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… sea. The atom could desalinate the oceans for the world’s water supply. The explosive power of the nucleus could be … of nuclear development was the decision to make “light water” (the familiar H 2 O) the moderator and coolant for … In contrast, Canadian reactors use deuterium, or “heavy water,” containing an isotope of hydrogen with an extra …

… defenders. The Stalingrad Flour Mill: the mill, near the waterfront, was one of the few buildings to remain …

… Central Asia . According to the Hippocratic essay, “Airs, Waters, Places,” the most extensive surviving account of … flabby and cowardly. The title page of Hippocrates's “Airs, Waters, Places.” But climate did not act alone. Historical … most notably, the Persian Wars (499-449 B.C.E.) were a watershed in Greek thinking about themselves and the world …

… another two divided Cold War states in Asia became a watershed that shaped the geopolitics in the Taiwan Strait … Kong ).  The  Sino-Soviet split constituted the next major watershed to transform Taiwan-U.S.-China relations and … Bill Clinton responded by sending two carrier groups to the waters near Taiwan.  This episode is known as the Third …

… a special Salt Museum at Ust’-Borovsk, extracted salt and water from underground, boiled the viscous mixture using … we needed convincing that they were actually filled with water. Even they have an inhabitant—a tiny shrimp-like …

… of the film is the inclusion of Congresswoman Maxine Water’s speech at a Congressional Black Caucasus press … in 1992 amidst the urban rebellion. Congresswoman Waters explained, “I am angry and I have a right to that …

… largest single MSEs ever recorded in Atlantic or North Sea waters. For decades, stranding networks across Europe have … MSE in Falmouth Bay; before that the largest MSE in English waters had been the 1938 stranding of 15 animals. One of the …

… the French side of Lake Geneva better known for its bottled water than its role in diplomatic history: Evian-les-Bains. … On 7 March 1962, with a late winter storm churning the waters of Lake Geneva, Krim Belkacem and Louis Joxe met once …

… they were known in his time. The creature’s appearance with watery eyes and pale yellow skin was frightening, and … story in rugged regions of the Swiss Alps with cascading waterfalls and jagged snow-covered peaks where Frankenstein …

… Filipino, 10,000 American) who fell into their hands. Food, water, medical care, and transportation were in short … Japanese soldiers denied basic needs – especially water – to the prisoners of war trudging along the dusty …

… of it. I remember enough of, of the old Richard Nixon in Watergate hearings to remember that there were at least … domestic spying. And in the funny thing about that is that Watergate in some ways, represents some kind of democratic … congressional investigation, and they failed until after Watergate in the Church Committee. So, I guess my kind of …

… that intelligent creatures had constructed canals to carry water across the surface of Mars, an idea that remained … the first photographs from the Mariner 4 probe revealed a waterless, lifeless planet. In subsequent decades, robotic … that, while no life appears to exist on Mars, abundant water does. Astronomer Percival Lowell at his Flagstaff, AZ …

… and sanitation workers to measure radioactivity of air, water, soil and food. They took 950,000 measurements and … town markets did not have clean rooms with warm, running water to fashion into labs. Once they tested samples, Soviet …

… warmth of their newborn star. 9. We Got a Moon and Some Water An artist’s depiction of a collision similar to the … with a dense iron core sinking to the center, and liquid water percolating to the surface and a nitrogen-rich …

… adjusted to conditions of regress wrought by war. Running water and electricity were only intermittently available and … the start of the civil war in 1989. Residents had to dig water wells or travel to other neighborhoods that contained …

… fountain to prevent homeless from congregating . Today water continues to flow in the fountain (albeit still no … Francisco. While of the same natural products, stone and water, the UN Plaza fountain is not natural: it is a crafted …

… who was inspired by the landscape and the sound of rushing water. The valley’s clear water, rocks, and pine and oak trees make for spectacular …

… and large  umiaqs that could deftly navigate ice-choked waters.  Apart from archaeological evidence, oral histories … of years, the Greenland ice sheet has shed icebergs and meltwater in the summer and maintained its mass through … there are large oil and gas reserves onshore and in the waters off Greenland.  Although some mines are operational, …

… had passed it was then later rescinded. Sarah Paxton The watershed moment in the state of Washington granting women's … Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage shortly after the watershed of 1910. The daughter of the United States …

… crawled through four feet of shrubbery, and fell into the watery moat surrounding the gorilla enclosure. Though, at … goat in an enclosure that provided grasslands, polar waters, or rocky precipices, respectively, did not mean that …

… Koran (and many other texts), Alexander searches for the Water of Life, akin to the Fountain of Youth, but the water looked forward to life, not backward to youth. In the …

… two examine the interconnections among these bodies of water after 1492. This organization keeps the book’s length …

… aid to those countries. His comparison holds little water. So why does he invoke it? Because invoking the …