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91World War 2 Weapons
The Second World War was a worldwide military conflict, now noted as the most widespread war in history. With more than 100 million military personnel becoming involved through various countries. There were two main sides to the war- the Allies (Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom) and the Axis (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan).
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88US History: COLD WAR INTRIGUE 1950 - 1960
The Cold War began as World War II ended and continued unti the fall of the Berlin Wall in1989 and the collapse of the USSR, around 1990 - 1991. The Cold War involved spies and counterspies, new technology...
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85Basement Ideas for Fun and Pleasure.
Throughout my life I lived in different houses, mostly apartment buildings. In Kazakhstan (one of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union), when I was a child I lived with my mother in a two story brick...
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84Rolling Stones Prove Tax Cuts Work
In a previous hub entitled How Tax Cuts Work I attempted to explain how reducing high marginal tax rates encourages people to work and produce more. This leads to a larger income base on which to levy taxes...
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83What If? : Questions in Subjunctive History
What if? All of us (or at least, the most of us) have encountered this question (or theory) sometimes in our lives. Oh yes, we all understand that living in the past has no use, that you cannot drive...
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81The Kite Runner: A Book Review And An Overview Of Afghanistan
So have you read the book the Kite Runner that everyone is talking about?The Kite Runner is the sad, but uplifting first novel written by Khaled Hosseni. Today we only hear about the horrors of war in...
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82A Statue of Communist Dictator Vladimir Lenin Saved From Scrap Heap by an American Capitalist
Over a decade or so ago, not long after the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union, I heard a comment on the radio while driving home from work, about a statute of the former Soviet dictator, Vladimir...
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81Animals sent to space
Laika - Russian Dog Animal were the first to sent to space before the manned space missions was done. The major reason was that they did not want to risk the human lives. The animal was sent to space to...
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78Genocide: Horror Stories of the 20th Century
Adolf Hitler to his Army commanders, August 22, 1939: "Thus for the time being I have sent to the East only my 'Death's Head Units' with the orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or language. Only in such a way will we win the vital space that we need. Who still talks nowadays about the Armenians?"
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80Transition Towns, Peak Oil, Climate Change, and Where Do We Go From Here?
I guess we've all begun to notice that the times, they are a-changing. First of all there was Al Gore batting on about Climate Change, and how our carbon emissions are affecting the planet and it's...
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