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87Madeira Runway: Airport Runway on Pillars
Madeira Airport was most famously known for it's location, right by the sea in Maderia, Portugal. It was also know for it's extrememly short runway, which in former years was somewhat dangerous. In 2000, their expansion project was finally completed and now the airport is a lot more safe although still a bit difficult for pilots to land in.
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82Fallen Angel - Brittany Murphy Dead at 32
I was spending a quiet Sunday at home, catching up on some work. It was a rare day when all of my kids were gone at friends' houses and my husband was at work himself. So I figured I would use the peace...
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84Famous First Lines: Richard III
There is a great deal of twisted biography concerning the person of King Richard III of England (1452-1485), first written by the great diplomat and statesman Thomas More (1478-1535), that, in the manner of...
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82Unforgettable Tragedy End of Indian Actress Soundarya
I think no one can easily forget her smiling and childish face. Yes ! she was none other than Tollywood Angel Soundarya who had made a good record of acting in more than 90 films in Indian cinema industry....
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83The Indian Ocean Tsunami
Year 2004.We had a great Christmas! The next morning, Dec 26th, being a Sunday, we were all just lazing around. We felt the ground shake a bit beneath us. Before we could realize, it was over! We relaxed. It...
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83Love and Limerence
Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Shall I tell you how he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.... These are the opening lines to a satirical poem by Thackeray about...
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77The Pity of Emily Grierson
As characterized by Faulkner, Emily Grierson alternately evoked pity and annoyance from her contemporaries, for just as Emily’s circumstances changed, so did society’s opinion of...
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79Was Macbeth A Villain Or A victim?
If you have seen Macbeth performed on stage several times you will realise that no two Macbeths are ever played in quite the same way. Of course, both actors and directors will have their own views on how...
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75Magic Meadow - A Tribute to Compassion, Natural Living, and Self-Sufficiency
My grandparents were always there, from my very first memories, through all the years of childhood, and into adulthood. They were pillars of stability and love throughout all the many changes and difficulties, triumphs and failures, joys and sadnesses. I could not imagine a world without them in it. And then, the unthinkable happened. An unimagineable, an impossible tragedy...
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77Is getting divorced always a bad thing?
I am closing a half century. A long time with inbred and conforming to my down-to-earth catholic ways. I can remember learning, as young as 7 years of age, that divorce was a no-no in catholicism. However,...
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