The revolution was squashed Nov. 4 when the Soviet Union sent soldiers into Hungary, causing an uproar by U.S. citizens and Hungarian demonstrators over the controversial lack of action by the U.S., which had gone so far as to utilize the CIA-run Radio Free Europe (RFE) to broadcast ...
Do you hear the people sing? One of the greatest musicals ever created, eight-time Tony Award-winningLes Misérablesstorms theAcademy of Musicfor a late summer run. Set amidst the burning embers of revolution in 19th-century France,Les Misfollows the life of Jean Valjean — an ex-convict se...
What do you call the icy accumulation of snow behind your tires as you drive on snow covered roads?I always referred to it as a carsicle, but a quick survey of listeners this morning found that everyone seems to have a different word for it. But there's one thing we can all agree o...
a storm that hit a boat named Antje and ruined its mast was called "Antje's hurricane," according to the WMO. For hundreds of years, storms were named after saint days. Storms were also sometimes known by the name of a place they hit, like theGreat Galveston Hurricaneof 1900...