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- 971: Newfoundland
- ... of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1938. She retired from Bishop Spencer in 1952, saying she was now, after so many years, "teaching the grandchildren". I doubt that Agnes Ayre agreed with Lord Northcliffe’s account of the barrens of Newfoundland. “This was Newfoundland. In 1909, no one knew quite how to describe such a landscape. No comparisons really suited it. This would change. 75 years later, with ...
- 972: Mexico
- ... for Mexico's Federal Security Directorate, and by 1992 he had become investigations department commander for the federal attorney general's office. He was fired that year on suspicion of taking bribes from alleged drug lord Rafael Aguilar Guajardo and the CIA dropped him soon after. De la Sota was working as the head of the private security team for Colosio on the day of the assassination. Federal investigators arrested De ...
- 973: Lebanon
- ... a determining factor for millenia in keeping Lebanon turned toward the West. The landscape cannot be described without mentioning the most celebrated tree o f Lebanon, the cedar. Called by the Lebanese "Cedar of the Lord," this famed tree retains somewhat of a sacred aura this day. It has become the symbol of Lebanon and appears in the center of the flag, on the coins, and often on postage stamps. Since ...
- 974: Ethiopia
- ... yields quite unsuccessful. Vegetation: The percentage of forest land is minimal in Ethiopia, most of the area is grazed dry farmland, and some generally arable land. Near areas where beef cattle are being raised tsete flies can be found in great numbers. They spread a sleeping disease, that in turn wear down farmers, and create less productivity, and more disease than needed. Another insect that causes severe problems are locusts. They ...
- 975: Japan
- ... women from the region are reputed to be the most fair-skinned and beautiful in Japan.(3) The major city in Tohoku region is Sendai which grew up around the castle town of the feudal lord Date Masamune (1567-1636).(1, p.25). The Kanto, literally "east of the barrier," comprises the seven prefectures around Tokyo on the broad Kanto Plain. They are Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo Metropolitan Prefecture, Saitame, Gumma, Tochigi ...
- 976: Alexander's Empire
- ... caught up with him as he was dying. Alexander had his body taken back to Persepolis to be buried in the royal tombs. At the death of the Persian king, Alexander adopted the title of lord of Asia--as the ruler of the Persian Empire was called. By this time Alexander was becoming more and more despotic. He killed his own foster brother, Clitus, in a drunken brawl after Clitus had ...
- 977: Lebanon
- ... a determining factor for millenia in keeping Lebanon turned toward the West. The landscape cannot be described without mentioning the most celebrated tree o f Lebanon, the cedar. Called by the Lebanese "Cedar of the Lord," this famed tree retains somewhat of a sacred aura this day. It has become the symbol of Lebanon and appears in the center of the flag, on the coins, and often on postage stamps. Since ...
- 978: Escape Through Science Fiction Novels and Movies
- ... This is because luke skywalker has an array of different droids, or robots, that will do all of his work for him. In star wars, luke doesn’t have to walk or even drive. He flies wherever he wants to go. When people watch star wars they temporarily become involved in a world where work has been made extremely simple. For a short period of time the audience forgets what the ...
- 979: Achilles’ Actions Bring His Eventual Doom Closer To Reality
- ... mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man’s heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey. So it was here that the lord of men Agamemmnon angered me.” He accepts his fate, and accepts the fact that to die fighting for the greater good of a population is much more important than selfishly hiding from battle, not using ...
- 980: Comparison Between The Book Of Exodus and The Movie Prince of Egypt
- ... This task is what led into the Ten Plagues of Egypt because Ramses, the new pharaoh, refused to let the Hebrews go. The ten plagues were: water turned into blood, the frogs, the gnats, the flies, the pestilence, the boils, the hail, the locusts, the darkness, and the death of the first born. The next similarity is how God separated the Red Sea so that the Hebrews, which were finally set ...
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