What technology was present during the Battle of Verdun? What German general won the Battle of Tannenberg? What technology was used in the Third Battle of Ypres? What battles were in the German spring offensives? How did the Battle of Tannenberg affect WWI?
food production and consumption was more localized than the international produce market of today.Some of the richest variety in apples was found along the east coast,particularly in the rural south.Many small farms boasted...
He was appointed Surgeon General by President Taft in 1912 and served until March 1920, and oversaw the dramatic expansion of US public health services during WWI. The U.S. Hygenic Laboratory which Blue established created vaccines against tetanus, diphtheria, typhoid and smallpox, and after the...
I was therefore hesitant to read Candace Robb‘s new Owen Archer mystery, A Snake in the Barley, the 15th in the series. I adore Candace and respect her work but 1370s York is something I know zero about. Everything was different. At times I wished there was a glossary. When I have...
–1989: a new system for distributing information on the Internet was developed by Tim Berners-Lee at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics – CERN. Berners-Lee called it the World Wide Web, also known today as the Web or WWW.
Usenet had more problems, and some usefully improved versions of block lists were developed. One in particular was "ignore poster X and replies to poster X". That allowed people to continue to read a thread while ignoring irritating sub-threads. There are a couple, and only a couple, of ...
Bonnard may have been the first “process painter”. Process painting is the heart of abstract expressionism with its expressive, emotional and immediate concerns. It had its roots in Post WWI Surrealism and Dada. His working method was very modern, leaving room for flexibility and improvisation....
1. (1) At first the Continent was named as “America” after explorer Amerigo Vespucci. (2) During the American War of Independence, the former British colonies first used “the thirteen united States of America” in the Declaration of Independence. (3) The official name of America...
during the war und reduced demand after the war. It took about 4 to 5 years to recover from each trough of production and to reach old production levels. Unlike these two cases of increasing production leading to price recovery, the period after WWI was different. Moreover, the crisis ...
That’s how Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was killed. During the Cold War, he was assassinated with an “accidental” umbrella poke. (32) Not always bad? What about their beneficial effects? Any buzz you may hear is that lectins are really bad for you. That their intolerance makes you...