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… author in medieval environmental history and global water history. She's published books, including Negotiating … and Memory in Northwest Europe in 2024, and most recently, Water in World History , a small book about a big topic. … stumps only in place of wings, by which it swims underwater as swiftly as a fish in eating as in when people ate …

… been integrated there), the section describing “taking the waters” is especially fascinating. Oren-Magidor traces the … the baths held religious meaning and those who ‘took the waters’ could pray for intercession by any number of saints. … become entirely secular, the terminology associated with water cures shifted from religious to medical in nature …

… 5. Its symptoms include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. The characteristic rash appears a few days … had become common over the course of the century. French watercolor etching of a physician examining a milking maid’s …

… Neighborhoods Act," April 2010) In September 1957, in a watershed moment in the civil rights movement, Governor … to know whether the heady days of summer 2010 will mark a watershed, like that of Little Rock, in the struggle for …

… be reporting back [to the FBI] the next day.” Nixon and Watergate The legal framework surrounding intelligence … Party campaign headquarters in 1972 and caused the Watergate Scandal. Nixon’s relationship with the CIA also … with the Nixon administration during the investigation into Watergate. Nixon wanted Helms and his deputy, Vernon …

… to his emphasis on rebuilding the public trust after Watergate and his appeal as an uncorrupted Washington … necessarily. Ironically enough, one of the results of the Watergate fiasco and subsequent presidential scandals (Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Lewinsky) appears to be a growing cynicism among …

… guards locked him in a shower for two hours with 180°F water ( left ). A graph and chart showing the percentage of … were found living in a 10- by 10-foot shed with no running water and only two mattresses. The worst of these houses …

… it gives this book its title. This current of cold ocean water, however, isn't what interests Cornell University … Von Humboldt, for example, recognized that the falling water-level in a South American lake was undoubtedly the …

… of the Big Island of Hawai‘i, next to the peaceful azure waters of Hōnaunau Bay. This 420-acre park holds great … Visitors can spot sea turtles and yellow tang in the clear waters of Keoneʻele Cove, learn to play kōnane (a …

… is dirty and deplorable; there is no electricity, clean water or toilets. There are piles of garbage everywhere and … the barracks, men burn small fires to keep warm and boil water for tea. The air is thick with toxic smoke, which is … provisions, Jawed invited me for tea. As we waited for the water to boil, we played cards and they told me about …

… secretly traverse thousands of miles of contested Atlantic waters and simultaneously land their troops at three … by thick clouds and unfamiliar terrain. At sea, heavy waters and strong currents plunged carefully planned … of limited strategic value .  It was, nevertheless, a watershed moment and precedent setter. As the debut of …

… of power production, but most draw copious amounts of water from a nearby source–a river, lake, reservoir, or … ocean–for cooling. When returned to that source the coolant water is often 5o to 10o C hotter than when drawn into the … annually through impingement and entrainment on coolant water intake tunnels.  Engineers have tried to reduce …

… of Ottawa, a group of Indigenous activists, the Bawating Water Protectors, erected a teepee. In defiance of the … also accounts for present-day negligence in terms of water quality on reserves, overcrowded housing, or … represent Canada’s then ten provinces and two territories) water fountain with a natural-gas lit flame at its center, …

… sacrifice. Sacrifices in the Cenote Sagrada, the Sacred Waterfall, were also tied to the Mayan astronomical … atonement for unfertilized land. Cenote Sagrada, the Sacred Waterfall where historians have found evidence of human …

… landing craft carried not people but supplies; 20 carried water alone. In subsequent days, other supplies would … these new technologies dirtied the nation’s air and water in new ways and on a new scale. Because of skies …

… had little skin left on their bodies. Several cried out for water, though when she fetched one man a cup of water, he died soon after drinking it. With buildings …

… it's, it's temperature, as Robin pointed out, but it's also water. And that's, that's going to be a big thing to watch … of migration, both in terms of whether you have too much water in a place to make it uninhabitable either in the … 100 miles of the seashore, and humans can't breathe underwater. So it's, this will be very real. And then the, the …

… Citing the importance of the maritime trade that plied the waterway and the profits the Western governments earned from … in Lebanon in 1958. The Suez Crisis stands as a watershed event in the history of Middle East diplomacy. By …

… already known as earthquake country. The loss of two major water lines leading into the city left it vulnerable to the … is the elected director of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District. Ralph E. Shaffer is a professor emeritus of …

… is now known as the Strait of Magellan, the narrow body of water separating mainland South America from the Tierra del … Raja Humabon and the King of Spain. Fighting in the shallow waters off the shore, Magellan and 49 of his men squared off … their holds with cloves. The Trinidad, which was taking on water, could not be repaired, and it was abandoned along …

… townships, just 7% of the houses had access to running water in 1976 by one estimate. While white South Africans … age one. Many of these deaths were caused by unsanitary water or by the use of unventilated indoor fires. … evictions in court, demand services such as electricity and water, and agitate for the construction of more housing. …

… easy target of the collective paranoia. Men gargling salt water to guard against infection at Camp Dix, New Jersey, …