Apology of Belikov A.P. Chekhov. Man in a case Elena Markasova Publication date: December 15, 2000 With what pleasure especially active schoolchildren include in their essays about Belikov discussions about “the spirit of officialdom and formalism that reigned in the gymnasium,” not without malice, stating the relevance of “The Man in a Case.” Who hasn’t scolded people in cases! Aren't they the main brake on progress in society and public education?

We are all now following the Third Way Part 2 Robert Reich Publication date: December 15, 2000 Risky politics This all makes sense in theory (remember, I'm a biased observer). But after six years of Bill Clinton's Third Way , belated wisdom suggests some skepticism is appropriate. The point is not that the goal turned out to be wrong or that it was set insincerely. The problem is that the policy of implementing the Third Way turned out to be much more risky than one might have expected.

Alliteration B. Goncharov: “(from Latin al - to, with, litera - letter) - repetition in poetic speech (less often in prose) of the same consonant sounds, one of the types of sound writing (see - M.N. ) . A. highlights individual words and lines, which therefore become especially expressive: The city was robbed, rowed, plundered... (V. Mayakovsky. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) (In the latest terminology, there is no longer alliteration, but paronomasia - see - M.N.

Project: nineties (More details about the project - here ) Keywords: Buddhism, Christianity, summer holidays One day Belov and Krasnov were relaxing at sea. Krasnov talked about Aleister Crowley, listened to Current 93 , talked about Anton La Vey and the movie Starship Troopers . Belov smoked ganja with him, swam in the sea, flirted with girls and read the Tibetan Book of the Dead. One fine day he noticed that an Orthodox cross was hanging on Krasnov’s chest.

With my usual efficiency: yesterday the daily online publication Grani.Ru opened. I am close to the idea of ​​abandoning the “everything for everyone” concept. I get tired of the news feeds that I read in the amount of thirty every day with a short break on Saturday. The second half of the well-known formula - about “something about everything” on the Russian Internet is implemented quite effectively, which cannot be said about the first, which, as you know, is “everything about something”.

Hunger 3 Practical gastroenterology reading Alexander Ageev Publication date: December 15, 2000 M New Year's holidays in our God-saved country plunge me personally into deep metaphysical (though also physical) melancholy. “Monstrous, like a battleship in the dock, Russia is resting hard . ” Longing in all members, loss of time, triumph of inert hangover matter. The rhythm of life is disrupted, the wheel stops, the country physically feels old age, infirmity, and burdened with sins and debts.

Ten performances of the week: December 18-24 Gleb Sitkovsky Publication date: December 15, 2000 Premiere. "Venetian Antiquarian" C. Goldoni. Director - Nikolai Sheiko. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater In fact, the action of Goldoni's play does not take place in Venice at all, and it is called differently. But director Nikolai Sheiko is so fascinated by this free republic of love and death, rocking on the dark waves, that he has been staging plays about Venice almost his entire life.

Augustine says that we can help ourselves think about time if we start from the completeness of the whole - for example, the song that I undertake to sing from beginning to end. It, in itself whole, then unfolds in time. What kind of song is this? An early Christian hymn? Or human life? Or that praise of God, which turns out to be “the whole age,” totum saeculum, the history of the world?

Lev Pirogov, who suddenly “Black Mark” for our edification left the project, left us with the last issue of , in which he told us why everyone should be sterilized on the spot. And why this project is doomed.

Russian Journal / Reading Circle / Century=text www.russ.ru/krug/vek/20001215.html Century=text. Issue 40: 1940 Egor Otroshchenko Publication date: December 15, 2000 POEM OF THE YEAR | BOOK OF THE YEAR | EVENTS | SELECTED QUOTES | CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS Poem of the Year Insomnia I'm crazy, probably crazy, Everything seems to me: in silence The working bird woodpecker It hits my wall with its beak. Okay - let him fuss And he hammers, and he hammers again.

Interpol, issue thirty-three. My God, how few of us, how few Topics of the week Ivan Davydov Publication date: December 15, 2000 The main topic this week, and not for the first time, was the difficult fate of one citizen guilty of major thefts. But we don’t have a crime chronicle here, that’s why not a word about the topic of the week. Just advice to citizens: if you cheat, cheat big.

For the Motherland, for Lenin Evgeny Maizel Publication date: December 15, 2000 Alexander Pyatigorsky said somewhere that the British are characterized by an extremely strict attitude towards their own past, the content of which is not verified (oddly enough) with the conjuncture of the current day and remains in this sense unchanged.

Regional lobby: from Vladivostok to... Wroclaw Vitaly Portnikov Publication date: December 15, 2000 In Russian political reality, regional lobbying has long become commonplace. Even the top leadership of a country is often recruited from some region, depending on the origin of the leader who comes into power.

Century=text: abroad, issue 16 Anastasia Otroshchenko Publication date: December 15, 2000 ABOUT WAR | LITERARY REFLECTIONS | LIFE AND DEATH | MAN'S FATE | BOOK CHRONICLE About war “The second great war has begun. We stand at the very beginning of it, and its true outlines are still hidden from us in the bloody fog. We do not know what area of ​​the world it will cover, how many peoples it will involve in the fatal whirlpool, we do not know what mass of destruction it will leave behind.

Wild field of post-industrial devastation Evgeny Kuznetsov Publication date: December 15, 2000 The main Russian problem is that we are experiencing our natural growth problems in an amazing resonance with similar processes on a global or European scale - only occurring at a new, more complex level. The symmetry of the phases when the subject of change differs is amazing and constantly misleads everyone here and there.