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...Russian. Places like this one, home to perhaps a quarter of Russia's population, are popularly known as the glubinka--the depths of the countryside. And like other such villages, Sogra is in crisis. Ten births--and 50 deaths--have been recorded this year. Vodka is one of the main killers. Of the 2,900 people in the area, 1,100 are pensioners. Forty percent of the working-age residents do not have jobs. The village's main employer, a logging combine, went bankrupt last year; the other source of work, the state farm, may well slaughter the rest...
...super- and sub-. He can outshoot, outpunch and outthink any adversary; he survives all manner of impalement. Hell, he can even type. And he has the superhero's belief in his own invincibility. Unarmed and surrounded by villains pointing heavy artillery at him, Arnold tells his main captor, "If you drop your gun, I promise I won't kill...
...preliminary meetings, Housing Committee members expressed two main concerns, according to committee member and Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio...
...most surprising thing about Atlanta, in fact, for a first-time visitor, is that the Civil War is being re-enacted here every day, and the issue of racial harmony is the main issue in town, even (or especially) among those who claim it is a non-issue. For decades the city has managed to generate hopeful visions of bodies reaching out to one another across racial lines, from the stories of Brer Rabbit to the 1989 movie Driving Miss Daisy. The Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation was set up here in the 1920s--but at almost exactly the same...
Dominique, who was never told Karolyi had retired, figured he would show up one day. Meanwhile, coaches were brought in from Russia and Romania to work with her on the floor, bars and vault. But her main coach was Martha, who groomed her for what would become her strongest event, the balance beam. "I'm pretty close to Martha," says Moceanu. "When I have a problem I can talk to her. It's girl to girl. Um. Woman to woman." Moceanu giggles. "Well, kid to woman...