Legitimacy in Korean: "Heaven's Mandate with Local Specifics" Andrey Lankov Publication date: July 2, 2002 And of all the “small” states in East Asia, Korea has traditionally been closest to China.

Online forums and new criteria of truth Igor Jadan Publication date: July 2, 2002 In comparison with oral multilateral communication, say, a conference, congress or just a live “get-together” of interests, communication on a network forum has all the advantages of written communication through open correspondence, plus such a unique property as instantaneous publication.

Big problems of the Bolshoi Theater 1994 - 2000 The discussion around the Bolshoi Theater and the conflicts turned out to be all the more difficult to resolve because they involved both creative and long-standing financial problems.

And the Merikans are not capable of healthy sarcasm. “Jewish little things” Ken Shapiro, Tsuker, Abrahams and Mel Brooks are just a parody, and Woody Allen's boring humor is also difficult to call healthy. No American writer could rise to the heights of Ivlin Wo. In the field of show business, the exceptions - the only thing in the history of America - is Frank Popa, and he, as you know, overwhelmed, arranging a session of coprophagia right on the stage. Jason Webel is no exception.

Union of Theater Workers of Russia: forward to a bright future or dissolution and sale? Argumentation and language of discussion receive by email print version As usual in such cases, opponents of the “renewal” demonized both Kalyagin’s entourage and himself: various possibilities of criminal use and the supposedly already occurred redistribution of the Union’s material resources were discussed.

Review by S.K. # 112 A little nervous, in continuation of the conversation about Shargunov’s story - about the ethics of literary criticism, about “good books” of “bad people”, about bandit graves, etc. Sergey Kostyrko Publication date: July 2, 2002 I thought that in the previous review I had finished talking about Shargunov’s story “Hurray” . It turned out not. Among the responses, one topic arose that was important not only for me, I think.

Is Russia a great "operator"? Andrey N. Okara Publication date: July 2, 2002 The process of modern Russia’s search for a new international identity, redefining its attitude towards United Europe, towards the USA, towards Asian countries, towards its neighbors in the CIS requires consideration of not only geostrategic, geo-economic and other aspects of interaction with the outside world, but, first of all, geopolitical aspects.

The beast returns Todd Gitlin (Todd Gitlin) Publication date: July 2, 2002 An email sent out last month by Lori Zolot, head of the Judaic Studies department at San Francisco State University, gave me chills.