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...informal club for Slavophiles?intellectual gentry who demanded that Russia shun Western capitalism and return to her Slavic origins. But Aksakov, best known for his trilogy, A Russian Gentleman, extended his hospitality to pro-Western thinkers too, ensuring lively debates involving such literary luminaries as Fathers and Sons author Ivan Turgenev and writer Alexander Gertsen. The writer Nikolai Gogol, whose works reflected Russia's vagaries and antagonisms, was a regular participant. It was here that Gogol first read aloud chapters of his never-to-be-completed novel, Dead Souls...
...informal club for Slavophiles - intellectual gentry who demanded that Russia shun Western capitalism and return to her Slavic origins. But Aksakov, best known for his trilogy, A Russian Gentleman, extended his hospitality to pro-Western thinkers too, ensuring lively debates involving such literary luminaries as Fathers and Sons author Ivan Turgenev and writer Alexander Gertsen. The writer Nikolai Gogol, whose works reflected Russia's vagaries and antagonisms, was a regular participant. It was here that Gogol first read aloud chapters of his never-to-be-completed novel, Dead Souls. Now a museum, Abramtsevo offers a less combative experience to visitors...
...proud of the quality of vehicles that roll off its assembly line. Ford would better understand the need for reliability if he could experience the feeling of total trust in the dependability and quality that comes from owning an Accord or a Camry over a period of years. Ivan Paganacci Plantation, Florida, U.S. Upset Victory Palestinians sent a clear message by choosing to be governed by a group allied with Iran and Syria that advocates the destruction of Israel [Feb. 6]. The artful ambiguity that existed under the previous Fatah government of accepting a Jewish state within defined borders...
Having recently completed his feature-film debut, “Thank You For Smoking,” Jason Reitman is on top of the world. The Hollywood buzz surrounding his comical, yet poignant, satire is only appropriate for the son of legendary director/producer Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters”). Starring Aaron Eckhart as “Big Tabacco” mogul Nick Naylor, with a supporting cast of Adam Brody, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes, “Thank You for Smoking” satirically examines the world of spin culture in the cigarette industry...
...Some fear these ambitious plans may rob the city of its soul. "I like driving around and seeing all the different neighborhoods," says Ivan Neville, junior member of the city?s famous Neville Brothers band. "You can walk three or four blocks in either direction on either side of the Garden District, and you're like in the 'hood. And that's what makes New Orleans New Orleans." But New Orleans is already changing. In the 7th Ward, east of downtown in an area that got little flooding, Latoya Crump is overseeing work on her mom?s shotgun house painted...