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...chess champion of his native Kalmykia, a tiny, impoverished Russian republic populated by the descendants of Genghis Khan. But his talents went beyond pushing pawns. In his 20s he made millions running a string of banks in the early wildcat years of post-Soviet Russian capitalism. At the tender age of 31 the dapper Ilyumzhinov (he has a fondness for white capes and vintage Rolls-Royces) was elected President of Kalmykia. His regime has been dogged by allegations ranging from electoral irregularities and embezzlement of federal funds (an investigation has been launched but no charges filed) to the 1998 murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knights & Knaves | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...John Williams’ score grows stiflingly saccharine under many of the more intimate scenes—but the unfettered openness that Elliot and E.T. show each other is a fine, touching exploration of two alien cultures striving to touch each other in brotherhood, and their interactions have a tender majesty...

Author: By Benjamin J. Soskin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: America’s Favorite Alien Returns After Twenty Years | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

Still, even Amazon.com doesn’t boast the debut album of virtuoso Broadway tenor Craig Schulman. To hear his tender renditions of classic musical theater ballads, one must seek out a site like BroadwayGemsRecords.com...

Author: By Adam R. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everybody's Got the Right | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...even though Beland shows us his tender side, I wish for more depth. What of the sex? So far it has none, since I guess there wasn't any up to this point, but surely he thought about it? It's an awfully chaste book. We've had some incredibly personal comix about relationships that go wrong, including Julie Doucet's "Dirty Plotte," David Chelsea's "David Chelsea in Love," and most excruciatingly, Joe Matt's "Peepshow." An artist who shows something that goes right needs to work harder to find the (inner) conflict. For people like me, "True Story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comix Love | 2/26/2002 | See Source »

Bill Mootos as Stephen’s lover, Mike, finds his most touching, believable moments as the tender lover of the younger Paul, sensitively played by Jason Schuchman...

Author: By Sara K. Zelle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When Opera Met Reality: Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

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