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Unemployment fell from 7.7 million in spring 1940 to 3.4 million in fall 1941 and to 1.5 million in fall 1942, out of a labor force of 54 million. [ m ] There was a growing labor shortage, accelerating the second wave of the Great Migration of African Americans, farmers and rural populations to manufacturing centers.
The Bastille played a key role in the rebellion of the Fronde and the Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine, which was fought beneath its walls in 1652. Louis XIV used the Bastille as a prison for upper-class members of French society who had opposed or angered him including, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, French Protestants. From ...
"I almost fell off the Folklore cabin, but I didn’t, and that's the lesson," she told the crowd. "My life flashed before my eyes. "My life flashed before my eyes. It’s all good, everything's ...
The Zone contains a mystical place called the Room, where wishes are granted to anyone who dares step inside. Stalker takes on two clients, a writer and scientist, to take with him to the Zone. However the trio ends up on a more difficult quest than they initially bargained for. The Stand: 1994 Based on Stephen King's 1978 novel of the same ...
USA TODAY. September 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM. Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
Golden Fleece. In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Ancient Greek: Χρυσόμαλλον δέρας, romanized: Khrysómallon déras, lit. 'Golden-haired pelt') is the fleece of the golden -woolled, [a] winged ram, Chrysomallos, that rescued Phrixus and brought him to Colchis, where Phrixus then sacrificed it to Zeus. Phrixus gave the fleece ...
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 ...
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of The Wednesday Cricket Club (itself formed in 1820), they were known as The Wednesday Football ...