It defines an “armed conflict” as “a contested incompatibility which concerns government and/or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths [in one calendar year]”; it ...
As the tanks thunder through Budapest, Zoltan Thury, broadcasting on Radio Free Europe from the Hungarian Desk in Munich, quotes the following from a November 4 London Observer Washington dispatch: “If [. . .] Hungarians holdout for three or four days, then the pressure upon the government...
Islam has a lunar calendar, and this year’s Hajj fell during a period of extreme heat. Not only are the massive crowds a problem, but this year the Saudi city is under an excessive heat warning, with highs at times having reached between 110 and 115°F during the day, and 100°F ...
Mars also gave his name to the third month in the Roman calendar, Martius, from which English "March" derives. In the most ancient Roman calendar, Martius was the first month. The planet Mars was named for him, and in some allegorical and philosophical writings, the planet and the ...
While I’m on the subject of world wars, I can’t help but acknowledge the calendar and the 100th anniversary of the beginnings ofWorld War Ithis coming July. My only real exposure to the war so far has been with John Keegan’s excellentThe First World War. I’ve read a half-dozen...
The net effect of the iPhone XR demand, however, will result in a year-over-year decline in the first calendar quarter of 2019, if Kuo is correct. Kuo has said this before about the iPhone X in early 2018,and wasn't accurate. His voice joined a chorus of...
Since June 18, when he left for Argentina, Sanford has spent 12 of 28 calendar days in Columbia or on the road on gubernatorial duties, according to his governor’s office. Sanford did not work on six of 19 business days during that period. ...
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