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Potemkin asked for and received permission to serve as a cavalry officer in the war against Turkey, but Catherine worried about his safety and recalled him to St. Petersburg two years ago. There he encountered fading Favorite Orlov on a stairway and asked him: "Any news?" Said Orlov: "Only that you are going up and I am coming down...
...these current predictions in St. Petersburg come true, which is by no means certain, it would mark the end of the most passionate of Catherine's many passions. Tall, muscular but hardly handsome, sometimes witty, some-tunes morose, Prince Potemkin once studied theology but chose the army instead. He thus played a minor role in the 1762 coup by which Catherine and Guards Officer Grigori Orlov overthrew Catherine's weakling husband Peter III. Orlov introduced young Potemkin into court circles, where he at once amused Catherine by imitating her German accent. Orlov soon became jealous, so he and his brother...
...there is a lot of wind on Lake Ontario, as is likely, then weight could be a big factor. The Linville brothers, former world champions and winners at the recent SPORT regatta at St. Petersburg, could be hindered by the fact that crew Jim weighs only 200 pounds...
...decades has specialized in a unique form of psychological counseling, often against hysterical opposition. Scientology, in turn, has tended toward defensiveness bordering on paranoia, filing scores of libel suits on the slightest provocation. In February, the Church of Scientology sued Mayor Cazares, then threatened the Clearwater Sun, the St. Petersburg Times and radio station WDCL. "We are not a turn-the-other-cheek religion," Spokesman Arthur Maren told TIME Correspondent David Beckwith...
Neff is racing his 470 at SPORT (St. Petersburg Olympic Regatta Training) with freshman Arty Rousmaniere. It is still a question mark as to how often Neff will be able to sail for Harvard this spring. The junior, who took last year off after a sensational sophomore season, could be looking towards the Olympics...