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June 30, 2022
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Oy! Just oy! One reason I have a geological addendum for each location on this Olympic host cities tour (aside from the China pun, of course) is my general interest in the forces that have shaped our planet. Another is …
June 29, 2022
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As always seems to be the case anything that happens in the Balkans has distinctive layers of complexity that all but demand deeper exploration than one might normally apply in describing similar circumstances elsewhere in the world. Costs are always …
June 28, 2022
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I think it borders on impossible to write about any important event in the Balkans without encountering layers of complication and the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo are no exception primarily because there are the Games and there is the …