Frankie's boys at Christ's Christmas tree Bruno Schirra Publication date: December 29, 1999 (Yuletide stories) Frankie Simanovich - commander of the militants. Everyone in Belgrade has heard about Frankie Simanovic, but hardly anyone can say what he looks like. All known photographs are long outdated, and, most likely, he cannot be recognized from them.

Scary fortune telling or tales of treasures Egor Otroshchenko Publication date: December 29, 1999 Scary fortune telling or tales of treasures What's the most fun time of the year? You will probably say - summer. In summer it is warm and light, and hot, and shade, and cool, and everything is green. But maybe you will say that winter is fun too. The cold is such a wonderful joker, it so regularly flushes your cheeks and so deftly pinches the very tip of your nose.

No brains Oleg Karelin Publication date: December 29, 1999 Ushkalov I.G., Malakha I.A. "Brain drain" - scale, causes, consequences. - M.: Editorial URSS, 1999. - 176 p.; circulation 2000 copies; ISBN 5-8360-0029-8. Reading monographs for the general reader is certainly not the most typical activity.

The secret world of children in the space of the world of adults Anatoly Barzakh Publication date: December 29, 1999 M.V. Osorina. The secret world of children in the space of the world of adults. St. Petersburg: Peter, 1999. 288 p. Sometime in the early 1980s, another thematic exhibition “Children in Russian Art” opened at the Russian Museum.

Something about the future Eliot Hainalainen Publication date: December 29, 1999 Libretto for review. In three parts, with a postscript. Part one. The overture is optimistic. (Allegro, in the spirit of Carnegie) "HOORAY!!!" A.V. Suvorov at the Battle of Kulm.

Twilight of enlightenment, or a short guide to scientific conferences of 1999-2000.

Twilight of enlightenment. Part 2. Yuri Orlitsky Publication date: December 29, 1999 And now - what does the coming year - the last in the outgoing century and millennium - have in store for us? There will be many conferences, as in the past, and again very diverse. Although most of the leading directions will remain the same.

Authorship real and virtual Dmitry Essering Publication date: January 17, 2000 Do not multiply entities unnecessarily! William of Ockham Model for assembly Since mid-century, considerable intellectual resources have been devoted to demystifying the figure of the author-author. But, despite the efforts of French intellectuals, coupled with international glossies, the author’s persona shows itself to be extremely tenacious and unsinkable.

Good defeated Evil Alexey Munipov Publication date: December 29, 1999 In a way unknown to science The main result of the outgoing musical year is that the expected kerdyk never came. Show business began to live within its means - like everyone else in this country. It was scary and sometimes even painful: there were drops all around, and we had a snowstorm.