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When I was at Cambridge in the early fifties, there was a school nearby for training Army officers in Russian, and some imaginative genius came up with the idea of putting on Russian plays with the students to improve their language skills.

We had a very good and useful meeting and I was very pleased to get the Russian proposal on missile defence,

When I lived in New York, I discovered these Russian & Turkish Baths in East 10th Street. Great for a platza treatment - plus, you'll run into the world and his wife there.

Lots of people just buy product right off the shelf and stick their badge on it. At the end of the day, they end up with a toaster that looks like a Russian tractor.

Last year the virus affected 62 towns in 10 Russian regions, while since the start of 2006, already 56 towns in nine regions have been affected.

Many Russia experts note the deep and sad capacity of the Russian people for suffering.

Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar.

Severe winter weather in the Russian and Caspian geo-markets curtailed activity significantly for a three-week period in January.

So far we don't have a confirmation about their outcome from the Russian side.

On a number of occasions, the documents shown to us were forged, in particular, they contained fake signatures of Russian officials,

Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada,' how wonderful is that for hockey... but I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship.

Miller has had the Russian National Ballet perform several ballets over the years. They are an outstanding company of dancers.

Milosevic's advisers handed the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands a letter to the Russian Foreign Ministry on March 11, which we received yesterday afternoon.

(Motherland's policies) are very, very popular with the Russian people.

One of the things I've been most excited by is U.S. television drama. For my money, it's some of the greatest narrative art of our time. Each series is like a 19th-century Russian novel: you need to do a lot of work in the first few episodes, just as you do in the first 50-60 pages of those books.

Obviously, we welcome the Russian efforts to try to achieve a diplomatic settlement here, but so far we have not seen much Serb flexibility.

My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach.

Moscow cannot but regret this decision given that the tribunal paid no attention to the Russian Federation's guarantees.

My grandmother is a Russian immigrant and, as a child, I always dreamed of going to Russia and opening a nonprofit there. I learned Russian as a teenager through studying books in the hopes of moving there.

My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work as a writer specialising in the Balkans has created a myth that I have Slavic connections, but actually I am British.

Now we are not dealing with kids having fun. We are dealing with criminals -- the Russian mafia. And online banking risks are there if your bank offers it, even if you don't use it.

Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.

Now that he has changed the weather, Lion and lamb can vote together. God bless the Russian delegation, I waive consecutive translation.

No formal charges have been made, but the authorities have advised that he is presently under investigation for violation of Article 276 of the Russian criminal code, which pertains to espionage.

My tastes went all over the place, from Strauss to Mahler. I was never a big Wagner or Tchaikovsky fan. Benjamin Britten, Tallis, all the early English Medieval music, Prokofiev, some Russian composers, mostly the people that were the colorists, the French.

Newsreels were filled with films from the front, sometimes showing long lines of Russian prisoners,

On the Russian side, of course, they have in mind space tourism and propose a certain level of comfort; but the main objective is science,

Only the most outrageous, truly inadmissible limitations on the rights of international organizations were dropped. The bill still provides for widespread and arbitrary repression of Russian and international NGOs.

On the morning of March 2, a terrorist attack was committed not far from the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi. Two car bombs were set off, killing and injuring a number of people. There are no Russian citizens among the casualties.

One of the lasting ironies in classical music, ... we use this piece written by a Russian to celebrate victory over the French in the 19th century.

I was at that World Cup, coaching the Netherlands, and I heard somebody yelling, 'Skip, Skip, Skip!' at me in a thick accent. It was this big Russian kid named Igor who was in the Dodgers camp for a while. He didn't make it, but he could pound the ball pretty good.

I would have loved to win here in Moscow playing for the first time in front of so many Russian fans and of course I'm disappointed by losing,

I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.

If we knew there was a Russian family around, we'd try to get together, especially around holidays. Although the former Soviet states are now separate, we still feel ties together with the people of Russia or Ukraine or Belarus or Serbia. We were brought up with this culture and religion. Especially here in the U.S., it's important to keep our religion and heritage.

