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  • Readers of Istvan Bibo's wonderful The Misery of the Small States of Eastern Europe are quite familiar with this cocktail of national obsession, victimized patriotism, and collective, martyrized suffering that makes the Hungarian nation -- like the Polish or the Bulgarian, for that matter -- a sort of Christ-Nation, called upon to protect and restore a threatened civilization, like good King Stephen clashing swords with the Ottomans.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: Could the Fate of Europe, Also, Hinge on Budapest? Bernard-Henri Lévy 2012

  • "Compared to the amount seen two or three years ago, there's been a 35%-40% plunge in snail volume, and a 20%-to-22% drop in selling prices," said Istvan Pacs , president of Hungary's Escargot Product Council.

    Currency Bloc's Neighbors Are Increasingly Feeling Its Pain Alistair MacDonald 2011

  • Istvan Banyai So your best friend or business partner asks you to join the board of directors at the local art museum.

    Before You Join That Board... Shelly Banjo 2011

  • Readers of Istvan Bibo's wonderful The Misery of the Small States of Eastern Europe are quite familiar with this cocktail of national obsession, victimized patriotism, and collective, martyrized suffering that makes the Hungarian nation -- like the Polish or the Bulgarian, for that matter -- a sort of Christ-Nation, called upon to protect and restore a threatened civilization, like good King Stephen clashing swords with the Ottomans.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: Could the Fate of Europe, Also, Hinge on Budapest? Bernard-Henri Lévy 2012

  • I like the dual wiggly, confident-yet-uncertain line — it reminds me of the work of contemporary illustrators Istvan Banyai and Tomer Hanuka.

    Matthew Yglesias » Industrial Capacity and Utilization 2009

  • I've not yet got a copy of Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay (Wesleyan) but my academic friends have been waxing rhapsodic about it.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 2) 2009

  • The judges award (the Silver Blaster) went tothe Hungarian filmElobb Utobb (Sooner Or Later), written and directed by Istvan Madarasz, and the audience vote (the Golden Blaster) went to the Irish film The Silent City, directed by Ruairí Robinson.

    2009 October « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • The judges award (the Silver Blaster) went tothe Hungarian filmElobb Utobb (Sooner Or Later), written and directed by Istvan Madarasz, and the audience vote (the Golden Blaster) went to the Irish film The Silent City, directed by Ruairí Robinson.

    Octocon 2009 Report « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • Istvan Kocza from Hungary employed 22 moves at a contest in the Czech Republic last year.

    One Cube, Many Knockoffs, Quintillions of Possibilities James Hookway 2011

  • Readers of Istvan Bibo's wonderful The Misery of the Small States of Eastern Europe are quite familiar with this cocktail of national obsession, victimized patriotism, and collective, martyrized suffering that makes the Hungarian nation -- like the Polish or the Bulgarian, for that matter -- a sort of Christ-Nation, called upon to protect and restore a threatened civilization, like good King Stephen clashing swords with the Ottomans.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: Could the Fate of Europe, Also, Hinge on Budapest? Bernard-Henri Lévy 2012

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