In 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested a nuclear bomb and communist forces led by Mao Zedong (1893-1976) took control of China. The following year saw the start of the Korean War (1950-53), which engaged U.S. troops in combat against the communist-supported forces of North Korea....
“The theater doesn’t need them, and it’s too late to turn them in now. The Red Guards would say that we were hiding them and waiting for New China to fall. Besides, even if we did turn them in, the Red Guards would just burn them anyway.” Grandma looked at me and shook her...
Old-school New Yorkers will remember the tale of Crazy Eddie quite well. The commercial alone is legendary. What started as an electronics storefront in Brooklyn grew to become the largest commercial electronics store in the New York metropolitan area, in addition to 43 stores up and down the ...
“Uh, what about breaking a window? No rejas fortify this house.” I tell her that not one of her neighbors has a clue about how to contact them if their house is broken into.” No one in the entire state has their contact information in case of an emergency. “The neighbors are al...
The film is a mighty misrepresentation of what happened in Somalia, turning the white man, once again, into a noble everyman, violently betrayed by the very savages he pretends to civilise and defend. In 1992, George Bush senior announced that America had come to do "God's work" in ...
The most popular grocery stores in America, from corporate chains to family-owned enterprises.Stackerranked them using consumer ratings sourced fromYouGovpolls. LOOK: Food history from the year you were born From product innovations to major recalls,Stackerresearched what happened in food history every...
Just a few months before the start of the ‘04 Red Sox season, the Patriots were playing in Super Bowl XXXVIII when the infamous Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” happened during the halftime show with her and Justin Timberlake. Speaking of music, Kanye West was all over the charts, ...
Decrying the fact they may never get to sink their teeth into the beloved cheddar biscuits locally, they realized they may have to answer the question, "What are they building?" with an answer other than: "The Sierra Vista Red Lobster."...
Writing with red pens was also related to death. In ancient China, the criminals who were sentenced to death (被判死刑) signed their names with red pens. The records of criminals’ names were all written in red words. Names on the tombstones were red as well. Therefore, it was thought ...