Tag: athens
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April 30, 2008 03:15 AM EDT --
Easter is one of the most important holidays of the year in Greece.
The date of the Greek Orthodox Easter is based on a modified Julian calendar and the festivities do not usually occur at the same . . . more
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November 12, 2007 04:53 AM EST --
On Sunday, November 11th, the University of Georgia competed against Auburn in Athens (yes, after Georgia's awesome win against Auburn Saturday night), winning the meet. Here are some photos . . . more
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January 31, 2007 07:37 PM EST --
Once upon a time (414 B.C. to be exact) there was a very confident, very rich and powerful city-state called Athens that sent its mighty forces to gain control of a land . . . more
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July 26, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
As many of you know, I went on "vacation" recently...and yes, I use that term lightly...it was NO vacation. The first day we left about 8 a.m. for the drive up to Ohio...this way we'd miss . . . more
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January 12, 2007 01:48 AM EST --
Fox News is reporting a terrorist attack on the US Embassy in Athens.
The Greek Police call it a terrorist attack but there are no real details available.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243201,00.html . . . more
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February 21, 2007 03:46 PM EST --
The men, all fourteen of them, faced the wall. It was raining hard. It was bitterly cold.
The first burst, fired with frozen fingers over uneven terrain, far from doing a clean job, created havoc.
The . . . more
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April 05, 2007 09:08 PM EDT --
We're laughing as we exit the Athens airport into sunny, 65-degree weather. My daughter Pam and I are chuckling over something silly I've just done. As we walked out of customs, a man . . . more
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September 29, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
It seems like yesterday that I was graduating high school, but somehow it’s my senior year of college. With all the changes that will happen in my life after May, I can’t help but get a little nostalgic . . . more
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October 06, 2008 09:23 PM EDT --
One of my favorite things in Athens (or should I say 36 of my favorite things) is the "We Let The Dawgs Out" statue display. The Athens-Oconee Junior Woman's Club created a public art exhibit . . . more
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September 14, 2008 08:51 PM EDT --
I can honestly say I fell in love with Athens the minute I drove into town. Cruising down Milledge Avenue past the charming southern-style houses as the sun was setting, I knew I could see myself . . . more
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December 31, 2007 10:49 AM EST --
My back was shining in the sun
A resurrection you might say
Am I but a shadow on a rock
This crisp, cold December day?
. . . more
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January 12, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
TIme: 12 a.m. E.T.
CNN reports a powerful explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Athens about 30 minutes ago.
See: http://www.cnn.com
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July 01, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
Maria, our tour guide, rouses me from my riding stupor with excited cries of "There's the bridge," as she instructs Nikos, the coach driver to stop. Ahead is the Rion-Antirion Bridge . . . more
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October 12, 2008 02:27 PM EDT --
Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Athens' own Terrapin Brewery opens up to give tours and tastings. For $8, you get a Terrapin pint glass (which you can keep), you can take . . . more
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October 12, 2008 02:30 PM EDT --
This week, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (also known as "McLovin" from Superbad ) was in Athens for a publicity tour for his new movie, Role Models (costarring . . . more
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May 18, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
Greetings! I am the author of a free online e-book, Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal.
This article serves as an introduction and table of contents for that website.
. . . more
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June 20, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Just wanted to say something about Writer's Conferences.
I happen to like them, and go to as many as I can afford. I think the benefit of networking with other writers, setting up smaller writers . . . more
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July 27, 2007 02:12 AM EDT --
One of the most prominent issues MIT professor Noam Chomsky has written and lectured on over the years is the absence of universality in American foreign policy. He calls it the . . . more
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September 16, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
When I came to Athens for the first time, I was a junior in high school trying to figure out where I would go to college. I was excited to tour the University of Georgia campus, get a . . . more
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November 13, 2006 05:21 PM EST --
My recent article on Brain Typos has me thinking about school days, the English language, and my childhood love of Spelling and Grammar.
Being a language-lover, it was then and now a great joy to . . . more
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