Defenders of the Norman Crown: The Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surreytells the fascinating story of the Warenne dynasty, of the successes and failures of one of the most powerful families in England, from its origins in Normandy, through the Conquest, Magna Carta, the wars and ma...
Charles Albert at first hesitated, but then declared war. After enjoying great successes through the beginning of June, he remained inactive for more than a month, confused by political conflicts between the various Italian states and shifting foreign alliances. This respite allowed...
Judy Kaye quips about the affecting successes and failures of musicals. One painful closing in her life wasOh, Brother!(Michael Valenti/Donald Driver) which lasted only three Broadway performances and six weeks at The Kennedy Center. “It was set in a country not unlike Iran going through a ...
There is nothing wrong with doing multiple studies and to examine conditions that make an effect stronger or weaker. However, it is psuedo-science if such a program of research reports only successful results because reporting only successes renders statistical significance meaningless (Sterling, 1959)...
Hume and the Sceptic School, that the whole history of the great Napoleon ought to be treated by wise men as a myth and a romance, that there is little or no evidence of his having existed at all; and that the story of his strange successes and strange defeats was probably invented by...
They saw Northern emissaries sent South to encourage slave uprisings, murder and rapine, then being applauded in the North for their grisly successes, especially John Brown. Southerners saw Hinton Helper's book, The Impending Crisis, which was full of errors on its economics, call for bloody ...
When the Milanese revolution against the Austrians (March 18–22) raised the question of war with Austria, Charles Albert at first hesitated, but then declared war. After enjoying great successes through the beginning of June, he remained inactive for more than a month, confused by political co...