Every child (even we in our times) has wondered about school at some point. Who started it. Why do classrooms exist. Was there homework long ago. The story of school is older than notebooks and bells.

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Ski mountaineering makes its hotly anticipated debut at the Winter Olympics in blizzard conditions in Bormio.

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"It was the accent, the flair, just how flamboyant he was, and that blond, floating hair." Swiss-born British hairdresser Pierre Alexandre started his career in a small salon in Manchester and went ...

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U.S. President faces an uphill battle as Americans sour on his economic, immigration and foreign policy agendas ...