KLM Rocks Across Europe!
I’ll never fly Lufthansa again, as long as I shall live! (Full text sent to KLM Customer Service on December 31, 1998) KLM: Smooth as a swan My Dear KLM, Oh my dear KLM, how will you ever forgive me? I have been so bad, so distrusting, so unfaithful! Last…
Read MoreSanta Claus in Moscow
Yes, he even flies over Russia, only on Jan 7. This is what the local alternative paper, The eXile, found when they called around here for advice on Santa’s visit: V 0 X P 0 P U I WILL SANTA CLAUS SURVIVE? Santa Clans is coming town… or is he?…
Read MoreTelevision Is a Time Suck
The idiot box crossed the pond and is attacking the Russian soul! The true Evil Empire is here is Russia. Not the communists, not the Chechens, but the television! Until 1991, TV was a rarity here with three stations in back & white. Luckily for the Russian culture, it was…
Read MoreThe Reality of Irrelevance
The Reality of Irrelevance is hard for the Kremlin to accept What we were aiming for Snow sure makes it pretty! Thrice Victorious All the tourists! Chicago Tribune 21 December 1998 Russian Anger Grounded in Faded Influence but Don’t Write us off Yet, Ex-Foes Caution By Michael McGuire, Tribune Staff…
Read MoreSalute Mayor Luzhkov
The man who will be Tzar in 2000 Bloomberg Profile, Dec. 20 1998 Moscow Mayor Luzhkov Aims for Presidency Moscow – When the Russian ruble plunged 60 percent against the dollar in August and September, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov imposed citywide price limits on staple foods, defying federal policy. When…
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