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David Lean directed this underrated epic—a love story set against the turmoil of early 20th century Russia??as his followup to the gorgeous but lifeless Lawrence of Arabia. Doctor Zhivago retains Lawrence’s social conscience and its pitch-perfect cinematography, but, unlike Lawrence, it also possesses the compelling characters and tense, terse plotting that so distinguished Lean’s masterpieces Bridge on the River Kwai and Brief Encounter. Stars Omar Sharif and Julie Christie could not be lovelier, but supporting players Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger and especially Tom Courtenay also have ample...
...talk at HBS a few weeks ago, Jim Rogers—the self-described “Indiana Jones” of fund management—shared his bleak outlook on Russia??s economic future...
After the talk, Alimov wrote an e-mail to Rogers which further detailed his objections. Backing up his arguments with data from the World Bank and the Russian government, he asserted that Russia??s economic prospects are in fact much more promising than those which Rogers described...
...also published books expressing his views on the economic prospects of the countries he has traveled through and in past years has been pessimistic about Russia??s prospects—citing the nation’s declining population and recent history of economic turbulence...
...1930s, the U.S. did not meddle in Stalin’s purges because Americans believed that factions within Soviet leadership would destroy each other (and Soviet socialism) through internecine fighting. Today, we cannot bank on such grand designs and must reassess our position vis-à-vis Russia??s “internal affairs.” (In fact, Putin already seems to be losing this battle as Greece has recently refused to extradite Gusinsky...