I got history solidly under my belt, reading Russian history and biographies. I couldn't change the facts. I could only play with how the people might have responded to the facts of their lives.

If they make this historic mistake, there will be no way to continue with the Russian proposal.

If this hunt goes through, there will be other requests coming to the Russian government to hunt belugas. Before long we could have a hunt of a couple thousand Belugas. Once you start commercial whaling in any species, you have to make sure all of the bells and whistles are in place, that all the regulations are there from A to Z. Every time we have had a commercial hunt of whales there has been over-exploitation.

I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish. The Russian is Jewish. So I'm your classic American mutt.

I am hopeful that the Russian proposal could provide the beginning of a solution.

I believe today's agreement between the RTS and S&P is a deservingly important event, not only for the two parties involved but for the Russian market in general.

I believe that the Russian concern has its logic.

I am sure the key role in the implementation of our goals will go to our business structures and their establishments in the face of commerce and trade chambers. It is important that we can do it now jointly using the mechanisms and potential of the Russian-Arab business council, which is actively supported by the Russian Foreign Ministry,

Certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months have given us pause,

But there are plenty of stops along the supply chain with weaknesses: the start of hurricane season, Iraqi production hanging on by a thread, recent problems in Ecuador, no sign of growth in Russian production and continued speculative interest in being 'long' in this market. The increases of the last month reflect that backdrop.

But a visit of this sort requires a radical change in relations between the Russian Orthodox church and the Vatican.

China is ready to work with Russian and other countries to safeguard world peace and stability, to build a harmonious world of common prosperity, and become a major constructive force for a new international order,

China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds.

I look forward to reporting to you, both in a Russian capacity but also as this year's chair of the G8. I am here both to report to you and get your guidance.

I have been in touch with several rabbis around the community, and we're holding a meeting on Wednesday to see what collectively we can do, whether it's providing information in Russian to the Russian Jews, or holding meetings at different venues.

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.

If in the remaining hours, Ukraine does not sign a contract for gas, then at 10 a.m. Moscow time on Jan. 1 the Russian Federation will completely sever supplies to the Ukrainian customer.

From Satellite is straight-ahead rock, very L.A. They drink too much like us. Evans Blue is a bunch of goofy Canadians and one Russian guy, kind of a dark and eerie sound.

I don't think we will buy another strategic stake in another Russian company.

If something would have happened (in terms of a Russian comeback), I think I would have been able to go.

He was trying to bring to life Russian culture.

he will go into some form of business heavy industry, old-fashioned, lots of back-room dealing, etc. You may find him as an adviser to French, Chinese or Russian companies these are countries in which he is highly regarded.

He'd have a natural interest in what a Russian spymaster had to say, ... It turned out later that he was the person Hanssen originally sent his letter to apply for his job at the KGB.

there is no change in (the American) position in the sense there is a clear disagreement between the Russian government and NATO. But that does not mean we cannot still continue close contacts.

There is no adequate reason to pursue the Russian plan.

The purpose is to collect more detailed information. We should have such information in the interests of Russian security.

We're playing Russian roulette with public health here.

What I like about him is that he's talented, he's physical and the guy is not intimidated by anything. You talk about the deer-in-the-headlights look. I can guarantee you, if the Russian Army comes over here, he won't have the deer-in-the-headlights look.

Today I am addressing you for the last time as Russian president. I have made a decision. I have contemplated this long and hard. Today, on the last day of the outgoing century, I am retiring.

Today, a day of mourning, a new disaster hit us, ... Terrorism has declared war on us ... Terrorists are trying to scare the Russian people. They are trying to demoralize the state.

He's a great Russian patriot and has not stolen a penny.

We met on the beach and I offered him a game of tennis. He refused at first but when I offered to play doubles together, he agreed. You know the rest. Meeting Yeltsin simply changed not only my life but also had a profound effect on Russian tennis.

