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12/03/2004

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Global Eye

In the idiom of Bush's Idiotspeak, ""moral values"" refers to one thing only: sex -- abortion, homosexuality, nudity. And as we all know, sex sells.

Image

An exhibition at the Shchusev Architecture Museum presents blueprints and drawings of futuristic Soviet buildings that never saw the light of day.

The French Are Coming

The French Film Today festival brings the pick of this year's cinema to Moscow -- with the celebrities that keep the tickets flowing.

Reality Check

Cast as an aging starlet of uncertain fame, legendary actress Vera Vasilyeva treats the role like a personal confession.

The American Dream

Following in the footsteps of major world leaders, this year's crop of U.S. Rhodes Scholars includes an unprecedented number of students born in the former Soviet Union.

Different Tune

Concert pianist Israela Margalit decided early on not to specialize. So she took up writing television series and plays.

Curiouser and Curiouser

From microminiatures to giant shoes to crocodile topiaries, a competition seeks out Russia's most unusual hobby.

Blue-Chip Investment

These days, banks and corporations might be better off than museums when it comes to financing serious art.

Be All You Can Be

The Russian Army plans to employ as many as 160,000 professional soldiers by 2008. What's less clear is how the troubled organization will get them to sign up.

Wanted

It's probably the least romantic way to get a love shack for the night, but few of the people who rent out Lyuda's small apartment are looking for romance.

Salon

The Open Russia Booker Prize confirmed its status as a lifetime achievement award on Thursday by naming established novelist Vasily Aksyonov its laureate for the year.


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