Articles, tagged with "british army", page 2
22nd February 2011
The city of Portland is the largest city of US. It has quite a vast and interesting history. This article will give a brief history of Portland. The people that came to Lake Superior were the French in 1622; however, no settlement took place. It was in 16...
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victoria
14th February 2011
Snooker history goes back a great distance, in reality to the late nineteenth century. Among the many British army officers stationed in India, billiards was probably the most well-liked evening games. It was round 1874 or 1875 in an officers’ mess in Jab...
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jefff9ktjo
14th February 2011
Snooker history goes back a long way, in fact to the late 19th century. Among the British army officers stationed in India, billiards was one of the most in style night games. It was round 1874 or 1875 in an officers’ mess in Jabalpur that one of the offi...
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jefff9ktjo
01st February 2011
Ping pong or table tennis? What's the difference? Given that you are enjoying hitting ping pong balls in ping pong tables does it matter what you call it? But just to set things right, the name "ping-pong" may have orginated from the sound from which is c...
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paulm9dbro
28th January 2011
Which means you Have Gout In Your FeetOh, gout. The disease from the seniors retired British army guy, together with his whitened walrus moustache, shiny monocle, red encounter and irascible character, not to mention their very decanter of brandy close by...
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Cary Maxwell
25th January 2011
When a country is occupied by a foreign power as Ireland was for several hundred years then music is often used as a way of poking fun at the establishment.
This is a large part of the appeal of that hugely popular Irish song, Whiskey in the Jar, which...
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michaelcurran173
19th January 2011
Located in the fruit bowl of Kumaon, Ramgarh
is a veritable garden of paradise fruit trees abound here and scenic mountains surround it. Even Sri Aurobindo succumbed to Ramgarh and the tranquil charms of this beautiful hill station and established an a...
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Author:
laxmi singh
19th January 2011
The Urdu is a centuries old language. It is a language that was developed from several other languages. It is considered as the sweetest language of the world. The following are some of the very interesting facts and aspects of the Urdu literatu...
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Asrar Asrar
28th December 2010
This dentist undeniably extends his working hours until dawn just to figure out a cure for a disease which could be avoided if people would just brush their teeth. According to him, in the United States, almost 28 million suffer from gum disease or period...
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Author:
rabelai
24th December 2010
If people would just take care of their teeth, this dentist doesn't have to work until morning in search for a remedy for this disease. Also, he said that about 28 million people in the United States experience having gum problems or periodontitis. A lot ...
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joseph mccloud
16th December 2010
Perched on a 15 km long horseshoe shaped ridge with the grand Himalayas as a backdrop is the colonial hill resort of Mussoorie. At heights of over 2,000 metres, Mussoorie has superb views of peaks in the western Garhwal hills, including Banderpunch Massif...
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MandakiniHotels
13th December 2010
Rotary Watches Ltd was established in 1895 by Moise Dreyfuss at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. In the 1920s rotary watches were imported to Britain which became the company's most successful market.
In 1940, Rotary became the official watch suppl...
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Author:
bensonbrown
09th December 2010
Nursing students, when asked who created the first organized nursing school, I'll bet the words "Florence Nightingale" are the first thing that come to mind.
Florence Nightingale, a volunteer nurse in the British Army, offered some decent care to wound...
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Travis
09th December 2010
Most nursing students have nothing to answer when asked who first organized nursing school. Or else, they say the first person that comes to mind - Florence Nightingale.
Florence Nightingale was the pioneering nurse who volunteered her services to the ...
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Author:
Travis
16th November 2010
Urdu is one of the most widely spoken languages in the Indian subcontinent. Other than that, communities all over the world speak it. In total almost 4 million people, speak the Urdu language.
Several factors lead to the dev...
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Author:
Asrar Asrar