Moisey

In reflecting today on the future of democracy in Libya and the rest of North Africa, I'm drawn to the work of two influential sociologists, Moisey Ostrogorsky and Robert Michels.

With Libya's Megalomaniac 'Philosopher-King' Robert D. Putnam 2011

Dr. Zlotnikov, Moisey Davidovich, her PhD adviser and a Jew.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

Dr. Zlotnikov, Moisey Davidovich, her PhD adviser and a Jew.

A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

It seemed to me that at that moment it did not matter to her whether it was I, or Moisey, or Tcheprakov; everything for her was merged in that savage drunken "help" -- I and our marriage, and our work together, and the mud and slush of autumn, and when she sighed or moved into a more comfortable position I read in her face: "Oh, that morning would come quickly!"

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

From Stepan we heard that Moisey was Madame Tcheprakov's lover.

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

"Your Excellency must excuse us for not being tidy," moaned Moisey

The Bishop and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

The sleepy boy got up and listlessly dragged himself after Moisey

The Bishop and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Moisey stood at one side, and we fancied he was enjoying our discomfiture.

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

When I was doing anything in the garden or the yard, Moisey would stand beside me, and folding his arms behind his back he would stand lazily and impudently staring at me with his little eyes.

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

I noticed that when people came to her to borrow money they addressed themselves first to Moisey, and once I saw a peasant, black from head to foot -- he must have been a coalheaver -- bow down at

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882