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Encyclopedia - Draft Dodger: Encyclopedia Ii - Draft Dodger - Draft Dodging And The Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, about 100,000 draft dodgers went abroad throughout the war. Another group hid within the United States. An estima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Draft Dodger: Encyclopedia Ii - Draft Dodger - Draft Dodging And The Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, about 100,000 draft dodgers, in total, went abroad; others hid in the United States. An estimated 50,000 to 90,00...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Chester Minor: Encyclopedia - William Chester Minor
William Chester Minor (W. C. Minor) (June 1834–March 26, 1920) was an American surgeon who made many scholarly contributions to the Oxf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wolfgang Harich: Encyclopedia - Wolfgang Harich
Wolfgang Harich (3 December 1923 - 21 March 1995) was a philosopher and journalist in East Germany. A deserter in World War II and a memb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Götz George: Encyclopedia Ii - Götz George - Acting Career
George gave his stage debut in 1950, performing a role in William Saroyan's Mein Herz ist im Hochland. In 1953 he is able to get a small ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grass Fight: Encyclopedia Ii - Grass Fight - The Battle
On November 26, 1835, Erastus 'Deaf' Smith observed a Mexican pack train of about 150 Mexican soldiers five miles from San Antonio. The T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarkan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarkan - Discography
Tarkan - Albums. Yine Sensiz (Without You Again), 1991 A-Acayipsin (You're Something Else), 1994 Ölürüm Sana (I'd Die For You), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eden Natan-zada: Encyclopedia Ii - Eden Natan-zada - Early Life
Natan-Zada's parents describe him as having been a "bright and studious Israeli schoolboy" prior to his becoming involved with Kahanism, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hms Orpheus 1861: Encyclopedia Ii - Hms Orpheus 1861 - The Wreck
Orpheus left Sydney, Australia, on January 31, 1863. Her approach to Manukau Harbour on February 7 ran near Whatipu beach, through a seri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secondary Characters Of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Encyclopedia Ii - Secondary Characters Of Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 1: Water
Secondary Characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender - Appa. Appa the flying bison is both Aang's dear pet and his group's primary means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cask Of Amontillado: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cask Of Amontillado - Summary
The story begins during the carnival season, in an ancient city of palazzi. The first person narrator, Montresor, bears a grudge — the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cask Of Amontillado: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cask Of Amontillado - Analysis
The story horrifies the reader both through its plot and, more importantly, the character of Montresor. Despite Montresor's use of the wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarkan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarkan - Career
Tarkan began to study music in Karamürsel. His road to fame began when he moved to Istanbul to prepare for University entrance exams in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grass Fight: Encyclopedia Ii - Grass Fight - Losses
The Texan losses were reported to be four men wounded and one deserter. Mexican losses were about sixteen killed. When Burleson made out ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cask Of Amontillado: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cask Of Amontillado - Stories Influenced By The Cask Of Amontillado
Stephen King's "Dolan's Cadillac" (from Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)), is arguably a modern version of the same story. King even inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eden Natan-zada: Encyclopedia Ii - Eden Natan-zada - Reactions
Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon unequivocally condemned Natan-Zada's actions, calling them "a reprehensible act by a bloodthirsty J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cask Of Amontillado: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cask Of Amontillado - Origin
While a private in the Army stationed at Fort Independence outside Boston in 1827, Poe grew curious as to why a lieutenant, Robert Bailli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eden Natan-zada: Encyclopedia Ii - Eden Natan-zada - The Shfar'am Attack
Natan-Zada boarded the Shfar'am-bound bus on Thursday, August 4, 2005. He was dressed in full IDF uniform, carrying his IDF-issued M16 ri...   » Read the article