September 24, 1999

A Clash of Cultures at Moscow State U.: Russians Studying America

By BRYON MacWILLIAMS

Here he comes, padding down the corridor, over the buckled linoleum, past the walls painted a psychiatric-ward green. His Nike cap is reversed. Wraparound shades hang in the neckline of his Adidas "Kickin' It" T-shirt. A long cord from his portable CD player dangles past the knees of his baggy warm-ups. His Reeboks bear nary a smudge.

Artyom Vikhev, a 20-year-old student of American studies at Moscow State University, has got the look -- the look, that is, of an average young man from

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