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With the help of our allies, we will survive the winter, and win the war. Oleksandra Matviichuk is the founder and head of the Center For Civil Liberties, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ...
One winter night on the Upper West Side, Peter, a middle-aged Irish burglar, attempts to rob a fortresslike mansion. He thinks its empty, but the millionaire's daughter, Beverly, is home—and ...
Christina Rossetti, portrait by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti.It was published under the title "A Christmas Carol" in the January 1872 issue of Scribner's Monthly, [1] [2] and first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875).
If on a winter's night a traveler (Italian: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore) is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called If on a winter's night a traveler. Each chapter is divided into two sections.
This situation could be far worse in a few months’ time, when demand for electricity tends to be higher in the cold, dark winter. “The key task is to get through the winter, to provide energy ...
The plangent final cadence ("On a cold, cold winter's night"), with its multiple suspensions is particularly celebrated. [22] Howells' contemporary, Patrick Hadley reportedly told the composer "I should like, when my time comes, to pass away with that magical cadence". [23]
These gatherings marked the end of the cold, dark winter and the symbolic rebirth of the Sun God. Beginning on December 21, the winter solstice, Yuletide celebrations last until January 1, the ...
Iranian people celebrate the night of the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice as, "Yalda night", which is known to be the "longest and darkest night of the year". Yalda night celebration, or as some call it "Shabe Chelleh" ("the 40th night"), is one of the oldest Iranian traditions that has been present in Persian culture from ancient times ...