In the cockpit, an early addition was the "turn needle," a flight control instrument with an accurate response to a flight control movement but one which required a very considered interpretation of what it did and did not tell the pilot. Shortly thereafter, that needle indicator was combined ...
Among the 48,356 gully systems identified through our mapping efforts, 65.4% (31,641) were found to be managed, with a similar proportion (64.5%) of the mapped denuded hillslopes observed to be partially restored. On the other hand, 96.5% of the badlands were found to have been undergoing...
The 2030 deadline for nutrient and pesticide reductions in the Green Deal and F2F need to be linked to the goals and timelines of the WFD, while the time-lags in translating source reduction into desired freshwater improvements should be considered. With the adoption of the Green Deal and its...
It can also be seen as a euphemism, a way to avoid using more directly blasphemous phrases like “Holy Christ” or “Holy God,” which were once considered highly offensive. This practice aligns with the historical use of “minced oaths,” where a taboo word is altered or replaced to redu...
World War II officially began withGermany’s invasion of Poland, followed two days later by the U.K. and France declaring war on Germany. Although the U.S. remained neutral until 1941, the military was still taking measures to train and plan for mobilization. FDR in 1939 proposed the Cash...
and then to Poland and Hungary. After defeating the Swedes in the battle of Poltava in 1709, Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great) dispatched part of his army to Poland, where plague had been raging for two years. Despite preventive measures, the disease spread among the Russian troops. In 1710...
In the United States, long considered the locomo- tive of the global economy, exports have counted for a little more than half of growth since late 2009. About 40 percent of U.S. exports went to emerging markets. President Obama has made it plain he expects exports to play a big role ...
“I am the world crier, & this is my dangerous career… I am the one to call your bluff, & this is my climate.” —Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
The one thing all pundits agree on is that this will be a very close election. In the swing states, it could come down to a few thousand votes. The great paradox of the 2024 presidential election is that if they turn out in numbers – as they did last year in Poland’s paliamentary...
The Soviet Union received four islands or, as we say, returned four islands, because we considered always them ours after World War II. The Soviet Union signed the 1956 Declaration and ratified it. Article Nine reads that an obligatory preliminary condition for a potential transfer of the two ...