Although freedom of religious expression was formally declared by one of the first decrees of revolutionary government in January 1918, both the Church and its followers were heavily persecuted and deeply disadvantaged. Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, there were some 54,000 functioning paris...
Among the many books that have been written on Baskerville there is one that calls for special mention; it is entitled ‘The Types of John Baskerville,’ written by that enthusiast and authority on the history of fine printing, Mrs. B. L. Warde. This wonderful, scholarly, and valuable essa...
To his scientific goal he soon added that of the practical humanitarian: arranging to put the new cereal strains into extensive production in order to feed the hungry people of the world – and thus providing, as he says, “a temporary success in man’s war against hunger and deprivation,”...
Communism, political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society. Communism is thus a form...
Ellen took over his title, took care of the entrusted materials her husband bestowed upon her, kept in full support of renegades fighting in the name of Simon, took care of their 3 sons and daughter, and was able to acquire decent titles and land ownership for her eldest and youngest son...
Palestinians were forced off their lands or fled en masse, marking the first large-scale exodus in what would become a decadeslong battle over land ownership, according to the United Nations. Israel, backed by foreign powers, won the war, and the territory was divided into th...
In October, the Urban Reform Law ends landlord ownership of housing for profit and nationalizes all commercially owned real estate, as well as all large industrial, commercial and transportation companies, including 20 owned by the US. Electrical, bank and phone companies are nationalized. About ...
The National Museum of Naval Aviation still has ownership of this aircraft. Possibly SARDIP March 2007. {More than likely if it was SARDIP, would have been scrapped by now.} Total Flight Hours: 17735.0 157999 –Eighth pre-production flight test aircraft which crashed on August 3rd, 1973 ...
Director Judd Ehrlich joins us for a conversation on how the NRA has abandoned its founding principles of promoting safe and responsible gun ownership through locally-based training programs into a shameless shill for gun manufacturers and more recently into a pernicious, corrosive and ruthlessly ...
Charles Morrison had set up his shop in the Bank Street end of the building – presumably in Mackenzie’s former workshop – by 1871, but it was not until 1914 that he acquired ownership of the premises from Mackenzie’s heirs. Charles’s family had moved out by 1881 and it is rumour...