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...periods of visibility, the researchers report in the journal Nature, they were able to identify Sirius, which Gregory called Rubeola or Robeola, meaning "red" or "rusty." They point out that because Gregory did not use the classical names of the stars, he was probably unaware of Roman and Greek astronomy. Therefore, the Ruhr team concluded, Sirius looked red no more than 1,400 years ago. Yet only 400 years later, when the Arab astronomer Al Sufi categorized all the stars named by Ptolemy, he did not list Sirius among the red ones. Sometime during that interval, the Ruhr team believes...
Flight 648 had taken off from Athens at 9:06 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and headed in a southeasterly direction toward Cairo. On board was a typically multinational mix of passengers, including Egyptians returning home from holidays abroad, Greek merchant seamen bound for Port Said to join their ships, a Filipino dance troupe and a scattering of European, Israeli and American tourists. Captain Galal, a 15-year airline veteran, was assisted by a five-member crew...
Twenty-two minutes after takeoff, as the aircraft passed over the Greek island of Milos, a well-dressed young man rose from his seat near the front of the plane, drew a pistol from a plastic bag and pointed it at crew members who were distributing newspapers and magazines. Another man, seated in the rear section, jumped into the aisle and shouted, "Don't move!" In the cockpit, a third man shoved the barrel of a pistol against the captain's head. The terrorists in the cabin instructed all passengers to surrender their passports. One of the men was particularly...
...family vacation. Juan Carlos recalls his father shut in his Paris studio for weeks after the accident, inconsolable. Even now, 31 years on, Botero can hardly bear to discuss his loss. Botero says the tragedy destroyed his relationship with Pedro's mother - he is now married to the Greek sculptor Sophia Vari - and drove him into a depression, alleviated only by his incessant painting, including several portraits of Pedro. "Several times in my life I have reconstructed my life through painting," Botero says. "That is why painting is so sacred to me. It saves me in my worst moments...
...There’s an incredibly strong presence of the Greek system,” says Mark P. Coombs, a freshman at Cornell...