Tag: Complicated
Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens and Berlin’s Olympiastadion: the complicated history of Euro 2024 final venue
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The showpiece final of this summer’s European Championship, likely to attract a worldwide television audience in excess of 300 million people, will be played on July 14 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin — a stadium originally built and funded on the orders of Europe’s most notorious dictator, Adolf Hitler.
Eighty-eight years have passed since the 1936 summer Olympic Games were also staged there, three years after Hitler, the leader
The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book Collecting
In 1939, Ernest Hemingway left a large collection of his belongings—the manuscript of his earliest short story, childhood trinkets, memorabilia from his time at war, intimate letters, books, and more—in a storeroom behind Sloppy Joe’s, a bar he frequented in Key West that was owned by some friends of his. When Penn State University’s Toby and Betty Bruce Collection of Ernest Hemingway acquired the items in 2021, it represented the most significant trove of Hemingway memorabilia discovered in generations. But
The Complicated Psychology of the Victims of Boko Haram
When I first interviewed Yama Bullum and his wife, Falmata, in 2015, they were desperate for the safe return of their daughter Jinkai, who was one of the 276 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
In the years following the 2014 kidnapping, I spoke with many of the teenagers’ parents. The raid was part of an extended campaign of violence by Boko Haram—whose name roughly translates
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz of chest hair, the twirling shirt, the body swerve to evade the Manchester United fans who had run on the pitch in their euphoria.
On Sunday, it is 25 years since Patrick Vieira, a genuine great of Arsenal’s midfield, played a wayward pass amid the high drama of an FA Cup semi-final between the leading two English sides of the time.
Ryan Giggs took the ball and then
The History of Equality: It’s Complicated
Books abound these days on the subject of inequality, spanning categories such as race, class, and nationality. But what is “equality” in the first place? What does it mean, and for whom? Darrin McMahon’s new book, Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea, sets out to answer these questions by providing a truly global intellectual history of equality from the dawn of humanity until today. In doing so, McMahon, a professor of history at Dartmouth College, argues that ideas … Read more
Exklusiver Clip „À La Carte“: „Humans Are Complicated“ | Betrachten
*Wir haben einen exklusiven Clip der Episode dieser Woche von ALLBLKs beliebter Dramedy: „A la carte” vom ausführenden Produzenten Meagan Gut.
Die neue Folge wird am Donnerstag, dem 5. Oktober, ausgestrahlt und zeigt Shyra, Frank und Brian, die die Bar dekorieren und über Beziehungen und Familie reden. Sehen Sie sich den Moment im YouTube-Clip oben an.
Die zweite Staffel von „À La Carte“ startete am 14. September und untersucht, wer Misha, Reign und Shyra als Freunde miteinander sind,
Whitney Port’s Complicated Relationship With Food: What She’s Said
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Whitney Port is changing how she looks at and interacts with food following an honest conversation with husband Tim Rosenman.
The former reality star opened up in July 2023 about changing her eating habits after major weight loss.
“I’ve gotten a lot of comments about looking too thin. At first, it didn’t bother me. I chalked it up to people not knowing what my diet looks like,” Port wrote via Instagram Story at the time.
The Complicated Estates of Obsessive Collectors
“More times than I can remember, a spouse or child has said to me, ‘If he wasn’t dead, I’d kill him all over again for leaving me with this mess,’” said Greg Rohan, the president of Heritage Auctions.
Most people tend to know what to do with traditional investments after someone dies, he said, but when it comes to baseball cards, first-edition books, coins and other collectibles, the loved ones dealing with the estate can be stumped (and annoyed).
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Inheritance tax warning as ‘complicated rules’ could cost you thousands – how to cut bill | Personal Finance | Finance
Inheritance tax is no longer just affecting the wealthy as seven in ten people argue it should be abolished due to its archaic and unfair nature.
HMRC announced that Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts for April 2023 to June 2023 are £2.0 billion. This is £200 million higher than in the same period a year earlier.
With more and more people getting caught, financial experts have explained certain “complicated rules” that could help people cut their huge bills down.
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Man Utd transfer talks ‘complicated’ as Old Trafford chiefs seek £30m agreement | Football | Sport
Manchester United are being left frustrated by Nottingham Forest in their efforts to sell Dean Henderson this summer, according to reports. Henderson is widely expected to leave Old Trafford in the near future after spending last season on loan at the City Ground, where he made 20 appearances for Forest in all competitions.
The Reds are thought to be keen on bringing Henderson back on a permanent basis and have been locked in talks with United regarding a loan-to-buy agreement