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`Peter' is great as mini-series // Finally, an epic that fills its time slot
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Peter the Great
Peter Jan Niklas/Maximilian Schell
Sophia Vanessa Redgrave
Directed by Marvin Chomsky, from Edward Anhalt's adaptation of
Robert K. Massie's book "Peter the Great, His Life and World," airs
Sunday through Wednesday over NBC, WMAQ-Channel 5 from 8 to 10 p.m.
In this day of the massive television mini-series that too
frequently confuses length with quality, it is heartening that
finally a project has lived up to its billing.
With the not-too-humble title of "Pete...
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Russian bear of a man Orlando Figes enjoys a Life that does justice to the complex contradictions of Peter the Great
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Peter the Great: A Biography by Lindsey Hughes Yale, pounds 19.95, 285 pp pounds 19.95 ( pounds 1.99 p&p) 0870 155 7222 PETER THE GREAT was a larger-than-life figure. At 6ft 7in tall, he lived up to his name. In Russia he has always been a man enshrined in myth - the "giant genius" who dragged his
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Peter stuck his bayonet in the ground: a city was born; Dozens of world leaders - including Tony Blair and George Bush - are gathering in St Petersburg this weekend to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Russia's second city. NEAL ASCHERSON (left) recounts the story of this remarkable monument to Peter the Great's vision.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Most cities have a reason. St Petersburg only has a cause. Most capital cities - and this one was Russia's capital for over two centuries - grew up around a ford on a river, or a steep crag easy to defend. But St Petersburg did not grow up round anything. Instead, it was created by a sudden
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Jude, 2 Peter
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; STEVEN J. KRAFTCHICK, Jude, 2 Peter (Abingdon New Testament Commentary; Nashville: Abingdon, 2002). Pp. 190. Paper $20. Steven Kraftchick has contributed a fine volume to the Abingdon New Testament Commentary series. Showing an appreciation for these two relatively neglected parts of the NT canon,
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Monumental Tiff: Lenin vs. Peter the Great
The Washington Post
; ... government of President Boris Yeltsin has considered evicting from its tomb on Red Square. In a message sent to the Interfax news agency, the would-be bombers said they decided against detonating the bombs, because "two anglers, a young couple and tipsy passersby ...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Shifting priorities to skip the rat race; More and more people are changing their lifestyle to escape the pressures of the modern world. Jane Gallagher reports.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; Byline: Jane Gallagher IS THE season of conspicuous consumption getting you down? Are you fed up of being a salary slave and just wish you could run and hide to escape the frantic 24-hour treadmill that our current lives now seem to run on. In short, do you dream of getting away from it all and
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