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Epiphany at Oshevensk: A miracle of traditional art in the Russian North
[JB personal note: For anyone interested in Russia and her past -- as seen from an non-ideological, purely "factual" historical perspective based on architecture -- may I strongly recommend Professor...
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"U.S. stocks hope to stabilize after dismal start to year," USA TodayExcerpt:The main problem haunting Wall Street and global markets is the specter of a slowing economy in giant, the world's...
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AMURIKA THE GREAT 10 things Americans get wrong about America - Note for a...
via GG on Facebookimage fromMark Manson qz.com [original text contains video]Imagine you have a brother and he’s an alcoholic. He has his moments, but you keep your distance from him. You don’t mind...
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Dalian Wanda of China Buys Legendary Entertainment for Up to $3.5 Billion
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE JAN. 12, 2016, New York Times [original article contains links]image fromHONG KONG — The Dalian Wanda Group, a politically powerful property andentertainment company in China, said...
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The state of the State of the Union address: Is it broken? - Note for a...
Gregory Korte, usatoday.com(Photo: H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY) 444CONNECTTWEET 3LINKEDIN 106COMMENTEMAILMOREWASHINGTON — My fellow Americans: The state of the State of the Union address is, well, not as...
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The Limits of American Realism - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Roger Cohen JAN. 11, 2016, New York Timesimage fromIs realism really, really what America wants as the cornerstone of its foreignpolicy?Stephen M. Walt, a professor of international affairs at...
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У посольства США в Москве могут установить мемориал геноциду индейцев
ria.ruvia AH on FacebookПросьба о разрешении на установку мемориала геноциду индейцев у посольства США в Москве направлена в администрацию президента России, Общественную палату РФ и столичным...
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Юмор о русских и России
moya-planeta.ruvia OD on Facebook12 января 2016 Евгения Шмелева 2 16 19106Кто, как и почему смеется над россиянами?В каждой стране есть свои объекты для шуток. Как правило, народы подтрунивают над...
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Maxes Run in the Zuckerberg Family
blogs.ancestry.comWhen CNN Money called Ancestry to see if there might be a family story behind newborn Maxima “Max” Chan Zuckerberg’s somewhat unusual (for a girl) first name, their researchers...
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Everyone Uses Singular 'They,' Whether They Realize It Or Not
Geoff Nunberg, npr.orgCSA Images/Vetta/Getty ImagesTalk about belated recognition. At its meeting in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, the American Dialect Society voted to make the 600-year-old pronoun...
View ArticleRecent terrorist attacks have little impact on U.S. study abroad
alliance-exchange.orgvia LJB by emailThu, 01/14/2016 - 14:59 — Kaitlyn ChriswellU.S. student interest and enrollment in study abroad programs has not waned in spite of the recent terrorist attacks...
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Why Spin Is Good for Democracy
[JB comment: I find this article intellectually obscene: Spin is not "impish" -- it's a malady that destroys the political health of a democracy. This piece (by, of all people, an academic, whose...
View ArticleTed Cruz went to Princeton, not Harvard -- BBC News gets it wrong ...
BBC evening new (6:00-6:30 EST) on PBR said Ted Cruz went to Harvard. No, he went to Princeton. Need I remind the former empire from which we 'Merikans declared our independence that Cambridge and...
View ArticleDrug Overdoses Propel Rise in Mortality Rates of Young Whites: Note for a...
By GINA KOLATA and SARAH COHEN JAN. 16, 2016, New York TimesDrug overdoses are driving up the death rate of young white adults in theUnited States to levels not seen since the end of the AIDS epidemic...
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The pride of Thomas Jefferson - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Thomas Jefferson Portrait by Rembrandt Peale more >By Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. J. Randy Forbes - - Saturday, January 16, 2016 Washington TimesThomas Jefferson was a man of many remarkable...
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American journalism at its best (II)
From Peter Schworm, "Study abroad programs show durability in age of terrorism," Boston Globe, Dec 26, 2015:image fromSome schools declined to discuss their study abroad protocals [sic], saying that...
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Study abroad programs show durability in age of terrorism
via LBJ by emailKEITH BEDFORD/GLOBE STAFFA traveler A traveler his way through a hall way overlooking a tarmac at Logan International Airport.By Peter Schworm boston GLOBE STAFF DECEMBER 26, 2015After...
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Adjunct Professor Salary (United States)
payscale.comMedian pay for Adjunct Professors in the United States comes out to approximately $31K per year, but employers in New York pay the most, the average compensation in that city is around...
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Vulgarity knows no bounds ...
Jeb BushLike Page21 hrs · Win a FREE signed baseball from President George W. BushEnter Today to WinEnter your email now to winSign UpJEB2016.COMLikeCommentShare
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A Russian calendar ... (Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni?)
via NIM on Facebooke1.ru"Грудью закроем родной город": "дочка"Уралвагонзавода выпустила откровенный календарь (18+)Один из самых известных рабочих страны уже обсуждает его в Госдуме.Скромной в...
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