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Dries van Agt: 'De last van De Punt draag ik nog steeds mee'

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Dries van Agt (Geldrop, 1931) was minister van justitie, van 1977 tot 1982 minister-president, commissaris van de koningin in Noord-Brabant en Euro...

Blijf met je poten van Eus, Amsterdam CS en Argos af - HP/De Tijd

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Arthur van Amerongen gooide bijna zijn krant in de digitale prullenbak, nadat hij las dat Özcan Akyol wordt bedreigd, maar toen las hij over Argos.

Migratie dwingt Europa terug naar Afrika

volkskrant.nl

Er komt een discussie op Europa af die veel verder reikt dan waar de formatie nu op stukliep, betoogt Arnout Brouwers.

Argeloze spermadonor, hulpeloos wijs geworden

volkskrant.nl

Dertig jaar geleden, toen anonimiteit nog vereist was, doneerde Bart Jungmann aan de spermabank. Nu staat hij wangslijm af om zijn identiteit prijs...

Everything It Will Take to Get Faster Wi-Fi on Planes

theatlantic.com

Companies are vying to bring better internet to the skies, but the path to success is almost unbelievably complicated.

Nicky Toet (@etenmetnicknl) • Instagram video

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561 likes, 11 comments - Nicky Toet (@etenmetnicknl) on Instagram: "Samurai zwaard? Check. Watermeloen? Check. Intro opnemen voor iets met eten? Check. #dumpert #koo..."

W.F. Hermans was een slecht filosoof. Nou en? - Sargasso

sargasso.nl

Als filosoof heeft W.F. Hermans blijkt te hooi en te gras wat ideeën te hebben opgedaan zonder ze echt goed begrepen te hebben.Nou en?

First hour of Trump campaign coverage told us everything we need to know

cnn.com

Take a look back at CNN's coverage of the very first hour of Trump's presidential campaign. The anchors and guests foreshadowed the importance of Trump's decision.

Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising [The Knowledge Project Ep. #19]

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In his best interview, Rory Sutherland explores advertising, persuasion, and why humans do some of the silly things we do.

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A Bend in the River

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Set in an unnamed African country, V. S. Naipaul's A Bend in the River is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast. He believes The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. So he has taken the initiative; left the coast; acquired his own shop in a small, growing city in the continent’s remote interior and is selling sundries – little more than this and that, really – to the natives. This spot, this ‘bend in the river’, is a microcosm of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence: a scene of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation and poverty. And from this rich landscape emerges one of the author’s most potent works – a truly moving story of historical upheaval and social breakdown.