anourous adj. zool. бесхвостый

* When he returned to Moscow Pierre was handed a letter from Marya Dmitrievna asking him to come and see her on a matter of great importance relating to Andrew Bolkonski and his betrothed. Pierre had been avoiding Natasha because it seemed to him that his feeling for her was stronger than a married man's should be for his friend's fiancee. Yet some fate constantly threw them together. (L.T.)

** СЧЕТНАЯ ПАЛАТА РФ - постоянно действующий независимый орган государственного финансового контроля, образуемый Федеральным Собранием и подотчетный ему. Конституция РФ определяет в качестве основной задачи С.п. РФ контроль за исполнением федерального бюджета. Статус С.п. РФ определен ФЗ "О Счетной палате Российской Федерации" от 18 ноября 1994 г.