Tag: history
group name: fouryoubyyou
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July 18, 2008 12:51 AM EDT --
when we were taught in school, the history books told us that in December of 1903, orville and wilbur wright were the first one's to fly a "controlled" motorized airplane from Kitty Hawk. . . . more
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July 06, 2008 10:34 AM EDT --
Yesterday I had plenty of time to write an article for Gather, but the topics I thought of all need a lot of research, and my brain refused to work. So I tried TV, but after watching two pretty good old . . . more
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May 04, 2008 10:56 AM EDT --
What Does 'Going Back to Basics' Mean to You?
A friend told me he looks upon going back to basics as living within one's means - no charging. That's right of course, but it is only . . . more
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June 11, 2008 01:07 PM EDT --
If you're among the many people who've wondered why they call it that, wonder no more...I found the answer:
Waldorf salad [WAWL-dorf] Created at New York's Waldorf- Astoria Hotel . . . more
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May 17, 2008 12:40 AM EDT --
The closest town of any consequence is 15 miles from me. A small town by most standards with about 7000 population. It has my family doctor, several gas stations,a couple of decent . . . more
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July 07, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
That's what my mother kept telling me back in the depression years when I was a little girl. And she meant it! So I would sit there alone at her oval mahogany dining-room table staring at the two . . . more
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July 07, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
this is an add on to my previous article.. you can find that here ..
so here are some more interesting facts on our former presidents !
James Monroe - was the first president . . . more
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June 30, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. So begins the childhood mnemonic that helps us remember the date of that historic voyage. What the rhyme fails to mention was that he . . . more
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July 22, 2008 08:36 PM EDT --
this is an add on to my two previous articles.. you can find the first one here .. & the second one here..
so here are some more interesting facts on our former presidents !
John . . . more
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June 28, 2008 12:55 PM EDT --
It is curious little items like this that make TV channel surfing interesting. Recently I surfed onto a program about the 'Little Ice Age", an event that lowered and fluctuated the temperature . . . more
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June 04, 2008 03:29 PM EDT --
In the interests of comparing qualifications of the presidential candidates of the 2008 campaign, it might be interesting to consider those of past presidents of the United States.
In 1962, 75 historians . . . more
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June 15, 2008 09:21 PM EDT --
This is not a topic that lends itself to being explained in the 850 words or less, which is what I strive for. But as a subject that concerns a fundamental right of all human beings, it should be considered . . . more
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July 11, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight - Albert Schweitzer
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June 30, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
Please bear with me, this is my first book review on Gather.
I was very pleased to see that Bight Ideas from Bestselling Authors group was offering a book on history to be reviewed. I of course . . . more
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May 30, 2008 09:59 PM EDT --
Sometimes I love controversy. Most of the time I figure, "Oh that's gotta be faked." Well ... we all know of YouTube... or most of us do. Most adults seem to ignore posting there, but sometimes . . . more
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June 25, 2008 09:59 PM EDT --
at my work.. our summer camp started last monday.. & every summer we have a different theme.. last year it was the 50 states.. so we learned about all the states & told the kids interesting facts . . . more
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July 21, 2008 04:25 PM EDT --
Reeling
Hitting bottom
Broken against rock
shale and limestone
Unable to piece together
warm from cold; new from old.
There are children in the valley
Look at them huddle and . . . more
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June 30, 2008 08:49 PM EDT --
I just turned on the History channel to learn that NYC only has 1200 public restrooms. Similarly, Singapore has 30,000 public restrooms. When nature calls, where would you go to the bathroom?
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April 24, 2008 02:16 AM EDT --
http://www.archive.org/index.php
This is such a phenomenal website to visit. You can find such wonderful things here...things you thought were long lost.
The following are just . . . more
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May 12, 2008 10:51 AM EDT --
Europe is dotted with old ruins and castles. I visited many on my trips there. On one trip to Luxemburg, about an hours drive from my daughters home in Germany, we stopped at an old . . . more
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