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Tender is the memory: an appreciation of F. Scott Fitzgerald on the centennial of his birth.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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``There never was a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He's too many people if he's any good.''
_ F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald was many people, and it was his tragedy that for the last decade of his life, each felt equally unwanted.
The popular short-story writer could not find buyers; the studious screenwriter was dismissed from his studio; the serious novelist was out of print.
Although Fitzgerald never stopped working, it was hard to keep the despair at bay. ``In a small way, I was an original,'' he wrote editor ...
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`Ambush' rousing look at Finnish-Russian war
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze
; ...known sidelight of World War II provides the setting...stirring, splendidly made Finnish film "Ambush." It...pact in force, the Russians made territorial demands...for three months. The Russians won, of course, and...But the impression of Russian military weakness was...the time), and the ...
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Finnish companies begin to feel pinch of Russian economic plight
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...of the ruble. Now, Finnish companies are girding...weeks.'' After World War II, Finland and the...goods in exchange for Russian raw materials and petroleum...economic reforms, however, Finnish companies assertively...year, 38 percent of Finnish food exports went to...
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RIGHTS: FINNISH ARTISTS HONOR SLAIN RUSSIAN JOURNALIST.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service
; ...to honor the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya...Politkovskaya" was written in Finnish and translated into Russian...singer with the popular Finnish group Ultra Bra. It was composed by well-known Finnish composer Kerkko Koskinen...for her coverage of the war in Chechnya. ...
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RIGHTS: FINNISH ARTISTS HONOR SLAIN RUSSIAN JOURNALIST
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...to honor the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya...Politkovskaya" was written in Finnish and translated into Russian...singer with the popular Finnish group Ultra Bra. It was composed by well-known Finnish composer Kerkko Koskinen...for her coverage of the war in Chechnya. ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Have vodka, will travel. (smuggling of forbidden goods over the Russian-Finnish border)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...VERY morning a Russian bus pulls up...proper visas, the Finnish guards ask the...sell this," a Russian visitor pleads...During the cold war the 1,300...virtually no Russians made the journey...1m--mostly Russians on day trips...impoverished Russian refugees would...guarded. So ...
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Russian, Finnish presidents hail trade, political ties
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Petersburg Economic Forum, Finnish President Tarja Halonen...15.3 billion, with Russian exports totaling about...which fought two bitter wars against its huge eastern...Moscow. During the Cold War, it walked a tightrope...times since 2002. EU-Russian ties have been strained...resources as a ...
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Russian, Finnish prime ministers thwarted by fish in Lapland wilderness
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Dateline: LUOSTO, Finland Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kazyanov and his Finnish host Paavo Lipponen braved...miles) north of the Finnish capital of Helsinki...discussed Iraq, the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad...the second of two heavy wars against the Red Army. During the Cold ...
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Finnish companies preparing for Russian Arctic operations.
Magazine article from: Offshore
; ...leaving Neste with 20% and the Russian partners with 50%. Activities...remaining 51% is held by several Russian companies, mainly from the...Soviet Union as part of the war reparation program and thereafter...supply vessel/icebreaker for a Russian owner. With the installation...
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Genocide and ethnic cleansing? The fate of Russian "aliens and enemies" in the Finnish Civil War in 1918.
Magazine article from: The Historian
; ...treatment of Russians and other "Russian" foreigners...peoples during the Finnish Civil War. (1) It first...unwillingness to wage war, it was both...them as foreign Russian troops who were...1918 comprised Finnish jaegers trained...fought against the Russians in WWI. ...
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Finland accuses Russian military jets of violating Finnish air space
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...HELSINKI, Finland Russian military aircraft have repeatedly violated Finnish air space during the...statement after a report by Finnish commercial MTV3 on Thursday...allegedly took place in Finnish air space over the Gulf...with which it fought two wars during 1939 to 1944...
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