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…What is courage? What is it that makes a hero? These are a few questions that are presented by the main character Paul in "Speaking of Courage", and Fred Collins in Mystery of Heroism. Paul and Collins were in different wars, different times, different…

…. Sawyer then said, “The Presidents dead!”(Means, Gaston. The Strange pg. 72) Almost right after his death questions started coming up about the presidents death, those that served to deepen the mystery. For example, when the president first became ill…

…is aired on shows that feature unsolved mysteries. Since the 1970's, the skyjacking has inspired a number of pranks, such as the infamous Newsweek prank in which two con artists were paid $30,000 to pose as Dan Cooper. The actors managed to convince a Newsweek…

…Besichtigung wert, sowie die Rumänische Rhapsodie, komponiert von George Enescu, welche von der rumänischen Folklore inspiriert wurde. Den größten Einfluß auf die Entwicklung dieses Landes hatte das…

…Sometimes a character, one that is barely mentioned in the novel, can be an integral part of the novel itself - one who brings out one of the novel's main themes. Kurtz is one such example in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness". The mystery in this novel…

…The Fogg Museum's icon "The Virgin and Child" captures and venerates the mystery of the Madonna in a way that powerfully awes even the modern viewer. The work entrances the viewer with mesmeric textures and shapes while removing him from the holy…

…be figured out. And in my view, I like to read stories that are never solved. It's different than all the other mystery books where as the predator is always caught. I find this story more of a suspense than mystery. Reason being is that this story already shows…

…Information from: http://www.campus.northpark.edu/history/webchron/westeurope/dagama.html Birth; School: Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He was born on the year of 1469. The location that he was born on was in Sines, Portugal. The school…

…"No One's a Mystery" by Elizabeth Tallent - Summary In the Elizabeth Tallent's story "No One's Mystery" is talking about the eighteen-year-old girl-narrator and Jack. The story begins with a present that Jack gives to the girl for her eighteenth…

…The video I reviewed was a National Geographic film called Mysteries Underground. This video was about extraordinary sites there are to see in underground caves. You traveled along with cave explorers and got to see all the beautiful untouched natural…