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...Volume of the loudest shriek emitted by tennis player Maria Sharapova during a Wimbledon quarterfinal against fellow Russian Elena Dementieva. Sharapova won the match...
...wanted to stroke him like a cat, and it came out in this gesture." --VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President, on why he stopped to kiss a little boy's stomach while walking through the Kremlin...
George Balanchine was the great melder of high and popular art in dance. The young Russian came to the U.S. in 1933 and worked on Broadway, in Hollywood and for the circus (devising a piece for 14 elephants) before starting the New York City Ballet in 1948 and creating works from Stravinsky (39 in all) and Tchaikovsky (the perennial Nutcracker). He said his mission was to "entertain the public" as well as elevate it. This 1984 documentary does both...
...since the sponsorship deal, worth an estimated $10 million over five years, was awarded to Polo Ralph Lauren, America's favorite purveyor of preppy chic. Elsewhere at Wimbledon a different designer has been competing for the attention - and cash - of fashionable tennis fans. Stella McCartney handpicked 19-year-old Russian Maria Kirilenko (who lost in the tournament's first round) to [an error occurred while processing this directive] model her latest range of tennis attire for Adidas. David Lauren, Ralph's son and marketing and communications director for the company, welcomes the challenge. "Just like any sport, competition is great...
...March. The turning of the leaves carpets the city in red and gold; the first drifts of snow evoke a scene straight out of Dr. Zhivago, complete with horse-drawn sleighs, ice skaters and illuminated spires. Arrive at yuletide and you get two Christmas celebrations?Dec. 25 and the Russian Orthodox version on Jan. 7. You can also congratulate yourself on having missed the excruciating queues, of a couple of hours or more, that mar a summertime visit to the famous State Hermitage Museum...