February 24, 2012
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Mentioned almost in passing in the incipit of a brief item at Athens News: Pavlos Yeroulanos will stay on as minister of culture and tourism, despite offering his resignation in the wake of last week museum robbery at Ancient Olympia. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos met with Yeroulanos on Wednesday to discuss the armed robbery and…
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For those of you with an NFL obsession like our house has, there might be some interest in the upcoming Combine (when prospects show off their skills for pro scouts and coaches prior to the draft). CBS News has a brief feature which begins: You can tell a lot about an NFL prospect based on…
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This just in from eKathimerini: Police have detained a suspect in connection with the recent robbery at the Ancient Olympia museum. Officers said they have detained a foreign national who they suspect was part of a group that raided jewellery shops in the area. Police believe this gang may have been involved in the museum…
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ante diem vi kalendas martias Regifugium — a festival which didn’t really happen on “February 24” but actually six days before the kalends of March, which was usually during a period of intercalation. Roman writers suggested this festival was a celebration of the expulsion of the Tarquins, although modern scholars have their doubts. Whatever the…
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