Word: chertkov
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...complexities of the Tolstoy's life, offered in the form of Valentin Bulgakov (James McAvoy), a nervous, good-hearted young secretary sent to the Tolstoy's country estate to help Leo with his papers. Valentin arrives as a pawn of the Countess' sworn enemy, the exiled Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), who urges him to keep vigilant eye on the Countess, whom he describes as "very, very dangerous" (primarily because she opposes Chertkov's plan to get Tolstoy to sign away the copyrights to his work...
...children and copying out his drafts of War and Peace by hand, six times. She's prone to manipulation, eavesdropping and temper. "I lost five children, why couldn't one of them have been you?" she snipes at their daughter Sasha (Anne-Marie Duff), who is in Chertkov's camp. Sofya is not generous. Yet Hoffman ultimately comes down on her side, favoring the constancy of years over the inconstancy of politics...
...sure of Tolstoy's preferences. Throughout the movie, he wavers between Chertkov's will and Sofya's, but he never displays complete conviction toward either. As he waffles, our perspective shifts accordingly. Is this a writer who believes in power to the people and doesn't want to be nagged by his selfish wife in his last days? Or a confused old man, susceptible to flattery and not up to his own standards of mental agility...
...true "survey" of patient concerns which UHS udnertakes on a daily basis. Patient complaints have been translated into substantial reforms and have fostered a number of improvements in health care at UHS as we continue our long-term commitment to meeting the changing needs of the community. Lisa Chertkov '85 Assistant to the Director/Patient Advocate
Postel says that he and Lisa Chertkov '85, the patient advocate, review all the complaints that UHS has received every week. Postel says that in the last six months, the worst complaint UHS has received has concerned two prescription errors which were corrected and in which the patients involved were not injured...