a criminal history of mankind

... soon became clear that the car’s number was not going to provide an easy solution. The car of that number was not American, and it had been in a garage all day; the owner had an unshakable alibi. ... excavations were suggesting an unpalatable answer: that man has always been a killer of his own species. Nowadays, that view seems uncontroversial enough; the threat of atomic annih...

Ngày tải lên: 30/05/2014, 22:51

Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2013, 13:15

... Lexical views of language As early as the 1970s, academic linguists noticed that the language was full of set phrases (e.g. you don’t say!, onwards and upwards, a man’s gotta do what a man’s ... was a pragmatic (i.e. UK) version of audio-lingualism; the key difference from the audio- lingual approach was that the language presentation and practice was situationalised and so was...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 23:20

... was avoided in the name of regulatory forbearance. Repealing Glass-Steagall The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 had established a firm separation between commerce and banking in the financial ... insurance giant AIG. The Federal Reserve also played a role in guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of assets at Citigroup and Bank of America. Additionally, the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20

... interaction habits, and language patterns. One author has gone so far as to assert that spoken language is actually a form of material culture, spoken words being air masses shaped by a speech apparatus ... fielding. Relatively few artifacts from Sunday’s professional baseball career have survived. A baseball, a fielder’s glove, and a pair of cleats appear to be equipment from the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 06:20

... was nearer to very ambitious Norman barons. He was great as a warrior; often had his white steed been seen leading the rush of battle. He was greater as a statesman: friend and foe said that ... of gold as long as the king himself, and as thick as his little finger; and a plate of gold, as broad as the king's face, and as thick as a ploughman's nail. The judge, w...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 12:21

... proof that the earth is a sphere. It revealed the vast width of the Pacific. It showed that America was probably not a part of Asia, and changed the geographical ideas of the time. [12] THE COAST ... attempt was made to settle the island. What Europe wanted was a direct westward passage through America to Cathay. This John Verrazano, an Italian sailing under the flag of France,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 00:20

... sovereigns of Europe. A remarkable circumstance is related of the hopes and intentions of the Spaniards, in the event of success in the Armada. A Spanish officer, who was taken prisoner, was examined ... whom, after they had heard mass, they received the sacrament. Gerard was probably acquainted with all the particulars of the plot. He was aware of the designs and intentions...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 22:20

... had both advantages and disadvantages. The peak period for banknote use is at the end of the year: circulation is around 10% higher than average because of the Christmas season and the first ... agreed that the name should be the same in all official languages of the European Union (EU), taking account of different alphabets, and easy to pronounce. Above all, it had to be simple a...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 00:20