I know that Joe is vain and wants his place in the history books, but I don’t know if “hopelessly corrupt old geezer” is the label he most desires. Congrats to the Demoncrats as they hit still another stinkeroo outta the ballpark! Category: essay, music, Politics Leave a comment ...
Martians live for hundreds of years. Elmis is well over three hundred, so he has a great deal of experience with human history, but so has Namir, who is even older. I do praise Pangborn for imagining Angelo a superior human without giving him superpowers or ESP. Robert Heinlein and ...
The history of short skirts is as intriguing as it is vast. While the mini might be synonymous with the swinging sixties, the roots of short skirts trace back much further. In ancient civilizations, such as Egypt and Rome, short skirts were common for both men and women. They...
But a marriage can equally well be founded on much more practical considerations”---as indeed they have been in most societies throughout most of history. Why is romantic love of such importance in the modern world? The reason seems to be that it has some basic functions in ...
Each volume contains a Year in Review section that covers science fiction books, magazines, plays, and movies of the year, while documenting the people and events related to that year. But more than, that, Emerson includes in each volume a handful of long articles about the history of ...
Thomas Cushing is also a writer and scholar, who studies Wilson’s history, which was written in ancient times. Cushing has access to Wilson’s notes and contemplates a myth that Wilson left out of his history, one about “the Place of Going to the Stars.” Cushing is at a university ...
History of the Gladius Like most innovations, both in ancient times and the present, new equipment and processes tend to be based on what currently exists, with the aim of keeping the best parts and improving on the weaknesses. The Romans were particularly adept at this. For example,Roman mi...
3. a contradictory story / history (f.s.) 4. the brown animal (m.s.) 5. of the / from the / some serious debates (m.pl.) 6. a happy girl (f.s.) 7. the interesting cases (m. pl.) 8. the European family (f.s.) 9. the white house / the White House (f.s...
The history of Iranian cinema is vast and has survived the many transitions and troubling periods the country has experienced. Even more impressive is the fact that as masterfully as Iranian filmmakers and actors understand the medium, they have never watered down their individuality for the sake ...
The history of Iranian cinema is vast and has survived the many transitions and troubling periods the country has experienced. Even more impressive is the fact that as masterfully as Iranian filmmakers and actors understand the medium, they have never watered down their individuality for the sake ...