During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom ha...
But they are fighting our war; they are the first soldiers in trenches37 that are also our front-line trenches. In this world war of ideas and of loyalties38 we believers in democracy must do two things. We must unite our forces to form one great democratic international. We must offer ...
We did it raw. Rough The surface or part of something that is uneven or coarse Felt the rough of his chin. Raw An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such. Rough Rugged overgrown terrain. Raw A galled place; an inveterate sore. Rough (Sports) The area of a golf hole in which the grass ...
In 2003 the names of some 20 soldiers killed in action were added, and in 2004 two additional granite panels were added to provide space for as many as 1800 more names. The Randolph County Commissioners approved spending $8,439 for the expansion in November 2004. At that time it was ...
I led my soldiers. I followed them. I watched over them… They loved me. I was on a small hill in Iwo Jima. I was dirty, battle-worn and tired, but my soldiers cheered me, and I was proud. I have been soiled, burned, torn and trampled on the streets of countries ...
So what did the physicists do? They hypothesized two ad hoc mechanisms, “dark matter” and “dark energy” to explain the missing mass. They still haven’t had success in trying to find evidence for these elusive concepts by the way. Gravity is thus a property of the entire space ...
“You can see the look of terror on parents’ faces,” said Marianne Szymanski, an independent product researcher who has sent two kids to college. “You know, did I get the right mattress pad? It’s crazy.” Etsy’s trend expert, Dayna Isom Johnson, said self-expression is top of mi...
Jokes about the army, the military, soldiers, generals and wars, including war prisoners.Sort By New What Bravery is All About A British SAS squad and an American Marines squad are together in the middle of a city. The commanding officers of each group are discussing the merits of SAS ...
… Like, “Who did it?”…“How did it happen?” Isn’t there a single parent who is against tighter gun control who wishes to say, “Gun control is not the answer?” Instead, we’re only hearing the scripted Jewish agenda out of the mouths of one or two carefully selected ...
in fact, about to die, which I knew was true (so did he) but could not bring myself to admit yet. It was too painful. Too soon. He was 62. It wasn’t until I saw him in person the next day that I was able to say a proper goodbye, one of the most profoundly painful experi...