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The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".
On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
1820s. 1820–1824: Ferdinand von Wrangel and Fyodor Matyushkin explore the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea areas. 1821–1824: Fyodor Litke explores the eastern Barents Sea and the west coast of Novaya Zemlya, including Matochkin Strait. 1821–1823: Pyotr Anjou continues exploration of New Siberian Islands.
Occupation (s) School master, crossword compiler. Derrick Somerset Macnutt (29 March 1902 – 29 June 1971) was a British crossword compiler who provided crosswords for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Ximenes. His main oeuvre was blocked-grid and "specialty" puzzles. Even though he only provided conventional blocked puzzles once a ...
The Great Rift Valley ( Swahili: Bonde la ufa) is a series of contiguous geographic depressions, approximately 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, that runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. [ 1] While the name continues in some usages, it is rarely used in geology as it is considered an imprecise merging of ...
Hey dudes, you’ll never believe what’s happening — the cast of Hey Dude is attending 90s Con!. Us Weekly can exclusively announce that Christine Taylor, David Lascher, Kelly Brown and Josh ...
Location hypotheses of Atlantis. A map showing the supposed extent of the Atlantean Empire. From Ignatius L. Donnelly 's Atlantis: the Antediluvian World, 1882. [ 1] There are several hypotheses about real-world events that could have inspired Plato 's fictional story of Atlantis, told in the Timaeus and Critias.
ZURICH (Reuters) -Computer mouse maker Logitech International raised its full-year sales and profit outlook on Tuesday, encouraged by strong quarterly growth. The Swiss-American company now ...