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- 1051: Al-Razi
- ... substances into plants, animals and minerals, thus in a way opening the way for inorganic and organic chemistry. By and large, this classification still holds. As a chemist, he was the first to produce sulfuric acid together with some other acids, and he also prepared alcohol by fermenting sweet products. His contribution as a philosopher is also well known. The basic elements in his philosophical system are the creator, spirit, matter ...
- 1052: Overpopulation
- ... there would not be enough land and food to provide for them. But is this a ethical way of solving problems... Overpopulation is the root cause of all environmental deterioration. Global warming, the ozone hole, rain forest destruction, desertification and all kinds of pollution, weather breakdown, and natural disasters are only signs of this already deadly monster. Population grows exponentially. That is, each generation is a little bigger than the generation ...
- 1053: Ernie Pyle
- ... almost every branch of the service from quarter-master troops to pilots. He saved his highest praise for the common foot soldier, I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts and they even learn to live without necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars cant be won without (Wilson 66). His columns ...
- 1054: Civil War Journal
- ... be able to. I wish this war was over so our family's house would not be as divided as it is now. I just do not understand. Without this war, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows, the stars will gleam and the poets will dream. Life goes on, but if my family is gone, I will die inside. My poetics are improving I must say but, that ...
- 1055: Beer
- ... Bible, Old and New Testaments, is virtually empty of references to water as a common drinking source. Likewise, Greek writing make scant references to water drinking, with exceptions to deep wells, mountain spring water or rain water. Ancient civilization clearly understood that most of their water supplies were contaminated. (Vallee 82) Since most water was polluted to the point that it was undrinkable, ethyl alcohol may have been the number one ...
- 1056: Concentration Camps
- ... in the quarantine and a few months in the labor camp itself. Every morning these prisoners had to endure roll call whereby they would stand for hours at attention outdoors in the cold, wind, and rain or snow. Anyone who fell was gassed. By the time the Auschwitz was destroyed and liberated in the summer of 1944 , over 1.5 million Jews and 4 million people in total were murdered at ...
- 1057: The Return To Mecca, Muhammad
- ... the confederates besieged the Muslims. Attempts to cross the trench failed, and fodder for the horses was scarce, while Muhammads agents among the attackers fomented potential dissensions. Then, after a night of wind and rain the great army melted away. The Meccans had exerted their utmost might and had failed to dislodge Muhammad, whose position was now greatly strengthened. For more than two years now there had been opposition to ...
- 1058: US Generals Of WWII
- ... lines and trapped thousands of soldiers. Most were either killed or surrendered. (www.angelfire.com/il/georgespattonjr/patinfo.html) The significance of the Third Army is that they constantly attack. They would fight anyplace, anytime, rain, snow, sleet, or shine. The thing about the Third Army was that they knew the value of teamwork, plus their great general. You could often consider them as the Army on Wheels because of their ...
- 1059: The Olive Branch
- ... The new and improved man could walk, talk, reproduce, build but had lack of appreciation for life and no heart to feel. Disappointed in his two failures , the Feathered Serpent made the heavens pour out rain to get rid the earth of his mistake. Carrying on eastward across the world its no surprise Greece also has their own outlandish legend. It begins as all other Greek myths with an angry ...
- 1060: Theresienstadt
- ... of food. Waiting for food meant standing outside no matter what the weather consisted of. Some people would get frostbite from waiting for food, and others become sicker and developing pneumonia while standing in the rain. There was such a low amount of food that people would smuggle in possessions like watches or clothes to trade for food. People would give away their most prize possessions for a loaf of bread ...
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