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WorldIsrael Intensifies Ground Offensive in Lebanon (Aug. 1): More than 7,000 additional troops enter southern Lebanon. U.S. General Gives Grim Report on Iraq (Aug. 3): Gen. John Abizaid, the…June 2009 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of June 2009. Air France Plane Vanishes (June 1): In the worst aviation disaster since 2001, Air France Flight…Moldova
(Encyclopedia) CE5 MoldovaMoldovaməldōˈvə [key], officially Republic of Moldova, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,066,000), c.13,000 sq mi (33,670 sq km). Chişinău (formerly Kishinev) is the capital and…Women's Suffrage and the Constitution: Chapter III
Chapter II. State Constituti...Chapter IV. The Story of the...Chapter III. Election Laws and Referenda To establish a “government of the people“ is to follow an ideal…Biblical Allusions
Antedeluvian: Antedeluvian is Latin for “before the flood,” referring to the flood Noah rode out in Genesis. Something very old or outdated is sometimes exaggeratedly called antedeluvian. The…The Devil's Dictionary: Reconsider
by Ambrose Bierce RECONCILIATIONRECOUNTRECONSIDER -v To seek a justification for a decision already made.The Devil's Dictionary: Recreation
by Ambrose Bierce RECOUNTRECRUITRECREATION -n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét was an American poet, novelist and short story writer, the author of the famous story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1937). He won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for "John's Brown…Herman Melville
Herman Melville was the celebrated author of several big 19th-century novels about the sea, most importantly the novel Moby Dick. His first novel was Typee. Published in 1846, it recounted his…Anne Bradstreet: Fire
FireWhat is my worth (both ye) and all men know, In little time I can but little show, But what I am, let learned Grecians say What I can do well skil'd Mechanicks may; The benefit all living…Trending
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