Month: December 2014

‘I’ll squeeze those Armenians like lemons’

Special for the Armenian Weekly It was one of those receptions that had taken months to organize. The tables were…

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Karabagh Court Sentences Azerbaijani Saboteurs, Baku Denounces Trial

STEPANAKERT (A.W.)—The Trial of two Azerbaijani saboteurs, Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, concluded on Dec. 29, with a life sentence…

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Eric Nazarian, Scout Tufankjian to Speak at Youth Connect Program at NYU

Program Director Khatchig Mouradian Also Among Speakers NEW YORK (A.W.)—Filmmaker Eric Nazarian and photojournalist Scout Tufankjian will speak at the…

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US Ambassador Heffern Bids Farewell to Armenia

YEREVAN (A.W.) —U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern bid farewell this month to Armenia after more than three years of…

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Providence ‘Kristapor’ Adds Three Members

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—On Friday evening, Dec. 19, three ARF novices, Hrag Arakelian, Ani Megerdichian, and Nareh Mkrtschjan, took their oaths—administrated by their Godfather, Megerdich Megerdichian—in the Stephen J. Varadian ANC Center.…

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Erevan Choral Society a Gift

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—If you were at Holy Trinity Church on Dec. 14 and heard the Erevan Choral Society in concert, you…

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Prominent Scholars to Speak at Centennial Conference in NY

NEW YORK—Scholars Richard Hovannisian, Debórah Dwork, Raymond Kévorkian, Roy L. Brooks, Elisa Von Joeden-Forgey, Janna Thompson, and Jermaine McCalpin are…

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A New Cyclotron at Yerevan Physics Institute

YEREVAN—The Alikhanyan National Laboratory in Yerevan (Yerevan Physics Institute, or YerPhi) will soon deliver a new 18 MeV (Million electron…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Dec. 3, 2014)

Maxim Cunning is a poor substitute for sagacity. … La Rochefoucauld A Toast To Church: The first time one goes…

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Yegparian: Dram Drama

It’s year-end, try-to-write-about-something-big-and-profound time. Luckily, I was provided with just such a topic courtesy of the juncture and clash of…

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