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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
WASHINGTON — He’s running! He’s about to decide! He’ll announce within two days! He’s maybe, possibly, surely, definitely going to figure it out really, really soon!
No shortage of people made assertive declarations about whether Joe Biden is going to run for President. Biden’s delays have increasingly put Democrats on edge, eager to know whether he’ll challenge front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The Oct. 19 flood of purported revelations reverberated throughout the political world, but there was just one problem: None of it came from Biden’s lips.
Months in to his painfully drawn-out deliberations, the vice president continued his public silence. Yet several individuals familiar with his decision-making disputed claims that an announcement was imminent. No surprise: the individuals weren’t authorized to comment publicly and demanded anonymity.
Their protestations did little to curb rampant speculation at the White House, in Congress and on cable television. Even President Barack Obama, after a meeting on global warming, was asked about his deputy.
“We’re talking about climate change, guys,” Obama replied. After all, he said pointedly, the climate meeting was merely about “the survival of the planet.”
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest spent much of his daily briefing fielding unconventional questions aimed at yielding something — anything — about Biden’sdecision. Does he look like he’s about to run? Is he agonizing over the decision?
“I’m not going to stand here and assess the Vice President’s body language,” Earnest said.
One House of Representatives Democrat claimed inside knowledge. Congressman Brendan Boyle wrote on Twitter that he has “very good source close to Joe that tells me VP Biden will run for Prez.”
Asked for explanation, Boyle’s spokeswoman said his staff was trying to track him down in his Congressional district.
(JOSH LEDERMAN)
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".