B Assal, of course, below the lord. But the rite of vassal oath in Europe included a kiss on the lips, which "simultaneously connects in the position ... symmetrical lips of the lord and vassal and puts them on one spatial level, makes them equal." This is not a subordination of a slave to the master, but an equal agreement, with mutual obligations.

The "Iron Lady of Polish Finance" leaves for London Vitaly Portnikov Date of publication: October 23, 2000 Hannah Gronkiewicz-Waltz, head of the Polish National Bank, becomes vice-president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in January 2001. In Poland, this appointment was received ambiguously. On the one hand, it is an honor: never before has a representative of Poland occupied such a high position in international financial organizations.

Today there will be a court hearing on the claim of Zvuki.Ru against the “ Russian Music Portal ”. Zvuki.Ru, I remind you, is demonstrably fighting music pirates. The Internet Engineering Task Force has published formal requirements for cookies . A sweepstakes has opened on the Ekho Moskvy website: place your bets and guess who will win the American presidential election.

A century of freedom cannot be seen Collection video news (10.x) The amendment to the past issue: the retrospective of the films of Leo Carax will be held at the Museum of Cinema in November! Follow our announcements! "Libertine" (premiere). French frivolous comedy, supposedly "displeers". A pretty funny story from the youth of Didro, about its confrontation with the church and the period of creating the legendary "encyclopedia".

The paper expires from 23.10. Abulia from Perfumer Practical poetics of intertextuality Lev Pirogov Date of publication: October 23, 2000 A good year for reading A good year to get off the scent. B.B. Grebenshchikov If on Saturday you don’t immediately get up from the couch, but lie, lie, lie and lie until the evening, then insight will definitely come.

Strange games with common sense Mikhail Kornilov Date of publication: October 23, 2000 They are again trying to convince us of the strange, and we, in general, are not used to this. But this time it becomes somehow completely offensive - you can take everyone for fools, but not to the same extent, at some point you have to stop and think: “Maybe they can’t eat all kinds of bullshit?

Globalization Globalization has many aspects: cultural, economic, political, military. Its manifestations are manifold: travel, migration, language, communications, clothing, architecture, popular music and many other forms. It seems to me impossible to fully predict what impact globalization will have on democracy in the coming century. But, of course, its consequences will be profound - perhaps even, from the point of view of future generations, revolutionary.

Theater "Woe from Wit", dir. Sergey Zhenovach Anyone who calls this performance long-awaited will be right. Ever since one of the best Moscow directors, Sergei Zhenovach, was carefully rescued from the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, the capital has been patiently waiting for his new performances. Zhenovach’s actors, tired of waiting, scattered to different theaters, and he himself was unexpectedly warmed up by the artistic director of Maly, Yuri Solomin.

Take two - take two Kirill Kutalov-Postoll Date of publication: October 23, 2000 What is happening can be described as a doubling of essences, which from the point of view of the Gnostics is sin, but from the point of view of everyone else it is not such and, therefore, does not seem to exist; at least not identifiable. However, they double.