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Sorokin

[ suh-roh-kin, saw-; Russian suh-raw-kyin ]

noun

  1. Pi·ti·rim A·le·xan·dro·vitch [pi-ti-, reem, al-ig-, zan, -dr, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, pyi-tyi-, ryeem, uh-lyi-, ksahn, -d, r, uh, -vyich], 1889–1968, U.S. sociologist, born in Russia.


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In 2019, Sorokin was convicted on eight counts, including grand larceny in the first, second, and third degrees, and sentenced to four to 12 years in prison.

From Time

In 2018, the New York Post reported that Sorokin owed McFarland money for a Soho loft she had stayed in five years earlier.

From Time

Following the loss of her supposed accountant, she introduced her family’s new advisor “Bettina Wagner,” who was also believed to be a figment of Sorokin’s imagination.

From Time

“It’s a synergy between the physical and mental states of your body and your mind,” Sorokin said of the effort, citing the importance of both physical and mental preparation for ultradistance events.

Sorokin has studied why bubbles sink to the bottom of levitated liquids rather than float to the top.

Sorokin's book is, simply put, an alternative vision of the universe, from Earth's formation to its eventual end.

Jamey Gambrell's translation is good, but Sorokin has given her a mighty challenge.

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