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| First Winter Olympics by The Ovi Team 25 January 2021 On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators were thrilled by the ski jump and bobsled as well as 12 other events involving a total of six sports. (Add a comment) | Robert Burns by The Ovi Team 25 January 2021 January 25th, Scottish poet Robert Burns is born on this day in 1759. The day is still celebrated by Burns fans across the English-speaking world, with high-spirited "Robert Burns Night" feasts, featuring haggis and other Scottish delicacies... (Add a comment) | Ethiopia: Storm Clouds Getting Darker by Rene Wadlow 24 January 2021 In an earlier article on the armed conflict in Ethiopia "Storm Clouds Over Ethiopia" I agreed with other observers of the situation that one knows when an armed conflict starts but not when it ends. (Add a comment) | Fin Elegy - Chapter 3: About Doug. Part III by Christos Mouzeviris 24 January 2021 That is not the point Doug. You had the habit of viewing everyone as a potential threat, even when they posed none against you, or you had nothing to gain from yet another conflict. Your subconscious anger, plus other underlined... (Add a comment) | Notes on starting a successful business by Joseph Gatt 24 January 2021 A few notes on starting a successful business, in no particular order. Leadership: the heart of a teacher. If you're going to start a business, you are going to need to be a good listener and a good at explaining how things work. (Add a comment) | Edith Wharton by The Ovi Team 24 January 2021 January 24th, on this day in 1862, Edith Wharton is born to an old and wealthy New York family. She grew up in an opulent world where pre-Civil War society tried to keep the nouveau riche at bay. (Add a comment) | Director Theo Angelopoulos died in road accident by The Ovi Team 24 January 2021 January 24th 2012. On the day film lovers around the globe tuned in to find out this year's Oscar contenders, the world of cinema mourned the loss of one of its most respected figures. (1 comment) | Winston Churchill dies by The Ovi Team 24 January 2021 January 24th 1965; Sir Winston Churchill died at the age of 90 with his wife Lady Clementine Churchill and other members of the family at his bedside. He suffered a stroke 15 days before and gradually slipped... (Add a comment) | The many layers of Mitsotakis authoritarianism by Thanos Kalamidas 23 January 2021 The father, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, betrayed democracy and paved the way for a military coup and a dictatorship that lasted seven years and nearly destroyed Greece, imprisoning, torturing and murdering hundreds of thousands... (Add a comment) | Our World by Nikos Laios 23 January 2021 I miss
The waves
The ocean
And the beaches,
I miss the city streets (Add a comment) | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 older |
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