Society - The Parnassian (Page 23)

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I recall this phrase of the blessed Miss Flite from Charles Dickens's Bleak House whenever I think of the mighty of this world, indeed of almost all the famous persons invested with power, and ask myself, really, what do you want so much money for?

I recall this phrase of the blessed Miss Flite from Charles Dickens's Bleak House whenever I think of the mighty of this world, indeed of almost all the famous persons invested with power, and ask myself, really, what do you want so much money for? And, by the

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The Guardian once ran a rather strange story about how, in a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac in 2003, George W. Bush appealed to their shared Christian faith as grounds for invading Iraq

The Guardian once ran a rather strange story about how, in a telephone conversation with French President Jacques Chirac in 2003, George W. Bush appealed to their shared Christian faith as grounds for invading Iraq. Bush is supposed to have said to Chirac something along these lines: “Gog and Magog

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Italy's first Winter Olympic Games were held from 26 January to 5 February 1956 in the pre-Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, just as they are today

The Winter Olympics were the first for athletes from the USSR, who won the unofficial team standings

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Russian Athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

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Uncle Sam has long had his eye on this morsel, and it seems he will have to eat it!

“Trouble in Cuba”: satirical illustration by Bernhard Gillam for the cover of the American magazine Judge, August 1895

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The Louvre suspends indefinitely the competition for its expansion project announced in June 2025

The Louvre has suspended indefinitely the competition for the museum's expansion project, announced in June 2025. The decision was taken less than a week before the jury was due to vote on the winner. The Louvre - Nouvelle Renaissance project, announced by Macron in January 2025, was meant to

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A Street Named After Vladimir Etush Appears in Moscow

A street named after Vladimir Etush has appeared in Moscow. It runs from Lobachevsky Street to Vasily Lanovoy Street

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On 29 July 1955 American scientists announced their intention to launch the first artificial satellite of the Earth within the next two years

On 2 August, at the Sixth Congress of the International Astronautical Federation in Copenhagen, Academician Sedov promised that the USSR would launch an Earth satellite before the United States. At the same time, he did not rule out cooperation between the powers The Russians have won! Newspapers with such headlines

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For Ethical and Moral Reasons, the Archdiocese of Liverpool Will No Longer Post on Twitter

TikTok, however, will do nicely. I would not say that the spiritual life of the people of Liverpool is any concern of mine, and the point is not the abstract ethical and moral grounds, or the assumptions as to why these do not apply to other platforms, no less vile.

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Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven

Jeffrey Epstein wanted to penetrate the Vatican. To that end he began funding Catholic charities through his foundation, sent his people to events at the Vatican, and conspired with Bannon to "overthrow Francis" and "cleanse the Church". He also took a keen interest in Vatican foreign

Geography · Observations · Society · Nature

I Should Like to Express My Profound Gratitude to the Government of Kazakhstan: the North Aral Sea Is Being Reborn, and Its Volume Has Grown by an Impressive 42%!

Not so long ago the Aral was the scene of one of the most destructive ecological catastrophes on the planet, but today its partial remnant, the Small Aral Sea, the part of the basin that lies within Kazakhstan, is becoming a symbol of hope that not all of humanity'

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Sofia and Mikhail were the most popular names for newborns in Russia last year

In 2025 the names most often given to girls were Sofia, Eva, Anna, Maria and Varvara. For boys: Mikhail, Alexander, Artyom, Matvey and Timofey. One would like to believe this bright tale, but the statistics are a little unexpected: I cannot make out where the names of, shall we say,