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 Henry James and Edith Wharton by The Ovi Team
26 October 2019
October 26th 1900, writer Henry James first writes to Edith Wharton, whom he will finally meet in 1903. Wharton, then 38, had published her first collection of stories, The Greater Inclination, the previous year. An enormous admirer of James, she modelled (Add a comment) |  The Patriot Act by The Ovi Team
26 October 2019
October 26th 2001; President George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act, an anti-terrorism law drawn up in response to the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. (Add a comment) |  Saving All My Love For You by The Ovi Team
26 October 2019
October 26th 1985. Talent, good looks and connections in high places - that's a combination that might spell success for almost any aspiring pop star, and Whitney Houston had all three. (Add a comment) |  Malaysian Civil Service's Cancerous Culture - Bloated, unresponsive, Malay-oriented by Murray Hunter
25 October 2019
The Malaysian civil service, which grew out of the old Malay states and British Malayan administrations into a multi-tiered and diverse group of ministries, departments, and agencies at federal, state and local government levels (Add a comment) |  Creat(ure)or by Gordana Mudri
25 October 2019
In days of yore I've had a land
so full of divine beauty,
there was no need and no command
and joy was all my duty. (Add a comment) |  Did God write the Bible? by Joseph Gatt
25 October 2019
If you believe God wrote the Bible, you have all my respect, love and affection. But I could politely excuse you from reading this article. The movement according to which God wrote the Bible is so influential... (Add a comment) |  World Pasta Day by The Ovi Team
25 October 2019
World Pasta Day is the day which is celebrated on 25th October every year. The chief purpose of World Pasta Day is to encourage the nutritional and culinary advantages of the pasta. Eating the Italian food is pleasure of travelling in the Italy. Regions o (1 comment) |  U.N. Day: Strengthening and Reforming by Rene Wadlow
24 October 2019
24 October is U.N. Day, marking the day when there were enough ratifications including those of the five permanent members of the proposed Security Council for the U.N. Charter to come into force. (Add a comment) |  What Could I Have Done? by Bohdan Yuri
24 October 2019
I will,
Idle my needs for your warm felt touch
And remove the spell that spins your gold, (Add a comment) |  Equine Hypocrisies: Race Horses for the Knackery by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
24 October 2019
It was always a probable fact: the dark consequences of having what is termed in Australia a "racing" industry, where breeds do battle on the track, sponsored and watered by the money of an industry that sees no sign of contracting. (Add a comment) |  #freemelania #904 by Thanos Kalamidas
24 October 2019
#freemelania is all about the Trump-environment bowl, a fish has to live into. (Add a comment) |  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by The Ovi Team
24 October 2019
October 24th; on this day in 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a team of bank robbers in the Old West, opens in theatres around the United States. The film was a commercial and critical success, receiving (Add a comment) |  Allende elected president of Chile by The Ovi Team
24 October 2019
October 24th 1970; Salvador Allende, an avowed Marxist, becomes president of Chile after being confirmed by the Chilean congress. For the next three years, the United States would exert tremendous pressure to try to destabilize and unseat the Allende gove (Add a comment) |  The Decent Protester: A Down Under Creation by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
23 October 2019
The Decent Protester, appropriately capitalised and revered is, from the outset, one who does not protest. It is an important point: to protest in the visage of such a person is an urge best left to inner fantasy and feeling. (Add a comment) | | newer 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 older |
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