Word: petrovich
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cities by large majorities, but he did not fare so well in rural areas, where resistance to change remains strong. In Leshkovo, a village about 35 miles northeast of Moscow, the prospect of Yeltsin's wresting control of Russia from the shattered central government did not impress Nikolai Petrovich, a 67-year-old pensioner, whose refusal to give his last name betrayed a fear of contact with foreigners rarely found nowadays in urban areas...
...Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet nationality policy seemed to mean that national groups could organize the likes of folkloric song and dance companies, but that the major decisions affecting the welfare of national groups were made in Moscow. Bureaucratic centralization reached such absurd dimensions that, as a Lithuanian once complained, "Ivan Petrovich must rule on the opening times for toilets in towns with names he cannot even pronounce...
Penn sealed the win less than two minutes into the second half, when fullback Kenny Blye took down Quaker halfback Mark Petrovich in the Harvard penalty area after the midfielder snuck past the rest of the Harvard back line. Bruce Becker converted the kick from the charity spot...
...Luke A. Petrovich, Vice President...
...going to do it," Perez replies, pulling out a pen. "What they have to do is buy this piece here and start subdividing like this." During the meeting, he reads out his resolutions, adding, almost as an afterthought, "Moved by Mr. Petrovich, seconded by Mr. Kirby and adopted unanimously...