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There are 15 item(s) tagged with the keyword "soccer".
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- 1. Our Untold Stories
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Ever wonder what we don’t publish? Well, here it is. The scraps on our cutting room floor, and last week’s fourth-best story – all collected in one wonderfully semi-interesting place.
- By Irina Bukharin
- 2. Skyfalls, Sinking Feelings, and Smitings
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Falling from a Russian sky near you: airplanes, bags of money, and well-timed lightning bolts!
- By Irina Bukharin
- 3. The Plagues of Russia: the Risen Dead, Bees, and Floods
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Shed a tear for our last World Cup TWERF, in which we finally learn about the Romanovs and feel the wrath of nature.
- By Irina Bukharin
- 4. Lost Game, but Newfound Pride
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What’s out of this world? Russia’s performance in the World Cup, a Russian cargo ship, and showers in Samara!
- By Irina Bukharin
- 5. That Other Red, White, and Blue
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As Americans celebrate their Independence Day, Russia may have gained a new national holiday as well: the day they beat Spain in the World Cup.
- By Irina Bukharin
- 6. Against Some Odds, Still in the Game!
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This week Russia lost but isn’t out yet; football fans, amazingly, spread cheer across Russia; and a storm reminds us of the world outside.
- By Irina Bukharin
- 7. Russia Makes Hay in Moscow and Surmounts in St. Petersburg
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Russia wins its first two World Cup games and Jeff Monson is running for CIty Council in Krasnogorsk. Does life get better than this?
- By Irina Bukharin
- 8. Births, Rebirths, and Nuclear Weapons
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Nukes get names, a truck becomes a camera, and an old church gets a fresh look.
- By Irina Bukharin
- 9. Baller Ballerinas, Flying Taxis, & Gardens in the Sky
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Celebrate soccer with metro-station ballet, explore the galaxy with Yandex, and take a stroll through Moscow's rooftop gardens. Plus the Beatles, Stephen Colbert, and 29 Russian writers.
- By Alice E.M. Underwood
- 10. Soccer, Sci-Fi, Snipers, and Tsoy
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Russia hosts the Confederations Cup, Strugatsky sci-fi gets a reboot (or just gets booted), and we honor the memories of WWII's female snipers and of the rock legend Viktor Tsoy.
- By Alice E.M. Underwood
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