Word: russianness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Imagine you are holding one of those Russian pottery dolls, the ones that open to reveal a slightly smaller, otherwise identically fashioned doll inside. Open that one and you find another, then another, until there are no dolls left...
...ballet is based on the dark and brooding Russian fairy-tale. The despicable monster Kastchei has created a colorless, depressing realm where he keeps princesses and others captive. After mistakenly wandering nearby, Prince Ivan falls in love with one of the princesses and resolves to save them, eventually doing so with the help of the magical Firebird...
...Boston regional competition drew only six bartenders to compete for the chance to advance. Three judges from the Drinkmaster Bartending School, including Blue Cat owner Jason Rothe, evaluated contestants on speed, accuracy and showmanship. Drinks included a Vodka Collins, a Cosmopolitan, a White Russian, a Bloody Mary, a Cape Codder and a Kamikaze...
Suddenly, it seems as if every nuclear arms control agreement of the past 30 years is on the table. Days after losing a Senate vote on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Clinton administration is now trying a new tactic to get Russian approval to revise one of the baseline arms control documents, the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty. The carrot, according to the New York Times: If the Russians agree not to squawk over plans to create radar-and-interceptor missile defenses in Alaska and North Dakota (a violation of the treaty), the U.S. will help Russia upgrade...
Half a league, half a league, half a league onward... Flushed with their success in capturing Chechnya?s northern plains, Russian troops Friday pressed forward their offensive south of the Terek River with their sights firmly set on a triumphant march into Grozny, the Chechen capital. But they could be heading into a trap. "The Chechens are well-armed and well-organized, and they?re just waiting for the Russians to come onto more favorable terrain," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "They haven?t made much effort to resist Moscow?s offensive on the northern flatlands, where they...