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…as the earthquake of Lisbon, and hear stories of the rape and destruction of many, and even witness and experience executions and torture, they maintain throughout the entire novel, except for at the very end, that everything is for the best. Probably the biggest problem…

…and destroyed by fire. Later, the temples in which the Olympics took place were destroyed by Theodosius II for being pagan sites. These sites were then destroyed further by earthquakes, and their remains were not discovered until 1766. For over a hundred years…

…as Tesla's earthquake machine. He used a similar resonance engine to flood the human body with electrical current in order soothe aches and pains. This engine known as the "electrotherapeutic" device was used on his friend, the writer Samuel Clemens, as well…

…on both a geographical and cultural fault line that separates east from west; we are simultaneously a battleground and a site of cataclysmic earthquakes. If the islands of the Dodecanese are eastern, however, Cephallonia is undoubtedly western, whereas…

…by a jumbo jet. The current standards, concrete domes reinforced with steel, were designed to "withstand large earthquakes, extreme overpressures, and hurricane force winds" (5-1). Industry representatives have misled the public by giving them the impression…

…of the Internet was first demonstrated during the San Francisco earthquake of January 1994, when it was used to send out the first information about the disaster, beating CNN and other news organisations to the 'scoop'.' (Briggs 2002:188) Newspapers, news broadcast…

…already have several children risk losing some or all of them as a result of such factors as epidemics earthquakes or floods. Resistance to sterilization has traditionally been strongest among men, Chandrasekhar suggesting that the prevalence of tubectomies…

…, and into the stadium, you are once again overwhelmed by the smell of food. Luckily this time you're not so hungry anymore so your stomach doesn't cause a small earthquake. As you look around you notice that it's like a big hallway. There are many pictures and paintings…

…the added burden of a devastating earthquake, which killed seven thousand kept Mexico's financial systems desolate. Carlos Salinas De Gortari, the PRI candidate was elected president in 1988. Another thing that happened was Hurricane Gilbert devastated…

…being careful. 'This is probably because the Japanese know their economic house is on shaky ground, literally. Japan is eternally at nature's mercy, vulnerable to the sea that surrounds it, to earthquakes of the soil beneath it and a real shortage of raw…