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After every act, Oleg Popov, the famous clown, puts on his own show. Popov is very appealing, but I did not find him very humorous. Liston probably would not think much of Heifetz, either...
...these separate acts are interspersed and punctuated by the subdued gesturing of Oleg Popov, who is celebrated as one of the world's great clowns. A thoroughly trained circus performer, he can walk the tightwire or the slack wire; he is both animal trainer and juggler. He takes no pratfalls, and he is not the sad flopsy-mopsy fopsy that most U.S. clowns make themselves, but it is difficult to see why he is so renowned. Hailed as a star, he is really little more than a mildly engaging filler...
...Popov has noted few differences between research as conducted in this country and as carried out in the U.S.S.R...
Within the limitations of available funds, Russian physicists are free to choose their own projects, Popov pointed out. Just as scientists here usually need grants to carry out large programs, a Soviet experimentalist must obtain funds from the Soviet Academy of Sciences if he wishes to conduct a project that would require the purchase of new equipment...
Because he studied what C.S. life would be like before he came here, Popov has had little difficulty adjusting to American customs...