King Frederick I of Prussia conceived the Amber Chamber in 1701 as a magnificent gift to the Russian royal family that would seal the alliance between the two powers.

I would welcome more flexibility from Tehran in connection with the well-known Russian proposal on joint uranium enrichment, and not place bets on the demonstration of some new types of weapons.

I swear, in exercising my authorities as president of the Russian Federation, to respect and uphold the rights and freedoms of the individual and the citizen.

I think with those few things, everyone will be happy. It will be good for the Russian administration, for the Russian people, and it would be good for the international community,

I think the biggest issue for NASA and for the Russian Space Agency and other folks... (is) everybody has to accept some cultural change to make this happen. It's probably the biggest problem in front of us and it's probably one of the hardest things we have got to go work on.

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world.

I think we are all very aware that it certainly could happen through the migratory bird patterns that fly up from the Russian peninsula over to the Alaskan peninsula and fly down that Western coast.

I think that the English once more find themselves in the awkward situation, to put it mildly, of denying the fact of their active intelligence work on Russian soil.

It is important that the Russian authorities realize that we are sincerely willing to respect Russia's interests. But we are not going to sacrifice our interests, either.

It is a very wet and windy part of the world. Throw in some growlers and a couple of Russian fishing fleets and it is an obstacle course that will provide for some interesting weeks and very nervous times.

It is an internal Russian problem to be solved between the Chechen people and the Russian federation.

I think there is the basis now for a discussion at highest levels between NATO officials and Russian officials on some kind of a charter.

Our ideology ... is the one in the most demand in Russian society.

Our government would like to see the passage of the Russian subsoil law, which will clarify the rules and the laws for investment in the energy area,

Over the last few days we've seen the possibility of further breakthroughs and dialogue dissipate. It seems that Chinese and Russian support have clinched a referral.

Our Russian partners have steadfastly sustained the station while the shuttle has been down.

Our visit to Moscow is a very important step for achieving a breakthrough in our international position. This is a visit that has no conditions. We will listen to the position of Russian officials and we will clarify our own position.

Piracy is a dagger in the heart of a growing Russian film industry.

Pinot noir is very site specific. You can recognize a Russian River style. The area's influences is why the taste is so unique.

Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.

Our relations with the Russian Federation depend less on personality and more on policy." ()

Our reaction is there is nothing unexpected here. After three years of working in the Russian court system our expectations were not particularly high.

Paternalistic regulations often prohibit women from holding jobs in certain industries: In the Russian Federation, women cannot drive trucks in the agriculture sector; in Belarus, they cannot be carpenters; in Kazakhstan, they cannot be welders.

Our new stake in Power Machines opens up interesting growth opportunities in the up and coming modernization of the Russian power plant fleet. At the same time, we see our investment as a chance to make a real contribution towards the development of a competitive Russian industry in the power plant sector.

People know what the laws are (in Singapore) and they take the risks, they choose to play a form of Russian roulette.

People might say we didn't need this victory. I think we very much needed it. The Russian soccer needed it. Look at how many rookies we had.

My name is Anastasia Beaverhausen. Anastasia like russian royalty and Beaverhausen like...where the beaver live.

NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.

My worry is that if we stand down the shuttles entirely and something drastic happens on the space station, like a debris strike, for instance, the Russian support ships won't be able to respond. You can't do repairs up there without a shuttle.

Like with any long-term plan, I had to make reservations. My immediate goal for the flight would be to study Russian and American engineering approaches and to learn from the experience.

Like many regions, it is hard to single out specific countries, usually because the data and the access to testing is quite limited. But it is fair to recognize that the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, as examples, are coming to terms with the fact that they do have serious epidemics.

I think if German literature could survive the '40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google.

I think Hasegawa's work is the best thing to come along in a long time as far as bringing out new information. His information is new, and really as far as I can see, is definitive. He looked at the records of the Russian government, the Japanese government and the American government.

I thought it was a Christmas present from Santa, a Russian Santa.