You know, the writers of the second row love this technique: to characterize the time of action is not directly, but using references like: “It happened in the year when” ... So you can flatter the reader, showing that you believe in his erudite and the context of some kind of to set. Let’s try to guess in hot pursuit of what the year 2004 will be stroked in the novels that have not yet been written, thank God.

There will be no equality Nadezhda Shapiro Publication date: December 20, 2004 “What does the coming day have in store for me?” - we think on the threshold of the New Year with hope, excitement, anxiety... Our thoughts are both about the personal and about the general. Some things do not depend on us at all, but some things, of course, if not in our hands, will not happen without our participation.

The search for the Holy Grail continues Brendan O'Neill Publication date: December 20, 2004 For many centuries now, the Holy Grail has captured the imagination of the Western world. Recently, cryptanalysts from the British intelligence center Bletchley Park joined his search. Why is it that the Holy Grail embodies what people have always sought and never found?

Nonlinear optics Vyacheslav Glazychev Publication date: December 20, 2004 However , it is difficult to understand what is really happening in our fatherland. Of course, there is one conclusion (aka input) against which it is impossible to argue: everything happens at once, but there is absolutely nothing to do with such input-output. In fact, there are results of sociological research, including quite authoritative groups like the Yuri Levada Analytical Center.

P@utina, issue 4 Pavel Protasov Publication date: December 20, 2004 For Google, it looks like it’s time to start a separate section: it often brings news. The largest search engine project has been launched to convert book collections from Stanford and Michigan universities, Harvard, Oxford and the New York Library into electronic form. The project is designed for six years, and within its framework it is planned to digitize several million books.

Not with me Ivan Davydov Publication date: December 20, 2004 You know, second-tier writers love this technique: characterizing the time of action indirectly, but using references like: “This happened in the year when”... So you can flatter the reader by showing that you believe in his erudition, and some context no question. Let's try to guess, without delay, what the year 2004 will be marked with in the novels that have not yet been written, thank God.

The Republic of Bashkiria as a subject of the Russian Federation has been renamed Bashkortostan, and any other official spelling is no longer allowed. However, Bashkiria as a toponym, geographical concept and name cannot be changed by renaming the region - a subject of the Russian Federation.

For Google, it seems that it is time to start a separate section: it is often pleasing with news. The project of the largest search engine for transferring to electronic form meetings of Stanford and Michigan Universities, Harvard, Oxford and the New York Library has been launched. The project is designed for six years, and within its framework it is planned to digitize several million books.

The Republic of Bashkiria as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation is renamed Bashkortostan, and other official spelling is no longer allowed. However, Bashkiria as a toponym, the geographical concept and the name cannot change the overpassing of the region - the subject of the Federation of the Russian Federation.

The outgoing year has largely become a "moment of truth" for everyone who is involved in the reform of Russian education. It became clear that all sorts of exam there, the defeat of non -state schools and so on the like - already trifles.

Farewell, “land of dreamers, land of scientists”? Vyacheslav Zagorsky Publication date: December 20, 2004 This year has in many ways become a “moment of truth” for everyone involved in the reform of Russian education. It became clear that all sorts of Unified State Examinations, the destruction of non-state schools and the like are already trifles.

From the editorial office. On December 18-19, a conference was held at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the birth of I.V. Stalin and dedicated to the creative heritage of the leader.

Ordinary manager To the anniversary of Joseph Stalin Andrey Tarasenko Publication date: December 20, 2004 From the editor. On December 18-19, the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a conference dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the birth of I.V. Stalin and dedicated to the creative heritage of the leader.

"What is the coming day preparing me?" - We think on the threshold of the New Year with hope, excitement, anxiety ... Our thoughts are both personal and general. Something does not depend on us at all, but something, of course, if not in our hands, then it will not happen without our participation. We, the Wanderings, cannot help but think about the upcoming literature exam this year and subsequent ones. A single state exam has already become a reality.

How, however, it is difficult to understand what is really happening in our Fatherland. Of course, there is one conclusion (he is also input) against which it is impossible to object: everything happens at once, but only with such an input and output there is decisively nothing. In fact, there are results of sociological research, including quite authoritative groups like the analytical center Yuri Levada. What are the questions, these are the answers.