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Due to his diminished circumstances and restricted freedom, the Count has time for self-reflection. He is a brilliant conversationalist, readily discussing diverse subjects such as evolution, philosophy, Impressionism, Russian writers and poetry, food, post-revolutionary Russian society, and Russia's contributions to the world.
Frano Selak or Frane Selak (14 June 1929 – 30 November 2016) was a Croatian man who was known for his unverified depictions about frequent brushes with death.. Selak's alleged near-death experiences began in January 1962 when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flew off the tracks and crashed in a river.
"Fortunate Person" – see "The Luckiest Man in the World" "Game: First Schematic" (1971?, Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? "George and the Boxes" (1995, Never published in English, first published in Polish; Russian translation published in Новые Миры Роберта Шекли , Vol. 2.
This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. An early political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during ...
President Vladimir Putin has tightened his grip on the country he has ruled since the turn of the century, with results from Russia’s stage-managed election indicating a predictably large ...
IFC Films and Sapan Studio have acquired the U.S. rights to “The Luckiest Man in America,” a true-life drama about a man who figured out the secret to a popular game show. The deal follows the ...
In private, his wife addressed him as Nicki, in the German manner, rather than Коля (Kolya), which is the East Slavic short form of his name. The "short name" (Russian: краткое имя kratkoye imya), historically also "half-name" (Russian: полуимя poluimya), is the simplest and most
He's doing construction work in Mariupol, a Ukrainian city nearly totally destroyed in Russian attacks and now occupied by Russia. “He gets $1,550 a month,” Gulmairam said. “He gets $1,550 a ...