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...restore Moscow's grip on the rebellious republic of Chechnya. For the past two years, he regularly claimed victory was all but won. As the champion of order and stability, Putin enjoyed strong public standing, while the government's harsh censorship of news from the war zone nearly a thousand miles from the capital has kept the grim realities of the stalemated conflict off the front pages and out of the minds of ordinary Russians. Now the brazen takeover of a theater just three miles from the Kremlin has brought the vicious struggle right to their doorstep...
...room for one including two meals goes for $120 a night. Call (81-55) 828 1234 for reservations. But if you just want to take a dip, hop on the train ride Rendaiji station (one stop north of Shimoda) and go to the Kanaya ryokan's sennin-buro , or thousand-person bath...
...Junior hockey] is played at a fast pace and has a lot of pressure,” Daigneau said. “Sometimes I was playing in front of five thousand people. I had to grow up much sooner, and every aspect of my game improved...
...someone who is a public intellectual,” Early says, noting that general-audience books sell many more copies than those targeted only to scholars. If you’re one of those professors writing only to colleagues, “you’re lucky if a thousand people know your book,” Early says. “But Mr. West will write a book and sell a ton of copies. I feel the university needs both types of people...
...Goldstein has been warning cyclists that hours of sitting on a bike saddle can create enough pressure on the perineum, the area between the anus and the pubic bone, to permanently damage the artery that supplies blood to the penis. On the basis of a study of several thousand men in a Boston riding club, Goldstein believes that as many as 4% of male cyclists have problems with impotence due to cycling...