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...training. Perhaps a reflection of the collaborative efforts of multiple choreographers (Anna-Marie Holmes, Bruce Marks, Sydney Leonard and Daniel Pelzig) rather than of one person's vision, the many dances sometimes appear disjointed. Certain scenes in Act II could definitely profit from some alterations. The dance of the Russian soldiers in scene six, accompanied by possibly the most rousing segment of Tchaikovsky's score, fails to project the same enthusiasm present in the music. Equally anti-climactic is the Arabian Coffee dance in scene three...
...Wednesday arrested a junior Russian embassy official, after reportedly catching him listening to a bugging device planted in a State Department conference room often used by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The arrest of Second Secretary Stanislav Borisovich Gusev, who has been ordered to leave the U.S. within 10 days, follows last week's arrest in Moscow of Cheri Leberknight, a second secretary at the U.S. embassy there. And her detention followed the earlier arrest of a U.S. Navy officer on charges of selling secrets to Moscow...
...days of the Cold War was underscored by President Boris Yeltsin's warning Thursday that President Clinton, in criticizing Russia's conduct in Chechnya, "must have forgotten for a moment what Russia is - it has a full arsenal of nuclear weapons." And in the ultimate d?j? vu, the Russian leader's remarks came during a visit to Beijing in order to drum up support in the face of Western pressure over Chechnya. Post-communist Russia's decline and NATO's bombing campaign over Kosovo earlier this year have cemented a fiercely anti-Western orientation in Russian politics today, notes TIME...
...population of Grozny, and Britain's Tony Blair warns Moscow that "we're watching you." But those warnings - and even the IMF's decision to withhold its latest aid installment because of Russia's campaign - appear to have had little impact on Moscow. Despite Monday's ultimatum by the Russian military that civilians should leave Grozny by Saturday or else "be destroyed," Russian forces continued their heavy shelling of the city Tuesday, making it impossible for civilians sheltering in the city to leave...
...more the West cries foul, the harder the Russians will push," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "And with a rise in oil prices having boosted the Russian budget, even the IMF threat is unlikely to have much effect on Russia's plans." Western leaders are warning that not only will destroying the city and every living thing in it diminish Russia's international standing, but the march on Grozny may have created its own momentum. "Russian sources admit there's no military rationale for pressing ahead with an all-out assault on Grozny," says Meier. "From a strategic point...