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While the courts debate whether the team can be legally moved at this point in their contract, it is widely believed that Tampa-St. Petersburg would be the eager recipients of a transient Mariners team. There is more "support" for baseball in Florida, Smulyan says...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Major League Xenophobia | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

What do a Dan Quayle signature jacket, a piece of the Lenin statue from St. Petersburg, and one of Bette Midler's shoes have in common...

Author: By Michael E. Balagur, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: K-School Auction Nets $8520 for Internships | 2/14/1992 | See Source »

Harvard Film Archive--Double feature of Three Songs of Lenin directed by Dziga Vertov at 7 p.m. and The End of St. Petersburg directed by V. I. Pudovkin at 8:15 p.m. $5. Nanook of the North directed by Robert Flaherty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...much repeated Soviet joke, an elderly Russian emigrant applies to re- enter his homeland. Under "Place of birth" on the form he writes, "St. Petersburg." Under "Left the country from?" he enters, "Petrograd." Under "Destination?" he puts, "Leningrad." Finally, under "Where would you like to settle?" he puts, "St. Petersburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Soviet Union | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

Leningrad is St. Petersburg, Moldavia is Moldova, Minsk is Mensk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

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