The bathroom is long and narrow and has a raised ‘altar’ at the far end where the toilet sits. The odd placement is necessitated by the semi-basement’s lower position in relation to the septic tank. Ki-Woo walks in and climbs onto the toilet seat. He continues to fish for a sign...
The military government in Burma/Myanmar does presently appear to be as strong as at any time in the country's history. It controls all public aspects of the country's political life and important parts of the private sector economy. It has put in place all of the institutional means, ...
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Then followed the mysterious laxity as a Chinese spy balloon lazily traversed the U.S. with impunity. Next was the radical drop-off in military recruitment. If one wished to ensure that the one group that serves—and dies—in combat units at twice its demographics would exit the military en...
the U.S. Army could now choose the best. During this period, repeating rifles of various types were flourishing in the civilian market, and several designers had taken their ideas to Europe after American military interest proved lacking. Flagler extended the deadline for submission of a new Am...
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Maybe not, Nixon was so corrupt he over-shadowed anything Johnson did. Johnson escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 500,000 in early 1968. Johnson was instrumental in pulling one of the greatest deceptions on the US public and thereas...
When the American Museum of Natural History wanted to update the hall of North American mammals, taxidermist George Dante got the call. When the tortoise Lonesome George, emblem of the Galápagos Islands, died, it was Dante who was tasked with restoring him. But Dante, who is one of the ...
He had previously worked for the military and had a laboratory out in East Lothian somewhere. He wanted to explore potential medical applications for his technique. So far he had used it successfully to find sunken ships in the Mediterranean and unexploded WWII bombs for the London Underground. ...
Second, war is an inherently human endeavor. In the 1990s, everyone was quoting Moore’s law and thought it would revolutionize war. We saw this in some of the language associated with the “revolution in military affairs” and “defense transformation.” We assumed that advances in information...