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...finally walks away with his old leather wallet bulging with rubles. Like thousands of others in the northern Russian industrial town of Pikalyovo, the 44-year-old clay-quarry worker had not been paid in three months. But now he at least has enough to buy the basics - meat, vodka, noodles, oil and fruit - from shops that just a few days ago were empty of customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Russia, a Recession-Plagued Town Revolts | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

...chance to figure out what questions to ask about the poems, a challenge he didn’t find in his science classes.In addition to his studies, Ostriker said he had “quite a bit of fun” in college, and Socolow remembered that empty vodka bottles lined the mantle in the room he shared with Ostriker and Robert B. Strassler ’59. Socolow, who is also currently a professor at Princeton, called his long-time friend “adventurous and intense.”He recalled one instance in which Ostriker tried...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jeremiah P. Ostriker | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Brian Avers) psychological laboratory.But this focus on the mundane never detracts from the movie’s charm. Luminous details—like Brian’s earnest attempts to adopt a Chinese baby despite his young bachelorhood, and Larry’s inexplicable penchant for mixing purple vodka with pure ethanol while on the job—give each character an idiosyncratic tint. The debut script from Adam Nagata and director Matt Aselton is fresh and quirky; the dialogue alone could drive the awkward humor of the piece even without the nuanced talent of Dano and Deschanel.Furthermore, the film...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gigantic | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...girl even brought back an empty vodka bottle. We think she deserves a prize...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Hunting for Happiness in Easter Eggs | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...Medvedev is not a vodka personality. Mr. Putin is.' STANISLAV KAUFMAN, Russian businessman, explaining why Putinka vodka, named for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, is outselling a brand named for President Dmitri Medvedev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

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