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Writing to his agent, Otis Adelbert Kline, on January 8, 1936, Howard mentions the status of three spicy yarns: Hope “Guns of Khartum” clicks. I’m enclosing another Spicy Adventure herewith. I’d intended also enclosing a Breck Elkins yarn, but after writing it I was dissatisfied with it, deciding that it didn’t have enough action and…

About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth began. Since we can only measure as far back in time as we had solid rock on this planet, we are limited in how we can calculate the real age of the earth. Due to the forces of plate tectonics, our planet is also a very active one. The…

These measures led to protest. On March 22nd, 1 765, the Stamp Act was to seek to defray some of the costs of garrisoning the colonies, Parliament required all legal documents, swappers and pamphlets required to use watermarked, or ‘stamped’ paper on which levy was placed. On May 30th, 1765, the Virginian Resolution was when…

This video follows a man who asks people to trace a line. He does this experiment to prove that you can’t copy it exactly the same every time. This is called a mutation and what happens to the line after each person copies it is completely different and this is an example of evolution. As…

Herman Melville was born in New York in 1819 so he grew up in a time where slavery was still common and accepted, but in an area in which blacks were treated with much more respect than they were in the south. His father’s relatives could be traced back to a man who was a…

Rhetorical discourse is the messages crafted to the principles of rhetoric Rhetoric is the individual practicing preparing, presenting rhetorical discourse. 2. What are the marks or characteristics of rhetorical discourse discussed in this chapter? There are six distinguishing characteristics: Planned – This takes some forethought of how to address an audience. Issues that arise during…

Paul Gindiri, as he was popularly known in Northern Nigeria, was a confrontational preacher from his conversion until his death in 1996. He saw himself as an Apostle Paul to his generation. As such, he hardly used his surname, Gindiri, the name of his hometown, or his native name, Gofo, given to him by a…

Important Individuals in History Project: Empress Theodora (c. 500-548) Theodora of Byzatium, also known as Empress Theodora, was the empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Along with her husband; she is a saint in the Orthodox Church. Theodora was born into the lower class of Byzantine society in Constantinople…

Introduction President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into law on July 30, 2002. At that time he called it “the most far-reaching” business regulation reform since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (often shortened to SOX) was born of reaction and despair. The public and business communities were reeling from…

The Merovingian family, from which the Franks used to choose their kings, is commonly said to have lasted until the time of Childeric who was deposed, shaved, and thrust into the cloister by command of the Roman Pontiff Stephen. But although, to all outward appearance, it ended with him, it had long since been devoid…