Tag: socio-cultural
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May 17, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
The Black and White of 'Ho' Culture
By Kathleen Parker
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- In a new twist in American race relations, a federal court has ruled that a white teacher in a predominantly . . . more
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September 04, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
Un-Earned Privilege Or Over-Indulgence
After WW-2 this kids of the “Great Depression” in the USA became mothers & fathers. They had lived through & survived 2 stressful yet character-building . . . more
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May 02, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
Things you just don't hear anymore...
Only those that are "Over The Hill" will truly understand this. Unfortunately, there were no mysteries here as far as I was concerned. Shucks!! . . . more
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October 03, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Orthodox ReliGion Has Invaded Russian Schools
Of late a most discordant & serious debate has been waging within Russian society is being waged about the Russian Orthodox religion being . . . more
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October 03, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
[ Sent to me by a friend in Moscow. It is very realistic! ]
10 Things You Need To know About Moscow
10. Do not waste your time in Moscow trying to understand the queue system. The very best anthropologists . . . more
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July 12, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
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June 22, 2006 02:58 PM EDT --
Disclaimer: This is not my work...no part of it. it something thatI have an interst in as well as something that I think is of historical importance.
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June 08, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
<Published with permission of the author.>
Cars, Cars - and More Cars
Andrew Byrne
The Ukrainian Observer:
Jun 7, 2007
Driving or riding down any Kyiv city street today, you have no trouble realizing . . . more
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June 09, 2008 08:11 AM EDT --
Russia Boosts Healthcare In Siberia
Scientific American
Jun 6, 2008
Merrill Goozner
MELNIKOVO, Russia – Yevgeny Kalashnikov runs the 104-bed hospital in this farming village on the western . . . more
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March 17, 2007 09:03 AM EDT --
The Story of the Shamrock & The Wearing of the Green
The Shamrock, traditional spelling is "seamr q" in Gaelic means summer plant. It is a 3-leafed clover that grows in Ireland. A common . . . more
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March 07, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
Nadezhda Mandelstam: How one wife's suffering changed how we see Communism.
By Clive James
March 6, 2007
The following essay is adapted from Clive James' Cultural Amnesia, a re-examination of . . . more
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September 20, 2007 04:16 PM EDT --
Standing Up For Your Beliefs
In my lifetime I have always stood up for my beliefs. Doing so has not always been the popular course of action, the politically correct course of action nor in some instances . . . more
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December 23, 2007 02:46 PM EST --
[ This has been around for a long time but itis till funny & mostly true! ]
The Unique Lunacy of a Language
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the . . . more
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June 10, 2008 06:49 AM EDT --
Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin
All Americans should be given this lesson. Those who think that America is an arrogant nation should really reconsider that thought. Our founding fathers used GOD's . . . more
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December 17, 2007 07:52 AM EST --
Smuggled arms threaten new danger to independent Kosovo
The Scotsman
CHRISTIAN JENNINGS
17 December 2007
SUCCESSFUL smuggling of anything from Kalashnikov assault-rifles to counterfeit Marlboro . . . more
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June 18, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
Geisha: Japan's Living Treasures
Geisha Defined
The Japanese word geisha translates & means artist . . . more
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October 26, 2006 05:49 PM EDT --
Holidays Approaching Depression Times Loom
This time of year is one of the most singular depressing times of the year for millions of people. I never could relate . . . more
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January 22, 2008 05:57 PM EST --
Here is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around. I did npt know of this until it was pointed out to me. Back during the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover ordered the . . . more
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June 29, 2006 10:43 AM EDT --
Siberia's Khanty Tribal People
Some 8000-11,000 years ago, a tribal people originating from the Priuralic area of the proto-Uralic tribakls peoples, emerged in the Siberian wilderness. . . . more
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November 16, 2006 09:22 AM EST --
Russian Orthodox, Muslims Oppose Mormons in South Russia
Orthodox Christians, Russian Muslims & Cossacks have joined forces in the south Russian city of Saratov in battling the efforts of local Mormons . . . more
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