd tell him. Or her, someday. (See pictures of how Presidents age in office...
Besides college-friendly snacks and appetizers, the cookbook also features its own take on comfort food classics. For Silence of the Lambs Shepherd’s Pie, Kolman uses ingredients that could be found in the HUDS serveries, such as canned vegetables, Boca meat crumbles, and instant mashed potatoes, to creat a meal even the most devoted carnivores would be hard-pressed to turn down...
...Twitter is a kind of global watercooler, the place to go if you want an instant take on anything from who should win American Idol to why on earth NASA aims to crash a probe into the moon, then the verdict is in. Within minutes of President Barack Obama's surprise Nobel Peace Prize win, the Twitterverse had greeted the news with a resounding raspberry. "What are the reasons for Obama to get Nobel Peace Prize?????" asked @ludmila_kh incredulously, if not grammatically. (See pictures of Obama overseas...