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There was a time when no one in the U.S. would have had anything nice to say about Konstantin Feoktistov except maybe that he wasn't a communist. Feoktistov, who died on Nov. 21 at age 83, was part of that cursed group of Soviet cosmonauts who had a troubling habit of beating the Americans to all the great milestones in space: Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth before John Glenn; Alexei Leonov walked in space before Ed White. And Feoktistov, along with two compatriots, was part of the first group spaceflight, piloting the Voskhod 1 when it rocketed into orbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Konstantin Feoktistov | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...life among the Tolstoyans plays out as a parallel to Leo's. Arriving at their woodsy compound, Valentin cheerfully observes that it's a beautiful day. "Yes, but we'll pay for it," says the grumpy Sergeyenko (Patrick Kennedy). Except for a carnal handywoman named Masha (Kerry Condon), who serves as a mini-Sofya to Valentin's mini-Leo, the Tolstoyans are too busy trying to adhere to their standards - vegetarianism, living off the land, practicing celibacy - to appreciate either a beautiful day or the fact that Tolstoy himself doesn't live up to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Station: Two Stars Enact Tolstoy's Final Days | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...Mohammedan Brotherhood caught his attention because they were marching under a big poster of Osama bin Laden. They were all black and they were all wearing black leather jackets and black berets and sunglasses, which gave them a vague resemblance to the [Black] Panthers, except that the Panthers had been teenagers and the ones who weren’t teenagers had a youthful look, an aura of youthfulness and tragedy, whereas the members of the Mohammedan Brotherhood were grown men, broad shouldered with huge biceps, people who spent hours and hours at the gym, lifting weights, people born...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Topography of Hell: Roberto Bolaño’s ‘2666’ | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Statues may not really be architecture, but when they’re this big and obnoxious it’s fair to consider them as such. Except that this isn’t a statue. It’s a giant phallus. A 13.5 foot tall, 70-year-old phallus. Good for inappropriate pictures, not so good for architecture...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Editor's Picks 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...Their behavior at the police station seemed to me really inappropriate ... They sat opposite each other, Amanda put her feet up on Raffaele's legs and made faces at him. Everyone cried except Amanda and Raffaele. I never saw them crying. They were kissing each other." - Amy Frost, a friend of Kercher's and a student at University for Foreigners Perugia at the time, testifying in court (The Independent of London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amanda Knox, Convicted of Murder in Italy | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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