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- 2671: The Advancement of Weaponry
- ... latter parts of the 10th century. Although its origin is unclear, it was developed in the West until it became the most lethal infantry weapon of its time (Hindley, 23). The crossbow consisted of a short bow mounted on a wooden stock. It was fired by a trigger and could be aimed from the shoulder like a handgun. It was improved on in later centuries to become even more effective than ... in the 13th century was the longbow. This weapon was 5 to 6 feet long, tapering to the ends, which terminated in notched horn tips. The longbow had greater range and penetrating power than the short bow due to increasing the length of the bowstave. Another major advance was the introduction of gunpowder. Early gunpowder was often too powerful for the guns of this era causing the firing tubes to burst ...
- 2672: The Nuclear Threat: Yesterday and Today and Tomorrow
- ... our faces against the wall. It was a game. It was like a fire drill, a chance to get out for a few minutes, out of our studies, out of our classrooms. Outside, for a short break, like a mini recess, to run, chat and giggle with our friends. I recall pictures and televisions programs showing bomb shelters, fully stocked with supplies such as bottled water, canned goods, blankets and first ... to act in an intelligent manner, wisely or unselfishly. We need, as individuals, to become actively involved in our own survival. Perhaps if the nearly 6 billion of us were to simply e-mail this short letter to the 10 nations which now have or are verging on nuclear capability, we may have hope. http://www.wagingpeace.org/abolition2000/samplelet.html Sample letter to world leaders urging the abolition of nuclear ...
- 2673: The Hoa Lo Prison Camp
- ... this would give the Vietnamese a good excuse to punish the U.S. POWs. The POWs soon figured out, the key to getting out of solitary confinement was to lie. Many men simply made up stories to get out. Some of the stories they told the Vietnamese were so outrageous, it is hard to believe the POWs were believed. One example of lie was one a U.S. soldier wrote, Dear Congress: In this past year that I ...
- 2674: The History of Ice Hockey
- ... today in Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States (Minnesota). Many of the stars of the early Soviet hockey teams had been Bandy players. It is played on a large sheet of ice with short sticks, a ball and large goals. The Dutch, long known for their ice skating ability, have played the game Kolven since the 1600's. It is played with a golf-like stick, a ball, and ... years. The sports growth in popularity brought new ideas for the formation of a professional league, which would be later referred to as the NHL. The actual establishment of the NHL took a very short time, the whole thing boiled down to just one meeting on November 22, 1917 at Montreal Windsor Hotel. (the league is born). This meeting consisted of NHA owners representing the Canadians, the Wanderers, the Quebec ...
- 2675: Penguins and Their Eyes
- ... the eye. If you've every wondered what it would be like to be able to see as clearly under water as you can on land, just ask the nearest penguin.Most aquatic animals are short-sighted on land. Most terrestrial animals (and that includes us) are far-sighted under water. But researchers have discovered that penguins can apparently see equally well in both environments, because of the unique structure of ... true. During a recent stay on the Falkland Islands, a Canadian researcher discovered that penguins are able to recognize individuals and navigate the rocky terrain on which they live quite well. Long of body and short of leg, they probably poke their heads forward as an aid to balance. And as for looking at the ground, they're merely-like us-keeping an eye on where they're going. The human ...
- 2676: Landfills - Fact Is More Ominous Than Fiction
- ... 4]. JFK's introduction to the book provides this foreboding passage: "Each generation must deal anew with the raiders, with the scramble to use public resources for private profit, and with the tendency to prefer short-run profits to long-run necessities. The crisis may be quiet, but it is urgent" [Udall xii]. Oddly, the subject of landfills is never broached in Udall's book; in 1963, the issue was, in ... extant refuse [Rathje 113]. In today's landfills, decomposition is negligible. While the total tonnage of garbage decreases over years, due mostly to dessication, the volume varies less than ten percent. Most of the actual short-term rotting is from scraps of prepared food. Plastics biodegrade not at all. Biodegradable plastic is an oxymoron at best; the most unstable plastic requires intense sunlight to decompose, and sunlight is denied in a ...
- 2677: The American Basketball Association
- The American Basketball Association When you ask teenagers or young adults about the ABA, most will inform you that they have never heard of it. The American Basketball Association had a short and wild life, yet it made great contributions to professional basketball. It increased the level of talent, changed the way the game was played, and produced some of the greatest stars to ever play the ... some of the greatest players ever, the reformulated NBA is now a sport that millions watch. The NBA of today was made from the ABA of the old, and even though it had such a short life, it was one of the most important aspects in the history of professional basketball.
- 2678: Tomb Raider 2 Walkthrough
- ... flares and ammo. Now you need to proceed down the heavily guarded hallway. Several statues will begin hacking at you with huge blades when you get too close. Keep to the right and time your short running bursts so you pass by when their blades are in the upright position. Don't overshoot and run into the next blade. When you get to the dark end of the passage, light a ... and proceed to the top of the Opera House. Shoot the guard patrolling the roof then turn and lower down. While hanging onto the edge, quickly pull back up and draw your weapons again. Your short dangle off the edge should have attracted the attention of another guard and a couple of Dobermans. Kill them all, then do a running jump to the roof and continue left to kill four more ...
- 2679: The DHC-6 Twin Otter
- ... Twin Otter was an evolutionary process. Its predecessor, the DHC-2 Beaver was, to a large extent, designed by the pilots who would fly it. It was the first plane that could be called STOL (Short take-off and landing). This feature enabled aircraft to operate out of small lakes and short, rough airfields. So impressive was the technology that, in 1987, the Beaver was cited as one of Canada's top ten engineering achievements of the last one hundred years. While the DHC-2 Beaver was ...
- 2680: Pro Wrestling
- ... talk about at work, school or while out with your friends, its like watching a movie and basketball game put together as one. You get the action of the game with the drama and stories of a movie. Also, there is not another show on television that is on every week and doesnt have reruns, its something new every week. The story lines are not like they use to be where it was Good versus Evil. You knew the line between them and who would fall on which side, today its a whole new ball game the stories are far more complex then that and the WWF doesnt want to insult their fans by making the story boring. Who wants to go see a boring movie? People want to be entertained and ...
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