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The Lunar Landings: Problematic Poetry
A short discussion of the poetic response to the manned lunar landings and the destruction of the Moon as a symbolic myth.
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Goebel Retires from Skating
Timothy Goebel, United States Figure Skating National Team member since 1994, said: “Goodbye” to his competitive figure skating career.
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OPERATION JUBILEE: The Raid on Dieppe
In the spring of 1942, the situation with the Allied Forces in Europe was desperate. On August 19, 1942, Canadian Forces landed on the beach of Dieppe. My Uncle Bill was one of those men.
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To the Moon by Way of Testing
Before the first successful launch of a manned Apollo mission, critical tests of hardware had to be completed.
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Forgotten Machines of the Space Race
A description of a pair of simulators built at Langley AFB in Virgina during the 1960's. These simulators helped land men on the moon, yet today they are all but forgotten in the story of America's space program. ,A description of a pair of simulators built at Langley AFB in Virgina during the 1960's. These simulators helped land men on the moon, yet today they are all but forgotten in the story of America's space program.
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KSC Part I: Blast off into space at Kennedy Space Center
This is the first part of a two-part visit to the Kennedy Space Center area in Brevard County, just east of Orlando.
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Rolling With The Punches in "Savage Instinct" part 2
An actor's view of what its like working on an ultra-low budget feature film.
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1968: Chaos in America
In the second half of 1968, the country explodes into violence following the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
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Introduce Shakespeare with Film
Using "The Renaissance Man" as a prologue to reading "Hamlet" enables high school students to understand the entire plot and familiarizes them with the language.
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The Pharos of Alexandria
Apart from the great pyramids, the Lighthouse at Alexandria was the longest-lasting of all the ancient wonders, a grand beacon at the Alexandrian harbor.
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A Shared Vision In Space
Following the PR triumph of the Space Shuttle Discovery's mission, a look back at how broadcasting coped with covering mankind's first steps on the moon.
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Fleau des Espagnois - Flail of the Spaniards
To contemporaries he was known simply as L'Ollonais, "the man from Olonne." His success at piracy attracted many pirates eager to sail with him in spite of the brutality he showed his prey, particularly the Spanish, who called him "Fléau des Espagnois." **Warning to readers: This article contains explicit examples of L'Ollonais' ruthless torturing of prisoners.
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To the Moon by Christmas
A series of steps is circumvented by a risky plan to send Americans to the moon before the Russians.
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Anzac Day - April 25th
A brief look at the history of Anzac Day and its symbolism to the peoples of Australia and New Zealand.
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Once More, with Feeling
On January 14, 2004, President Bush articulated a new vision for American spaceflight. Within a few years, we may finally, definitively, be on course for Mars.
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Vengeance Weapons
During the latter days of the war, the Germans conducted a renewed terror bombing of London. This blitz was not carried out by waves of Heinkel, Junker and Stuka bombers, but by mindless robots, the <i>Vergeltungswaffen</i> -- vengeance weapons.
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Interview with Sara Douglass
This week's article is an interview with Australian Fantasy author Sara Douglass.

Plato Revisited
What is the condition of poetry, both morally and philosophically, within the context of human society? James Quinton takes a look at the historic odyssey of poetic thought and expression from Plato to John Forbes.
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