Mousetraps of education Three educational alternatives: between a bribe, tutoring and an ax Tatiana Bazzhina Publication date: August 9, 2000 There is nothing more dangerous than trying to cross a chasm in two leaps. This is what, apparently, guided the reform strategists when they chose the abolition of entrance exams in universities as the basis for their reform.

General and generalissimus Double portrait of de Gaulle and Franco - food for thought for Putin Yaroslav Shimov Publication date: August 9, 2000 Little by little, the features of the regime that its new president is creating in Russia are emerging more and more clearly. This regime is clearly authoritarian, although with elements of democracy - in the bastard form in which it was formed under Yeltsin. But authoritarianism, like any political model, can be very different.

Television is cutlets Jan Schenkman Publication date: August 9, 2000 This man was introduced to me as the producer of one of the television music programs. He called himself Vavilen Tatarsky and categorically refused to reveal his real name: he is strictly forbidden to give interviews. Why will be clear from our conversation. For those who don't know: Tatarsky is the main character of "Generation "P"", the latest novel by Victor Pelevin.

Falconry: twenty-third review, dedicated to the traditionalism of Zen and the avant-garde of jazz, Iron Felix and the Unknown Camper, terrible nonsense and donkey ears Yana Sokolova Publication date: August 9, 2000 There is something I don’t understand, my friends, no matter how hard I try, one thing. It seems like summer is just around the corner. It seems like everyone is talented and inquisitive. There seems to be some kind of literary process. Why are we bored? Why not?

This is a strange book, because it is perceived as a whole, despite the fact that it consists of two parts, the juxtaposition of which at first seems pretentious. Part one - "The Swabian Union 1488-1534" (the content is consistent, of course). And part two - “Great Saturday” (Russia in the 90s of the 20th century).

40 years of one textbook Dobrovolskaya Yu.A. Italian language course. - M.: Citadel, 2000. Sergey Nikitin Publication date: August 9, 2000 Good language textbooks are rare. English, for example, is studied according to the revised Bonk, the first edition of which was published as much as 40 (or 45?) years ago, or according to Eckersley’s “Essential English” (50s of the last century). Italian is studied using Dobrovolskaya's textbook. The last 40 years.

We sincerely love the Coen brothers, although we have not yet learned to distinguish them, and we are not trying too hard. In our minds, the Cohens are a two-headed Siamese monster, creepy, but cute and businesslike. The right head (Ethan) comes up with jokes about husbands being buried alive, the left head (Joel) beats the hell out of the studio bosses.