The Russian language was popular with the Chinese in the 20th century. My parents are now in their 60s, but in their youth, like all young Chinese people at the time, they studied Russian. At that time, however, the Soviet-Chinese rift began, so they never finished learning Russian and ...
Acronyms are where you pronounce a set of alphabets shortened from its original as a word e.g. LASER, NATO And sap (when u dont say es-ay-pee) refers to tree sap and is also a military term. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapping Also see [The Madras Sappers estd. 1780|http:...
while I jokingly called myself henpecked. And that suited me. I know families where the husbands are businessmen, earning a lot of money and in charge of hundreds of employees. They are real bosses at work. But as soon as they enter their own home, they become quiet and resigned. Athome...
and you are not allowed to criticize them when you are white. The jewish racism and fascism (=the racism towards the majority of every country) can be seen whereever they participate or rule-not just in the apartheid country called Israel. And they are doing this for thousands of years. ...
Health Editor Madeleine Brindley had her levels measuredI HAVE a cold - it's my first of the winter and fluctuates between being a minor nuisance and a real energy-sapper.I've always been susceptible to colds and I manage to catch as many that are doing the rounds as possible.In the pa...
was a David movie. Scotts well-publicized feelings towards the Xenomorph are reason enough that he should not make another Alien movie. That said, I feel Blomkamp's interest in the Alien is secondary to his interest in the Colonial Marines and the human characters of James Cameron's Aliens....
the literary tradition of English gentlemen-spies created by writers like John Buchan and Sapper. Characters like Buchan’s Richard Hannay (The 39 Steps) and Sappers’ ‘Bulldog’ Drummond took part in adventures in which they protected England from evil foreign agents that sought to destroy it...
Every Russian has a different way to explain why they prefer round brackets. Some just say, “it’s shorter.” But it’s not all about brevity or laziness. Brackets have another meaning – using them Russians show they are friendly, polite and feel good about the conversation. It doesn’...
“Siberia used to mean to Americans… convict chains and exiles. All has been changed as though by magic,” announced U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace before an audience of GULAG prisoners in 1944. How did it come to this? Well, relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union are gen...
of all the services of the state system today, you will need to have a compulsorymedical insurance policy- they can be obtained at the nearest polyclinic practically as soon as you are born (children's and adult medical establishments are separate, but all of them are covered by the policy...