Word: mikhail
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...central government, passed laws that gave local authorities enormous power over resources, as well as the implied right to contravene federal regulations protecting ecosystems. Nonetheless, it was thought that the strong central government could still maintain the balance of power. Then came the August 1991 attempted coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev and the rapid unraveling of Soviet authority. With no federal checks on local power, according to Yablokov, these laws became the legal basis for the devastation of natural resources. Local politicians are quite happy with this situation because it gives them a free hand to turn a profit...
...Mikhail A. Mitiukov, the first deputy chair of the Duma, said a "positive aspect of the program is that the Duma representatives have a chance to speak out about what they're doing back home and to compare the two systems...
...Thatcher resigned as Britain's Prime Minister. In her heyday she strode the international headlines with such bravura that she seemed inevitable, a natural force. The world stage seemed just the right size for her, as she chaffed her conservative soul mate Ronald Reagan or flattered the "new man," Mikhail Gorbachev...
West Side Story Suite culminates a resurgence of Robbins' creativity. From the late '80s, when he was preparing Jerome Robbins' Broadway, until 1994, little was heard from him. Then he created a suite of dances to Bach cello music for Mikhail Baryshnikov, who had persuaded him back into the studio. Said Robbins at the time: "It was a real do-or-die thing for me." Still caught up by Bach, he adapted several two- and three-part inventions for students at the School of American Ballet. Working with people "at the beginning of life" restored his energy...
...actor; from the effects of acute alcoholism; in West Hollywood, California. After 13 years with the Bolshoi ballet, Godunov defected to the West in 1979. For three years his graceful yet powerful dancing was a fixture at the American Ballet Theater. But after a falling out with artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov, Godunov turned to film, playing a farmer in Witness (1985) and a terrorist in Die Hard...