Started as a political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc).
In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother’s Day […]
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8th of March–International Womens Day
March 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Leap year / Intercalary year
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
February 29, 2008
The year 2008 is a leap year. If you look at a 2008 calendar, you will see that February has five Fridays–the month begins and ends on a Friday. Between the years 1904 and 2096, leap years that share the same day of week for each date repeat only every 28 years. The […]
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Leap year / Intercalary year
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year.A year which is not a leap year is called a common year.February 29 is a date […]
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Democrats: What Clinton must do to win
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
WASHINGTON -DC Ask a dozen die-hard Democrats around the country what Hillary Rodham Clinton can do to beat Barack Obama and win the presidential nomination and they have plenty of ideas — some of them contradictory.
The question generates strong sentiment, though, that Clinton simply can’t compete on charisma, that there are forces at play beyond […]
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