Ephemeron, ephemeral, ephemerality

“Ephemeron” refers to an object of a transitory or impermanent nature. “Ephemeral”: beginning and ending in a day. “Ephemerality”: the

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Ephemeron, ephemeral, ephemerality

“Ephemeron” refers to an object of a transitory or impermanent nature. “Ephemeral”: beginning and ending in a day. “Ephemerality”: the

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Action against “Evil Acts”

“In the world in which we find ourselves, the possibilities of good are almost limitless, and the possibilities of evil

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Action against “Evil Acts”

“In the world in which we find ourselves, the possibilities of good are almost limitless, and the possibilities of evil

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Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: “I scare myself” and a little more – in the context of perplexed personal situations

It was sometime in the early 1980’s. I was in my late 20s and doing postgraduate work in the United

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Dr. Nikolaos G. Mavris – Δρ. Νικόλαος Γ. Μαυρής

Ο Νικολαος Μαυρης ηταν ο νονος μου. Τον εχω στην καρδια μου και ενθυμουμαι πολυ καλα τις συναντησεις μας. Επισης

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Green peas, potatoes and artichokes: a ticket to heaven

Today I have a humble but most delicious dish that I consider a ticket to heaven. And I must confess,

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The Crouching Venus at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Some time ago I wrote about “A crouching Aphrodite in London“, a sculpure I saw at the British Museum. It

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The painter Francis Bacon on Crucifixion

Introduction Crucifixion is the subject that attests to the fragility, the futility, the horror and at the utter impossibility of life. Live is

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We got out of the ICU, but are still in the hospital – «Βγήκαμε από την εντατική, αλλά όχι από το νοσοκομείο»

Εδηλωσε σημερα ο Πρωθυπουργος της Ελλαδος κ. Σαμαρας. Το κακο ειναι οτι δεν ανεφερε απο ποιαν ασθενεια πασχει ο ασθενης.

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