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Water Problems Plague Library Branch in the Pinewoods Community
A branch of the Athens Regional Library System located in north Athens is often forced to close due to frequent water ...
We’re Relearning What Pandemics Do to a Society
But history also reveals that the aftershocks of pandemics can linger for far longer than five years. Signs suggest our ...
The two Greek islands that locals 'avoid like the plague'
A local has warned against two of Greece's most popular islands, which they have likened to the plague, with the tourist ...
'I'm Greek and there are two islands I'd avoid like the plague - where to go instead'
A Greek resident has shared their opinion on the best and worst islands to visit in Greece - and two popular destinations are ...
How Small Business Owners and Lenders Are Navigating Trump’s Economic Policies
Cuts to government programs are forcing entrepreneurs to improvise answers to supply chain issues, projected shortages of immigrant labor, and getting financing. Pivoting is key to surviving.
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Greek Local Warns Tourists to Avoid Mykonos and Santorini, Calling Them Overpriced ‘Tourist Traps’
A Greek native has cautioned tourists against visiting Mykonos and Santorini, slamming the popular islands as exorbitant ...
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Ancient Greek Women Who Left Their Mark on History
Many important ancient Greek women—poets, philosophers, and leaders— defied norms and shaped history for generations.
For want of wise counsel, hubristic Trump risks ruin
How much more the risks of hubris should flash before ours. In the first Trump administration, many of his advisers were ...
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Are Trump’s Actions ‘Unprecedented’? Here’s What Seven Historians Say
In his writings on the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens for dominance in the Hellenic ... and a pandemic in the form of “an early form of bubonic plague” that killed hundreds ...
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A deadly plague swept through Athens during the Peloponnesian War
The Plague of Athens (430-426 BC) was a catastrophic event during the second year of the Peloponnesian War, wreaking havoc on the Athenian population and its leadership. This mysterious epidemic ...