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...stories of those who lived as slaves and died that way. Jacobs, Tubman and Nazer are miraculous exceptions, blessed with the iron will, steely intellect and golden luck required to survive an ordeal that spared only the truly indomitable. The lives of most of their fellow sufferers will remain unwritten...
...just bored," says one Duma member. "And as he is very rich, perhaps he thinks he is smarter than anyone else." Whatever Khodorkovsky's motivation, the Kremlin moved fast to teach him a lesson. [an error occurred while processing this directive]In entering the political arena, Khodorkovsky broke two unwritten rules in today's Russia: businessmen can make money as long as they stay out of politics, and they are welcome to fund political parties as long as the parties are pro-Kremlin. Now some fear the attack on Khodorkovsky means that it's open season on oligarchs. Last week...
...fertilizer plant in 1994. Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, was questioned in connection with the Lebedev case, but many believe his problems are political, not criminal. He is helping fund opposition parties in the December elections for the Duma, or lower house of parliament. This has broken an unwritten rule in Russia: oligarchs are either pro-Kremlin or rigorously apolitical. President Vladimir Putin has in the past crushed businessmen who crossed him. This time, though, he may be attacking one of the world's largest oil companies. And that could impact both the stock market and Russia's image among...
...pseudo family for homesick expats, a place of endless sundowners and fluttering Union Jacks?as well as these characteristics, the archetypal Empire clubs, until the late-20th century, shared another: unwritten color bars. May Holdsworth, in her history of Hong Kong expatriate life, Foreign Devils, cites Anne Baker, a Eurasian whose white husband had to resign from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in the 1950s upon marrying her. Also quoted is Michael Wright, a former government architect, who remembers that at the Hong Kong Club "there was nothing in the rules to say that Chinese couldn't join...
Zachary L. Bercu ’04 has a psychology thesis proposal due on Monday, two presentations to prepare for class and several unwritten papers looming. But at the top of his mind is tomorrow’s test...