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| | JRL #6094 - Statistics, Aeroflot, Keller, ORT Review, Chechnya, Gorbachev, Golts, Piontkovsky/ Arbatov, Olympics, Vodka ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Vodka, the drink that has put serfs and czars under the table, is still the liquor of choice here - a source of national pride, of intemperate joy and of considerable suffering. |
 | | Vodka is drunk to celebrate the purchase of a new car, moving into a new apartment, even the acquisition of a new washing machine. |
 | | Slava, as he is known to friends and admirers, is a phenomenon whose gifts are hard to quantify. |
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