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Commemorating D-DAY in Normandy, 2024
Item in The Economist, 30 May 2024 …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Bob Fagan was a 21-year-old private from Texas when he plunged from his assault craft into the cold sea off Utah Beach in Normandy, under … Continue reading →
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. Wikipedia
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōjima no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle … Continue reading →
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The Story of a Masterpiece … and Its Painter Donald Friend
Dr Srilal Fernando, in The CEYLANKAN. Journal No, 100, November 2022, pp. 41-43 In 1969 James Gleeson, a well-respected authority on Australian painting, wrote a book called the Masterpieces of Australian Painting. It covered a full range of Australian painting … Continue reading →
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Besieged by ‘Requests” — Sri Lanka Amidst Iranian War Ramifications
An Item sent to TPS by Darini Rajasingham Senanayake, ** …entitled Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ ….. e-Con e-News 22-28 March 2026 ‘The [USA] wanted to bring 2 warplanes armed with 8 antiship missiles from a base … Continue reading →
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Power Cuts in Cuba indicate Spreading Economic Crisis
Marc Frank in Reuters, 30 July 2022, with this title “Havana announces blackouts, cancels carnival as crisis deepens” The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has cancelled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s … Continue reading →
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The Culinary Cuisine & Crossoads Culture of Marseille
Tristan Rutherford & Rebecca Marshall in AramcoWorld in March/April 2018 ………………………………………….. https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/March-2018/Marseille-s-Migrant-Cuisine Five hundred years later the Mediterranean became Rome’s nexus of trade and empire, and Marseille became one of its maritime centers. Now, mucem exhibits olive-oil amphorae from Anatolia, soapmaking paraphernalia from … Continue reading →
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Curriculum Vitae: Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts …. presenting a CV compiled about ten years back in response to a personal request, while directed by the fact that he is about to enter the 90s in age A young scholar recently sought information on my … Continue reading →
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Beating COVID …. Sequential Multi-Drug Treatment
A Medical Friend in Lanka: “In response to Dr Justin Labrooy’s email about Ivermectin usage: I totally agree that people should not self-medicate. It can be very dangerous.” Dr Peter McCullough MD, testified to the Texas Senate HHS Committee. … Continue reading →
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Enhancing Protection in the Face of Pandemics
Dr. Laleen Jayamanne:** in The Island, 19 October 2022, where the title reads thus: “An Insider’s Guide to Pandemics and Biosecurity” “June Twenty Second Sixteen Thirty-three A momentous day for you and me Of all the days that was the … Continue reading →
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Lankan Grandmothers for the Roost
Capt Elmo Jayawardena … whose preferred title for this tongue-in-cheek essay is “Rata Yana Grandmothers” Remember the bygone years! Daughters got married and became pregnant a few rounds more than the current rate. The average production line extended to a … Continue reading →
