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The Koran/Sura LXXVI — Man

Sura LXXVI — Man Mecca — 31 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Doth not a long time pass over MAN, during which he is a thing unremembered?[192] We have created…

Occupy Wall Street

Why Wall Street occupied so many minds in 2011 by Jennie Wood Poster Credit: Adbusters Related Links Labor and EmploymentEconomy 101Occupy Wall StreetWomen's Rights…

pacifism

(Encyclopedia) pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of…

Kentucky

Kentucky State Information Official Name: The Commonwealth of Kentucky Capital: Frankfort Organized as a territory: January 1, 1777 Entered Union: June 1, 1792 (15th State) Present constitution…

Flatland: Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Nature of FlatlandConcerning the Inhabitants of FlatlandOf the Climate and Houses in Flatland As with you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass…

Brewer's: Templars

or Knights Templars. Nine French knights bound themselves, at the beginning of the twelfth century, to protect pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land, and received the name of Templars,…

Consumers' League, National

(Encyclopedia) Consumers' League, National, organization designed to promote better conditions among workers by encouraging the purchase of articles made and sold under improved working conditions.…

Crawford, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Crawford, Thomas, 1813–57, American sculptor, b. New York City. He was apprenticed to a wood carver and later worked for a firm of tombstone cutters. He achieved his first success with…