If they fought "admirably" — meaning if they won battles — Stalin did not bother himself with how they did it, or the fallout after. After hearing reports that Soviet soldiers raped women in Germany and elsewhere, he is reported to have said "[W]hat is so awful in his having fun ...
The Soviets also did not advance women rights in Lithuania, as is sometimes wrongfully claimed in foreign media: women rights already quite advanced in 1940 (in comparison to contemporary Western Europe): for instance,the female suffrage was granted in 1905and 1926 presidential elections of Lithuania...
It wasn’t even due to the devastation inflicted by two World Wars. Rather, apost-war bear marketfed by industrial nationalisation, high inflation, and currency depreciation did the real damage. The recovery began in 1983 and since then France has enjoyed excellent stock market returns. So th...
BBC watch, Honest Reporting, UK Media Watch, Camera – these are all organisations set up to tackle misinformation – in the understanding that bias or non-factual articles in newspapers influence readers. CIF Watch was originally set up just to monitor the Guardian. How many readers did the G...
It’s something that developer CCP Games is calling the ‘Eve Effect’, and it’s certainly not limited to veterans of the game. There are many ways you can quickly benefit from playing Eve Online yourself. Play for free The opportunity to learn from your mistakes ...
In my case, with three kids from 2-6, my wife will receive a sizeable benefit for the next 12-16 years. 2. A line by line evaluation of the budget is a good idea to see what expenses would change if one spouse were to die. I often find that this washes out as several things ...
Once the war is over, real estate tends to recovery with the economy, often benefitting from heavy government infrastructure spending. If your property isn't confiscated by the invading country, real estate is as close to a “head I win, tails you lose” scenario. I'm a buyer ofprivate ...
Meanwhile, Lisa introduces Bart to "Little Women." The Ten-Per-Cent Solution (2011) Krusty the Clown is stuck in a rut when the television network pulls his show from the air and his talent agency drops him as a client. But when the Simpsons introduce him to seasoned agent Annie, ...
This works to his benefit. For the Jew fears nothing more than a Christian World View which has at its root the absolutism of Christianity over all other faiths as being false religions including Judaism. But the Jew believes that Judaism is the only true religion and it is his province ...
grantees, but a separate entity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, manages the endowment assets. These two entities often have overlapping interests, and, as has been noted many times in the past, grants given by the foundation often directly benefit the value of the trust’s assets...