Word: provinciale
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Russia was facing the threat of civil conflict, and ominous signs of disintegration were showing up in the provinces. It looked as if President Boris Yeltsin would once again put forward his choice for Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin--and parliament for a third time would reject him. That would mean...
More numerous are the power men who shone in unjoyful ages and in the half-light of provincial parks. Hack Wilson hit 58, but in 1930 Chicago wasn't ready to party. Ralph Kiner flattened balls, but did so in Pittsburgh, which is the Big City only if you're...
I only wonder, when the paved road from the provincial capital of Kunming reaches all the way to that deep green gorge, bringing busloads of photo-snapping tourists, will that Australian hostel-owner be happy? I hope so.
Chen has two sons and two daughters; his elder son and a daughter work in the provincial capital, Chengdu. His other son has gone south to the booming city of Guangzhou, where he works as a welder while his wife does shift work at a shoe factory. They send back...
The Shroud of Turin has long been an important topic of discussion in Italy [RELIGION, April 20]. The carbon 14 dating analysis has not solved the question of its age, at least for those who will never cease to believe in the shroud's authenticity. In one of his Provincial...