Avatar Posted by duke 119 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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The Jardin des Plantes, the main botanical garden in France, is situated on the left bank of the river Seine and is home to the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France's museum of natural history, as well as an elaborate rose garden, numerous hothouses, an aquarium, and a zoo. Founded during the French Revolution, the museum is now a center for research and education. In recent decades, researchers at the museum have focused their efforts on the study of what global issue?
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Avatar Posted by duke 120 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Often remembered as a tyrant who played the fiddle while watching Rome burn, Nero was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Though few surviving sources treat him favorably, some portray him as a competent emperor who was popular with the Roman people. In 68 CE, a military coup drove Nero into hiding, where he reportedly stabbed himself to avoid facing execution at the hands of the Roman Senate. Why do historians claim that the legend of Nero and his fiddle is false?
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Avatar Posted by duke 121 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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In the 17th century, Port Royal was the capital of Jamaica and a popular place for pirates to bring and spend their treasure, earning the city a seedy reputation. On June 7, 1692, a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the city, causing two-thirds of it to sink into the Caribbean Sea. Between 1,000 and 3,000 people—more than half of the city's population—were killed in the disaster. What city assumed Port Royal's role as capital of Jamaica after the earthquake?
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Avatar Posted by duke 121 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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During the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli aircraft and naval forces attacked a US intelligence ship in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Both the Israeli and American governments issued reports concluding that the attack was a tragic mistake, but these conclusions have been challenged from several fronts, and the matter remains controversial in the public debate. How many millions of dollars did Israel pay the US and the families of the victims in compensation?
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Avatar Posted by duke 123 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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The Battle of Normandy during WWII was fought between the German forces occupying Western Europe and invading Allied forces. It remains the largest amphibious landing in history, with more than 156,000 troops crossing the English Channel during the initial invasion. The battle continued for more than 2 months and concluded with the liberation of Paris. Of the invasion's 5 coastal landing points, Omaha Beach proved to be the most disastrous for Allied troops; how many were killed there that day?
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Avatar Posted by duke 124 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Brandeis was an American lawyer and the author of the Brandeis Brief, a report that detailed the impact of long working hours on women and revolutionized the practice of law. He was also a leader of the American Zionist movement. Appointed to the Supreme Court by Woodrow Wilson in 1916, he served until 1939 and was the first Jew to hold that office. Brandeis University, a liberal arts university located in Waltham, Massachusetts, is named after him. What other institutions bear his name?
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Avatar Posted by duke 125 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Henry Ford was an American engineer who is widely credited with developing the world's first modern assembly line used in mass production. After becoming chief engineer of the Edison Illuminating Company in 1893, Ford was able to devote attention to his personal experiments on gasoline engines, which culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle named the Quadricycle. What was Ford's highly unorthodox "wage motive" concept?
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Avatar Posted by duke 126 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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In April 1989, Chinese students gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand democratic reform. The demonstrators were gradually joined by workers, intellectuals, and civil servants, until over a million people filled the square and martial law was declared. The protesters demanded that the leadership resign, and the government answered, on June 3, with troops and tanks, killing thousands to quell a "counterrevolutionary rebellion." What happened in the aftermath of these events?
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