This would be like Great Britain having its Naval Headquarters in Galway, Ireland. So likely.
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World War II, or “The Great Patriotic War:" a conflict primarily fought in the Eastern European theater of war: starring the Russians as the Good Guys and featuring the Nazis…
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Does Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal listen in on my SKYPE fights with HRH? What if “This American Life’s” Ira Glass has heard me curse when I…
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Where would we be without our code crackers? Dan Brown, for one, would just be a geek in a turtleneck.
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The fact of the matter is, and no amount of Chekhov will convince me otherwise: this whole dacha thing is a well-oiled vehicle to keep female indentured servitude alive and…
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Today is May 1st, which is a big deal in a number of cultures and countries for various reasons.
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All men are created equal, then a few become firemen. ~Author Unknown
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Eventually, the universe cuts you some slack and you get invited to join an English-language book club
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A day off is always welcome. But when exactly does it come? (more…)
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Pel’meni and Susan didn’t seem like a match made in heaven when I looked at it objectively.
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