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…entered the Navy after graduation, becoming a Swift Boat officer, serving on a gunboat in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. He received a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat. By the time Senator…

…casinos. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter…

…. Women usually wear a plain coloured dress with long sleeves, bonnet and apron. Women wear a white prayer covering if married; black if single. At death, a woman is usually buried in her bridal dress, which is often blue or purple. * Religious services…

…of the Perioikoi. They procured metals and manufactured weapons. According to Pliny and Herodotus, they made shoes, purple garments and objects of wool and linen. Gytheum was the main centre for delivery of imports and exports and this was controlled by the Perioikoi…

…to the bathroom. When she entered it, a cold breeze met her. But then again it was winter and the windows were opened. She washed her face, and looked up to see her white face and the purple rings around her tired, red eyes. The she saw it. She opened her mouth…

…to him. The Roman soldiers made a crown of thorny branches and put it on his head, and then they put a purple robe on him and came to him and said, "Long live the king of the Jews!" And they went up and spat on him and took a stick and hit him over the head…

…in Massachusetts, Jack received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart. In August, 1944, Jack's brother was killed during The Project Anvil. His plane exploded shortly after takeoff. That Project was so secret that his family was told just few details…

…;#772;hāsh, the literal Hebrew term used to describe the serpent, does not specify whether the serpent was poisonous, purple, hairy or small. Whatever this nāhāsh was, it stood above all the inferior animals in consciousness…

…a purple elephant. Mind is what neurologists have not yet found inside our brain and it is what Descartes thought of as a separate substance from the rest of the body. Dualism is a functional way of looking at brain activities <Tab/> Thomas…

…intimate friends banqueted and revelled night and day upon a platform erected on a lofty, conspicuous scaffold, which was slowly drwan by eight horses. This was followed by a great many chariots, some covered with purple canopies, and some with green boughs…