Tag: History
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The six-hundred-square-foot Economy Store, state of the art before World War I, was an anachronism by the Roaring Twenties
9 WRONG TURNS Had they occupied the executive suite at a prominent company with millions of stockholders, or had they allowed themselves to be profiled in the press as captains of industry, the Hartfords’ personal lives could have brought embarrassment, and worse, to the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Instead, when family affairs took […]
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Lamentation (prayer) in the spiritual sense is to surrender to a higher being, and lament (pity) in the physical world is to give up.
A complaint is a gripe, pointing out a fault in our estimation, an expression of anger or concern. A lament releases an emotion of mourning that is heard beyond human ears. A complaint often turns into an outburst. A lament is a sorrowful prayer. A lament is a prayer to God. But here are seven strategies you […]
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Closely connected to preservation on a spiritual level Amber is also a metaphysical gem
Amber a hard, transparent, yellowish-brown substance that was formed in ancient times from resin (= a substance produced by trees) and is used in jewelry: a honey-yellow color typical of amber. “her eyes were green flecked with amber.” a yellow light used as a cautionary signal between green for “go” and red for “stop.” plural noun: ambers “the lights were at amber.” He has a collection of prehistoric insects preserved in amber. Greek philosophers discovered that lightweight objects will stick […]
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Free will is the capacity to choose between different possible courses of action, unimpeded.
Free will is the capacity of agents to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. [1][2] Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, sin, and other judgments that apply only to freely chosen actions. It is also connected with the ideas of advice, persuasion, deliberation, and prohibition. Traditionally, only freely willed actions are seen as deserving credit or blame. Whether free will […]
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in some cases deliberately creating, some common features in the populations
From the Preface HUMANKIND IS SPECIAL IN MANY WAYS, as the result of its evolutionary history. Among other unique features, humans are special in that they build complex and apparently very different societies. Recent developments in different sciences are now converging to provide explanations for many aspects of these societies, for the particular ways in […]
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Virginia was in Rome when she learned that the battle for Europe had begun.
CHAPTER SEVEN POLAND, FINLAND AND LONDON,AUTUMN 1939 “The relentless approach of the invader” Clare Hollingworth1 Chamberlain’s announcement was still a week into the future when Clare flew off to Poland to start her new career. But, as her plane touched down in Berlin, she already sensed she was in enemy territory. The lines of Messerschmitts […]
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