a city in northern Iraq. They were outnumbered almost 15 to one by government troops defending the place. The result was a rout. But not in the direction those numbers might have suggested. In the face of the enemy, the government soldiers ran away. Reflecting shortly thereafter on America’...
HITLER WAS A CHRISTIAN... The separation of church and state is a legal and political principle derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." The ...
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Gerstein was angered by Hitler’s plans to create a Nazi-influenced German Protestant church. In February 1935, he stood up in a theater to protest at an “anti-Christian” play and was beaten up by members of the Hitler Youth. ...
Today, the Scholls are celebrated for their pivotal role as members of theWhite Rose, a small, clandestine, anti-Nazi resistance group.They joined the activist network after becoming disillusioned with the Hitler Youth, in which they were both leaders as...
"We were rich. Rich. But it was not long," Hope said. Nick Hope (middle) at around 9 years old in Ukraine.Hope family photo He was just a child when Joseph Stalin, communist dictator of the Soviet Union, came to power. "My father's house, they said 'You are rich, you capitalist...
But the therapy was so abusive, Kirk’s older brother tried to protect him by moving some of Kirk’s red chips onto his own pile. “My goal was to take the beating for my brother.” Part 4: The Bitter Root. The therapy was over, but the stress continued to build. “I can’t ...
I got a feeling I had loads when I was in primary school, 'cause I had red hair; you know, like Duracell. — Richard D. James 48 Accepting the key premise that the learner is the primary customer of schooling means others follow naturally. ... The core business of schooling is lear...
IN JUNE 2014 around 1,500 partisans of Islamic State (IS) attacked Mosul, a city in northern Iraq. They were outnumbered almost 15 to one by government troops defending the place. The result was a rout. But not in the direction those numbers might have suggested. In the face of the ene...
fire at the cost of their lives.以他们的生命为代 价 in good spirits 心情好, 兴高采烈 (教材 P19)Everyone who saw her, from nurses to famous visitors like Leonardo DiCaprio from the film Titanic, who went to see her in the hospital to cheer her up, all said she was in g...
There was an immediacy in those early live television broadcasts that today can only be effectively captured on stage, in front of a live audience.” (goodnightgoodluckbroadway.com) Adrienne Warren & Nick Jonas in The Last Five Years, photo by Norman Jean Roy. March 18, 2025: The Last ...