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- 1261: EGYPT
- ... more subsidiary pyramids used for the burials of members of the royal family. To the south of the Great Pyramid near Khafre's valley temple lies the Great Sphinx. Carved out of a knoll of rock, the Sphinx has the facial features of King Khafre, but the body of a recumbent lion; it is approximately 240 feet long and 66 feet high. The sphinx guards Khafu's vallytemple and causeway. Around ...
- 1262: Jack London(biography)
- ... and manure spreading, and was accomplished in animal husbandry. He was far ahead of his time in conceiving of the ranch as self-sufficient and self-regenerating. His Wolf House, for example, was built of rock and lumber from his property. He was much influenced by the Arts and Crafts philosophy in these regards. London's first marriage was to Bess Maddern, with whom he had two daughters, Joan and Bess ...
- 1263: Love Canal
- ... purchase. The treaty was ratified by the U.S. senate in October, and the U.S.. flag was raised over new Orleans on Dec. 20. The Louisiana Purchase, extending from the Mississippi River to the rock Mountains and from the gulf of Mexico to the British North America. The final boundaries of the treaty did no set limits of the region. The Louisiana Purchase has been described as the greatest real ...
- 1264: Lincoln Could He Have Preserve
- ... To make this idea work, those forts would have to be taken, too. Lincoln could not amass the needed number of soldiers, either. Secondly, the thought of risking more lives on just a pile of rock in the middle of a harbor was not appealing. Considering the resolve of the Southern states, Lincoln for a while considered a military invasion. This, however, was not feasible. Lincolns forces were so scattered ...
- 1265: Knights Of The Middle Ages
- ... ability. The whole entire sword formed to what looked like the shape of a cross. Sparkling jewels sometimes decorated the handle as well as the scabbard (case,) that protected the sword's 3-foot steel, rock, or metal blade. Most knights also carried a dagger, a morning star-a club with a chain attached to a ball with sharp spikes-a battle ax, and a large shield. At first knights wore ...
- 1266: K.k.k.
- ... feeling that swept the nation. On Thanksgiving night in 1915, Simmons and some of his friends climbed Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia. There, they stood before, "
a burning wooden cross and before a hastily constructed rock altar upon which lay an American flag, an opened Bible, an unsheathed sword and a canteen of water." From that moment on, the Ku Klux Klan began its reign of terror in the United States ...
- 1267: Is Einstein About To Be Dethro
- ... of heresy is in the air. There are very few beliefs in science that have the force of doctrine, but among them is the conviction that the speed of light is fixed. It forms the rock upon which Einstein built one of the 20th century's most enduring monuments, the General Theory of Relativity. But in science nothing is sacred, and several leading theoretical physicists are now toying with the delicious ...
- 1268: Ireland 2
- ... by low hills, is extensively covered with glacial deposits of clay and sand. It has considerable areas of bog and numerous lakes. The island has seen at least two general glaciations and everywhere ice-smoothed rock, mountain lakes, glacial valleys and deposits of glacial sand; gravel and clay mark the passage of the ice. Climate Influenced by the Gulf Stream and with the prevailing winds predominantly from the southwest, the climate ...
- 1269: Information On Puerto Rico
- ... Puerto Rico means Rich Port in its native tongue, Spanish. Although Puerto Rico is a U. S. territory, it remains true to Mexico. The island has many historic sites. The fort El Muero means The Rock in Spanish. El Muero went from a simple tower looking out to the sea to a huge fortification that covers 400 acres. Up until 1787, the tower grew proportionately in size and has also been ...
- 1270: Hong Kong 2
- ... to firmly ban decadent ideas and practices from abroad. This has forced choreographers to censor their own projects to avoid trouble from the government. Said Andy Wong, the artistic director of DanceArt, A dont-rock-the-boat attitude is a means of survival. (Ries 50). Censorship could destroy this medium where expressing political and often controversial ideas to their audiences is important. To dancers, choreographers, and the audience, censorship is ...
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