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  • He often relates to people through provenance—his favorite schoolmaster was Wordsworth's grandson; his mother studied Russian with Boris Pasternak's sister; his family was granted its timely exit visas by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's nephew.

    An Auction Life, Self-Appraised Maxwell Carter 2011

  • In 1958, Arnold writes a letter to the party urging them not to denounce Boris Pasternak's Dr Zhivago, "a work of great genius by a man of extraordinary intelligence and honesty".

    What MI5's records on my father tell us about the uses of surveillance | Martin Kettle 2011

  • While just inside the fair, three editions of a sexually aggressive pink silicone sculpture by Los Angeles artist Paul McCarthy called "White Snow Dwarf Bashful" go for $950,000 each, Pasternak's loot rings up at $509.

    This Woman is Changing the Way We See Art Marshall Heyman 2012

  • As Creative Time continues to soar under Pasternak's stewardship, the director has become an increasingly prominent player on the New York power scene.

    This Woman is Changing the Way We See Art Marshall Heyman 2012

  • Pasternak's rankings aren't scientifically rigorous, but they may shed light on how other countries eat well and manage to stay healthy.

    The World's Healthiest Diets 2010

  • It's a delight to discover Russian literature with the young Elena, while knowing that Pasternak's and Bulgakov's works are only sold in special hard-currency shops for foreigners and party officials.

    A Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova Kapka Kassabova 2010

  • We have met him before in these columns and every time he surfaces he sends a chill down my spine and always makes me think of Boris Pasternak's 'Strelnikov' in Dr. Zhivago.

    Archive 2008-08-03 2008

  • We have met him before in these columns and every time he surfaces he sends a chill down my spine and always makes me think of Boris Pasternak's 'Strelnikov' in Dr. Zhivago.

    Mr. Byrne's 'Progressive Britshness' 2008

  • Not long ago Surkhov Editor of the Literary Gazette and, later, secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers explained to me that Pasternak's novel is no good because its hero, Dr Zhivago, has no right to make any judgements about our way of life--'we had not given him this right.'

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rus Bowden 2009

  • Not long ago Surkhov Editor of the Literary Gazette and, later, secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers explained to me that Pasternak's novel is no good because its hero, Dr Zhivago, has no right to make any judgements about our way of life--'we had not given him this right.'

    News at Eleven: This presumption became second nature Rus Bowden 2009

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