Word: russia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...murderer of his radical brother; Andreev, a dwarf who can sculpt personalities out of carrion; Zoya, the gymnast, Arkady's humorless wife who parrots jawbreaking propaganda ("So it is shown that childless or one-child families, superficially suitable to working parents in the urban centers of European Russia, are not in the greater interest of society if we starve the future of Russian leaders"); Major Pribluda, a farm boy turned KGB thug who knows more about the seasons of the soil than he does about the workings of the heart; General Renko, Arkady's father, a corroded figure...
...first half of the movie drags and jerks along, as Bakshi introduces characters without sub-stantiating their dialogue. An orthodox rabbi, singing Hebrew, is murdered by Cossacksin Russia; his son Zalmie immigrates to America, hanging out in smoky vaudeville dance halls, entranced by the grotesque bodies of showgirls. He grows up fast, losing his virginity in a dressing room after a mock strip tease. Trying to appear tender and symbolic, Bakshi never fleshes out the people enough to make them more than the cartoons they...
Fortunately for Ulam and the others affiliated with the Center, Kluckhohn was wrong, but the degree by which he missed the mark perhaps reflects the state of knowledge and understanding of Russia and the Soviet Union in the spring of 1947, when the staff of the Carnegie Foundation first approached Harvard with the idea of establishing a program for Russian studies. At that time--less than two years after the end of the Second World War--the University did not even have a Slavic Department. Although a few people of Russian descent taught at Harvard, they were mostly teaching other...
...still a decidedly academic institution, devoted to turning out publishable scholarly works. This year affiliates of the center are researching topics ranging from aging and retirement in the Soviet Union, to Dostoevsky, Stalinism and 18th-century Russia. But perhaps the experiences of one member of the center's executive committee represent a growing trend: Richard E. Pipes, Baird Professor of History and an expert on Soviet ideology, is on leave this term. He is in Washington advising the National Security Council...
...years in the NFL, Szaro had worked as an export manager with Colgate-Palmolive, travelling extensively throughout South America, Europe, and especially the Far East. Szaro recalls as one of the most rewarding times of his life a stint as liason between skilled Jewish professionals emigrating from Russia and American businesses, many emigrants whom he place through Harvard connections...