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Think Vladimir Putin's iron rule has turned Russia into a land of obedient, beaten-down people? Not in Cherkessk, a city of 140,000 in the Caucasus. A bus conductor there asked an elderly disabled passenger to pay his fare last week and the old man used his crutches to pummel the conductor - because he'd never had to pay before. Not in Tula, 165 km south of Moscow, where more than 40 such assaults on bus and tram conductors were recorded in just three days. Not in Khimki on the outskirts of Moscow, where several thousand travelers heading...
Selected by his teammates as this year’s “Iron Man,” the rookie swimmer who best represents the ideals of Crimson swimming, Wollner competed in every non-diving event, relays included...
That support was most visible in the 17th and final event of the day, the 800-yard freestyle relay. Touching the wall just before Wollner dove in to swim the final 200 yards was sophomore Patrick Morrissey, the Iron Man of a season...
...starts of his career, looks to unwind, he can command a choice table at any upscale joint along Pittsburgh's revitalized Strip. But most Monday nights he and a few friends hold court at Jack's, a dive on the city's South Side, where a bottle of Iron City costs two bucks. Jack's is the kind of place where former steelworkers drink and tip as if they were still making $20 an hour. "Roethlisberger's entourage is not a bunch of hot chicks," says Jack's co-manager Scott McGrath. "It's usually about four guys, big guys...
...game, and discreetly sow discontent among the Russian speakers of eastern Ukraine. He'll be hoping that Yushchenko will be overwhelmed and, like his predecessor, turn to Russia for support. For all the external pressure on Yushchenko, he is already fully aware of one of democracy's sometimes uncomfortable iron laws: the people who put you in power can take you out, too. Back in Ukraine, Pora and the other groups that formed the vanguard of the orange revolution will be watching their President carefully. The Pora coalition is thinking of turning itself into a political party or bloc, says...