Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
These included suggestions that the radio operator, possibly suffering from hypoxia, had scrambled the word "DESCENT" (of which "STENDEC" is an anagram); that "STENDEC" may have been the initials of some obscure phrase or that the airport radio operator had misheard the Morse code transmission despite it reportedly having been repeated multiple ...
Steffens' final two articles in this series discuss examples of comparatively good city government. The first is "Chicago: Half Free and Fighting On", published in October 1903. Chicago, Steffens says, is not yet "an example of good municipal government", but it nonetheless "should be celebrated among American cities for reform, real reform".
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1899, and was subsequently published by Harper & Brothers in the collection The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays (1900).
A cartoon depicts the behavior of taking bribes. The appearance of corruption is a principle of law [1] [2] mentioned in, or relevant to, several U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to campaign finance in the United States, while the basis of the principle "corruption" refers to dishonest or illegal behavior for personal gain. [3]
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, also known as Tristram Shandy, is a novel by Laurence Sterne.It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next seven years (vols. 3 and 4, 1761; vols. 5 and 6, 1762; vols. 7 and 8, 1765; vol. 9, 1767).
Argentina portal; This article is part of WikiProject Argentina, an attempt to expand, improve and standardise the content and structure of articles related to Argentina.If you would like to participate, you can improve 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, or sign up and contribute to a wider array of articles like those on our to do list.
The Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., the inspiration for the -gate suffix following the Watergate scandal. This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names include a -gate suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal, as well as other incidents to which the suffix has (often facetiously) been applied. [1]