Word: yakov
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...should call this Mexico flu.' YAKOV LITZMAN, Israel's Deputy Health Minister, on renaming the swine flu because of kosher dietary laws...
...still came up with some big shots...he handled [playing at No. 2] beautifully.”The Crimson began by surrendering the doubles point to the Monarchs. No. 3 pairing Omodele-Lucien/Mangham recorded Harvard’s solitary win, defeating the Monarch’s Yakov Diskin and Alex Funkhouser (8-1).However, in a stirring response in the singles, the Crimson dominated further down the courts to set up Felton’s grandstand finish. At No. 5, Omodele-Lucien won in straight sets (6-2, 6-4), while No. 4 Mangham overturned a first-set loss...
...traditions of the last century, Putin has emerged as the new "Gensek," the Russian abbreviation previously used for Secretaries General of the Communist Party. Vladimir Illyich Lenin was not the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - the USSR's titular Head of State. That role was filled by his lieutenant Yakov Sverdlov. But the Communist Party leader, as Chairman of the Cabinet, held real executive power. The same was true of Joseph Stalin and his titular Head of State, Mikhail Kalinin. Nikita Khrushchev combined the offices of the Gensek and Prime Minister, while Leonid Brezhnev combined his leadership of the party...
...Horng-Tzer Yau’s colleagues at Stanford, Professor Rick Schoen, described him as “soft spoken and dynamic.” Another, Stanford Mathematics Department Chair Yakov Eliashberg, said Yau “is a quite reserved person...
...shadowy Castle Vogelod. The film is set several months after a murder, when mysterious circumstances bring together key suspects and a host of peculiar characters. Enjoy one of the master’s earliest silent works with live piano accompaniment by Ukrainian HFA composer in residence Yakov Gubanov. Tickets $6. 9 p.m. Harvard Film Archive...