Sunday, 14 August 2011
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Word of the Day
buckler discuss | |
| Definition: | (noun) Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows. |
| Synonyms: | shield |
| Usage: | As soon as he deflected his opponent's blow with his buckler, he went on the offensive, slashing away with his sword. |
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  Fire BalloonsDuring World War II, Japan attempted to attack the US mainland by floating hydrogen-filled balloons equipped with incendiary devices across the Pacific Ocean. In 1944 and 1945, the Japanese launched over 9,000 of the weapons, which were designed to kill, destroy property, and start fires. Although, at the request of the US government, fire balloon incidents were not reported by the press at the time, about 300 such bombs are known to have reached N America. Of these, how many caused casualties? More... Discuss |
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 Weatherman's Days of Rage Begin (1969)The Days of Rage were a series of violent anti-war protests in Chicago that coincided with the trial of the Chicago Eight, a group of protesters charged with conspiring to incite a riot. The Days of Rage were organized by Weatherman—later known as the Weather Underground—a radical faction of Students for a Democratic Society. Despite efforts to promote the event, the protesters were outnumbered by police, and many were arrested. What statue was blown up in the days leading up to the protests? More... Discuss |
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.jpg) Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)Warburg was a German physiologist, Nobel Prize winner, and director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute—now the Max Planck Institute—for cell physiology in Berlin. He was known for his investigation of the metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells. His hypothesis that cancer cells switch from normal cellular respiration to glycolysis, the conversion of sugars, is now a noted phenomenon. In his later years, Warburg was said to have become somewhat eccentric and to have eaten only what? More... Discuss |
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 We have no right to distress any of God's creatures without a very good reason.Anna Sewell (1820-1878) Discuss |
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