***Edit- due to great participation and by agreeemnt of many participants, the end date has been extended to match that of the 60th anniversary of the Cease Fire July 27 2013. Fis for FIRE,That burns down the whole town! Uis for URANIUM...BOMBS! Nis forNO SURVIVORS... - Plankton L...
Possible Causes for the Cold WarAlthough The U.S. and Soviet Union were allies during WWII, there were many tensions early on and once the common threat of Germany and Japan were removed, it was only a matter of time for the shaky relationship to fall apart. Here are some possible factor...
For years I have lain awake at night trying to decide if I was going to use zinc chromate green or zinc chromate yellow on the interiors of WW2 American aircraft, usually in exposed wheel wells but also sometimes in cockpits. For a long time I didn't even know that there was a z.c...
The first edit inDecember 2007removed the part that suggested many of the victims were civilians. That is a deletion which is clearly political in nature. On the 26th July 2012, a User, ‘Egeymi’removed the sentencecompletely. The User suggested he ‘shortened’ the lead because ‘it includ...
In many cases, the master plan might not have been so sinister and well through through. However, these were still the results.It was a novel way of presenting the Master Plan, and certainly also very recognizable for any history buff.Lastly, I was surprised to find that a Peter Dinklage...
I believe that Toyota has been the top auto producer in the world for many years running. I believe VW may have surpassed them occasionally. I...
During the2008-2009 financial crisis, the U.S. dollar gained against the world because the world found relative sanctuary in U.S. assets. This was even though many Americans were freaking out about whether they'd have a job the next week! When Russia invaded Ukraine, the USD strengthened ...
Many were captured but Snyder the senior was taken in by the Belgian Resistance. The author colorfully describes the Belgian Resistance efforts as well as the dangers of traitors and spies in the network. People of invaded countries resist and Belgium is an archetypical example of the bravery ...
Since one of the first use for the word is found in the English translation of the bible, it might as well be that it is actually the Hebrew word misspelled. You have many more words that were copied to the English with the original biblical term in the Hebrew , like Hallelujah , ...