InternetTT Victor Zakharchenko Publication date: April 14, 2003 The Trinidadian Internet began in 1993. At the end of the year, Trinidad and Tobago had its own autonomous Internet access point. It worked on UUCP technology and was coordinated by the National Research Institute of Education and Technology NIHERST . Later, the country's main university, UWI (University of the West Indies), joined the project, but communications there faced huge problems for a long time.

R IChard Sennett. The Fall of Public Man. Ny-London: ww Norton & Co., 1992 (1974 Fe). The thesis: “ Western societies move from a state of orientation to others to a state of orientation on themselves - except that no one, being absorbed by themselves, cannot say that there is a mixture of public and intimate life as a result; people are very personally related to public affairs, which can be properly disposed of only with impersonal ” (p. 11-12).

Existential horror or small diamonds? Dmitry Kuzmin Publication date: April 14, 2003 It is unlikely that Linor Goralik needs my protection from Oleg Dark - especially since it is not very convenient for me to engage in such protection: the book about which Goralik Dark attacked was published by me.

The Shiite factor in the post-war structure of Iraq: the threat of conflict with Iran Maxim Petrenchuk Publication date: April 14, 2003 The division of spheres of influence and the structure of post-war Iraq are a pressing issue today. The powers of the world community, like kites, hang over the “free land”, trying to grab a fatter piece. Slogans are slogans, but we should not forget about the economic and political benefits that each participant in the conflict wants to gain for themselves.

The gift of words. Issue 22 Projective Dictionary of the Russian Language Mikhail Epshtein Publication date: April 14, 2003 Ambi-attachment (2) In this issue: ambiutopIzm AmbiteIsm Ambichristianity ambiphatic ambiradicalism ambiutopianism ( ambiutopianism ) - a combination of utopianism and anti-utopianism, a contradictory, ambivalent attitude towards the future.

Methods against Kostya Saprykin. 2 Innokenty Zheglov Publication date: April 14, 2003 To say that the effect of my previous article exceeded my wildest expectations is to say nothing. A critical mass of spam's evil enemies has clearly been reached. I remind you that the day after tomorrow, Thursday, April 17, we are holding an action directed against our first (not in importance, but in order) enemy - the American English Center.

Party of Strategic Defeat Dmitry Shusharin Publication date: April 14, 2003 It's common to laugh at United Russia - even at its high, albeit shaky, ratings. There are also constant reminders about the absence of ideology, which have even become incomprehensible. If critics care so much about this, then why not offer at least something? Proceeding precisely from the fact that it is necessary to propose to the party that reflects completely mainstream and completely normal social aspirations.

Cinema on television: April 14 - 20 Antonina Kryukova Publication date: April 14, 2003 Monday, April 14 This week, the Culture channel launched a short retrospective of Oscar-winning films from the 50s to the 70s. It should be clarified: in non-main nominations. The list of quiet Oscar winners opens with Vincent Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (11.55), which received the highest American film award for screenplay, cinematography and costumes.

From the first days of his rather unexpected appearance on the forefront of Russian politics, the figure of V.V. Putin caused considerable difficulties in determining not only its “strength”, but also its “color”; The expression of these difficulties became the sacramental question “Who is Mr. Putin? ”, to which many tried to answer.

It happens that in talented critical articles there is some flaw that turns them into almost nonsense. For example, this article , which is nice in many respects, is killed by its naive message about the direct conversion of life experience into literature. This thesis is quite surprising - so it comes to mind that the critic, apparently, wanted to say something else, but the wrong words turned up.