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propaganda in WW1

was propaganda in WW1 effective

A Traditional Christmas?

What is the significance of the Christmas tree? I know it is symbolic of something religious. Am I correct in thinking that tinsel represents a spider's webs? Can anyone tell me what the...

shedevil

British Policy

What was the main objective of British policy toward the American colonies after 1763?

dirtdevil

Apollo 1

Any truth that there exist an audio documenting a rather long (one minute or less) and painful burning to death of the three Astronauts - Grissom, Chaffey and White on Jan. 27, 1967? The...

jcherbstritt

Spontaneous Combustion

Does anyone remember in the 80s there was all this fuss about people spontaneously combusing. There was a QED programme about it. I remember an old lady had apparently spontaneously...

Brandon12

Beowulf

What was the first written example of English Literature in the Anglo-Saxon Period?

markrix

own three ofin lifetime

what on average do you own three of in your lifetime

senga-marie

Sairey Gamp

who was this Dickens character? and why is she depicted on toby jugs

Phantaxus

Schrondinger's Cat

Ok I know what it is but what does it prove? Is it just an example of Heisenberg's Uncertantity Principle that you cant tell the result of a experiment until you have observed it and that the...

spifflobster

Great Expectations By Charles Dickens

What is Great Expectations about (I don't understand it)?

kjc0123

Douglas trailed only Lincoln in the popular vote

What is the meaning of "Douglas trailed only Lincoln in the popular vote" in the following sentences? Lincoln and Douglas competed in the North, and Breckenridge and Bell in the South. Lincoln won...

kjc0123

What is the meaning of "have borne the battle" in the following sentences? Lincoln's second inaugural address closed with these words: With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in...

kjc0123

Their common manhood had lost a kinsman

What is the meaning of "Their common manhood had lost a kinsman" in the following sentences? Never before that startled April morning did such multitudes of men shed tears for the death of one they...

finestkind

highways act ?

can anyone tell me if it's legal to park a car on the pavement in a residential street, or is it that that the police don't enforce the law if it exists?

thepheebster

Name Change

If someone with a criminal record changes their name...then an employer gets a disclosure in the new name will it show?

BuggsBird

Which name?

I had my biological fathers surname until I was 17 then when my mum married again I started using my step-fathers surname but didnt change it by deed poll. I have now been known as my step-fathers...

PinkDD

Stamp on envelope upside down.

Hi everyone, I would be grateful if someone could explain to me why it is considered 'bad form' to put a stamp on an envelope upside down. (which I did by accident) and it caused a bit...