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Russian writer, gulag survivor Solzhenitsyn dead at 89
MOSCOW - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author whose books chronicled the horrors of dictator Josef Stalin's slave labor camps, has died of heart failure, his son said. He was 89. Stepan Solzhenitsyn told The Associated Press his...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Death and Dying, Fiction, Literature, Vladimir Putin
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Tributes for Solzhenitsyn, whose books exposed Stalin's slave labor camps
Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) _ Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning author whose books exposed and chronicled the vast network of Stalin's slave labor camps, lived "a difficult but happy life," his family said. The author's son, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, told The...Tags: Death and Dying, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Awards and Prizes, Book, Books and Magazines
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Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMOSCOW -- Nobel laureate Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn, the reclusive icon of the Russian intelligentsia and chronicler of communist repression, has died of heart failure, Russian news agencies reported. He was 89. Stepan Solzhenitsyn told the Associated...Tags: Death and Dying, August, History, Vermont
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Nobel laureate Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 in Russia
Associated PressAlexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author whose books chronicled the horrors of dictator Josef Stalin's slave labor camps, has died of heart failure, his son said Monday. He was 89. Stepan Solzhenitsyn told The Associated Press his...Tags: Death and Dying, Slavery
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'Eastern Promises'
jan.stuart@newsday.comDavid Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" was one of the best recent movies that, by today's saturation standards, next to nobody saw. Set in a farmland backwater of Indiana, it starred Viggo Mortensen as a clean-living family man who guns down two...Tags: Movies, Medical Staff, Restaurant and Catering Industry, David Cronenberg, Indiana
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Movie review: 'Eastern Promises'
Tribune movie critic3½ stars (out of four) An unusually strong crime thriller, "Eastern Promises" comes from director David Cronenberg, a meticulous old-school craftsman of a type that is becoming increasingly rare. It's difficult to describe his technique, which is vivid...Tags: Movies, David Cronenberg, Organized Crime, Film Festivals, Celebrity
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'Eastern Promises' resembles director's last movie
NewsdayDavid Cronenberg's A History of Violence was one of the best recent movies that, by today's saturation standards, next to nobody saw. It starred Viggo Mortensen as a clean-living family man who guns down two thugs in his diner and inadvertently exposes...Tags: Movies, Restaurant and Catering Industry, David Cronenberg, History, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Fast-Paised review: 'Eastern Promises'
Despite the warnings of her mother and uncle, London midwife Anna (Naomi Watts, slightly underused) digs into a powerful Eastern European organized crime operation. Her goal: to find someone to claim an orphaned baby, whose prostitute mother, Anna...Tags: Movies, David Cronenberg, Organized Crime, Vincent Cassel
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Fast-Paised review: 'Mr. Bean's Holiday'
Stupid and oblivious nincompoop Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is back to frolic in Paris after winning a trip out of London in a raffle. After he's responsible for separating a kid from his Cannes Film Festival-judge dad, Bean slowly and incompetently helps...Tags: Movies, Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Film Festivals, Cannes Film Festival
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Movie review: 'Mr. Bean's Holiday'
Tribune movie critic2 stars (out of four) "Mr. Bean's Holiday" has made $188 million in other countries. Whether or not the Americans go for it really doesn't matter. Nor does it matter to early 21st Century audiences how much or little this holiday owes to "Les Vacances de...Tags: Movies, Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Cloud Gate
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Check in or out at any time? Sure, if you have clout or cash
Times Staff WriterIN a perfect world, you could check in and out of your hotel room at any hour, without penalty. Pay for 24 hours, get 24 hours, right? That may work for celebrities and other special people. But most of us mortals pay for 24 hours and actually get 20...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills
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One hotel room, to go
Times Staff WriterCall it prefab luxury decorating: If you like what you see in a cushy hotel suite, take the whole thing home. You can buy the tables, chairs, towels, martini glasses, even the bed. About the only thing you can't take with you is the maid. As the idea of...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Consumer Electronics Industry, Beverly Hills, Furniture, Colonial Williamsburg
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