Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 3 · column 1 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
siii, Rutskoi, Khasbulatov and the rest.” Thus spoke Anatoly.
My walk from Pushkin Square tpok me past McDonald’s whose lines and attendant gawkers have provided local street merchants with a steady market: Pepsi for $1, Mars bars for 50 cents, and T-shirts — the one with Lenin’s head under the golden arches summed it all up.
I made my way to the Hotel Belgrade via the New Arbat Street, formerly Kalininsky Prospect. Muscovites were enjoying the first decent weather in days, exercising their pent-up consumerism as best they could. The density of kiosks on ! the New Arbat had diminished over ‘ the past six months, and the chosen 5 few that remained were of a distinctly upscale quality with upscale ■ New York prices. ! ; Arriving at the intersection of { New Arbat and the Garden Ring, ; 200 yards from the U.S. Embassy to • my right and a quarter of a mile from i the White House, as the Russians ! call their parliament building, I en! countered a police line. Off to my left ! on the Garden Ring road near my hotel was smoke. I asked an officer what had happened. He shrugged. An explosion? You could say that. I explained that I lived down there and showed him my hotel card. I could see people were coming out of the area I wanted to enter. Could they not let me through? . No, I had to go around to the Arbat Street which paralleled the New Arbat but brought me closer to my hotel on
r 'bingo
I Monday
1 JACKPOT
I *1000 CASH
I GUARANTEE ■ Cookie Jar 700 Plus, Monday, Oct. 25 • Specials • *75 Regular - '40 I Doors Open 5:30 p.m. Food Service I Early Birds 6:45 p.m. ' Regular Game 7:00 p.m. I Winner Take All & Quickie Games | AMERICAN LEGION HALL J - Smoking & Non-Smoking Sections
I 14222 Rixeyville Rd. (Rt. 229N) I Culpeper, VA I
89.5%