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…the air-raid sirens were dismantled." Their popularity reached a head of sorts when, in November of 1963, at the request of the Royal Family, The Beatles headlined the annual command performance at the Prince of Wales theater. It was a glittering affair…

…, a general who enlisted the help of cannibals in his army, a man who escaped several assassination attempts, and a boy who played badminton with a young Spanish prince Ferdinand in his palace. They fit the description of Simon Bolivar; a man who accomplished more…

…, the African prince Iarbas, learns that Dido was totally infatuated, and seemed to no longer care for appearance or reputation. He had once asked Dido for her hand in marriage and had been turned down. Iarbas prays to Jupiter to end this love story and prevent…

…daughters is asked how many children he has, he is likely to answer ‘three’" (Pomeroy, 1975). There was little known about the female reproductive cycle, and therefore a woman’s role in the growth of a child was merely as the carrier. The child was impregnated…

…of his father became his roommates. These four would form bonds that lasted all four years they attended the institute. Mark and “Pig” were the defenders for Tradd and Will. Tradd was teased for being effeminate and called “the honey prince”. Will got…

…is woman— A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father’s body Like Niobe, all tears, why, she— O god, a beast that wants discourse of reason Would have mourned longer—married with my uncle, My father’s brother…

…historian. Born of a well-to-do Athenian family, Xenophon was critical of extreme democracy and for a time was exiled as a traitor. The great experience of his life was serving with the Greek mercenaries of the Persian prince Cyrus, on which he based his best…

…interdependent. Old Kingdom: 2750 B.C to 2181 B.C / First Intermediate Period: 2182-2260 Little is known about Menes successors until the reign of Zoser at the end of the 3rd dynasty. His capital was located at Memphis on the Nile’s west bank. He built…

…necessary to have in order to be able to know how to love someone. Somehow she found happiness in this little toy. She “could not sleep unless it was folded in her night-gown.” And when it was with her, she was happy, believing “it to be happy likewise.” Jane…

…As the ink dried on the Constitution in 1787, the Founding Fathers--having just ended Britain's colonial hegemony--would have likely been very surprised to know that a little more than a century later the United States would have colonies of its own…