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SNOW FINALLY.(Daily Break)
The Virginian Pilot
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January 23, 2005
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Byline: STEVE STONE
BY STEVE STONE
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
TAKE HEART, snow sports enthusiast.
The mercury may have surged in early January, melting away the base of your pleasure, but nature tends to offset one extreme with another.
And if that unwritten law holds, you'll find snow aplenty - man-made, for sure; natural, if you're lucky - on the Mid-Atlantic's ski slopes for the rest of the season.
A return to seasonal weather a week ago allowed resorts to resume blasting their snow guns, most around the clock.
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Marshal Zhukov, 'the best of the best': in researching his ground-breaking new portrait of the man who commanded the Soviet defence to Hitler, Albert Axell spent time in Russia, interviewing people close to Zhukov including his two eldest daughters. (Frontline).(Interview)(Biography)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...known in the West. Yet Georgi Zhukov (1896-1974), the Russian...fine dancer and non-smoker, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was also regarded by many as...delicacy. Off the battlefield, Georgi Zhukov was a loving father to...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Books: Missed chance to meet the general; Zhukov: The Conqueror of Berlin, by John Colvin, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pounds 14.99.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...perhaps the greatest of them all, Zhukov, made his mark. No other commander...in the struggle than General Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov. Even before the war began for the Russians in 1941, Zhukov contributed to the Soviet success...
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Air War over Russia
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal
; ...acknowledged in the footnotes. Errors, such as reference to the Soviet deputy commander in chief Grigori Zhukov (p. 12) instead of Georgi Konstantinovich, argue for more careful preparation of the text. Air War over Russia scarcely rises above the...
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Artifacts from Russian military collections on display in Washington.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...s director, Col. Alexander Konstantinovich Nikonov. The dramatic exhibit...photograph depicts the victorious Gen. Georgi Zhukov riding into Red Square on a white...that Hitler had in his office; Zhukov's military jacket; and a morale...
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