Word: piotr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Professor Piotr Steinkeller, who, like William Moran, is a specialist in Assyria, was also critical of the sensational nature of the charges. "I'm surprised this was so blown up and received so much publicity," he said...
...Raskolnikov was right to murder the old woman. Too bad he got caught." In Lyubimov's view, the child was echoing the amoral views of a teacher and, in turn, the state. An attentive father who travels everywhere accompanied by his second wife Katya, a Hungarian, and son Piotr, 7, Lyubimov will next mount an adaptation of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard in May and Berg's Lulu at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in November, followed by a string of European dates. He describes himself unhappily as "homeless" but says...
Wiping flowing tears from his cheeks with a handkerchief, the pastor of Leningrad's lone Baptist church looked down at his packed congregation last week as he welcomed the evening's special preacher. "We know what difficulties you faced in coming here, Billy Graham," said Piotr Konovalchik. "We rejoice that you are with us tonight." Many young women in the choir, clad in orange dresses and white headbands, wept along with him. As Graham quietly thanked Konovalchik, a clergyman who had come from Moscow strode to the pulpit to offer a prayer: "You shed your blood for Russia...
...women's soccer are already playing, with under-19 girls' national team veteran Tracee Whitley and Boise, Idaho native Piotr Makula backing up in their respective goals. Men's Coach Jape Shattuck is also counting on "very, very versatile" Mark Pepper and Nick Hotchkin, who look strong at midfielder. Pepper, an American, hails from Pirmasens, West Germany; Hotchkin from Horwich, England...
...derided the "merry-go-round" system whereby the same old faces dominated the Politburo. Kania responded by promising personnel changes in the Central Committee and Politburo. Similar rank-and-file pressures for reform appeared to be responsible for new "legal proceedings" that were initiated last week against former Premier Piotr Jaroszewicz. The charge: economic mismanagement...