40 years ago, on July 20, 1969 American astronaut Neil Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft made a historic first human landing on the moon. As the world watched the dramatic landing on TV, Neil Armstrong uttered words which marked the triumph of the US space program in the race to land a man on [...]
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A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: “My full name has six letters. The first one is ‘M’. I pick up things. What am I?” When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished [...] Several years ago there was a well-known television circus show that developed a Bengal tiger act. Like the rest of the show, it was done “live” before a large audience. One evening, the tiger trainer went into the cage with several tigers to do a routine performance. The door was locked behind him. The spotlights highlighted the [...] Once again we hear of another suicide attack against innocent victims. Suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Marriott Hotel and the nearby Ritz-Carlton in Jakarta yesterday, killing themselves and 9 other people and injuring over 40 others. The twin suicide bombing attacks in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital at around 8 a.m. yesterday caught hotel security personnel [...] Polygamy simply means having more than one spouse at any one time. The term is usually applied to men (but can also apply to women). Many countries today have laws banning polygamy. But that does not prevent the most determined man from getting more than one wife. He simply registers one wife lawfully, and keeps quiet [...] Press reports that world renown 85-year old British orchestra conductor Sir Edward Downes died last week with his terminally ill 74-year old wife in a legal assisted-suicde clinic in Switzerland is disturbing. This is believed to be one of a handful of cases of a person dying in an assisted suicide who is not terminally ill. There will of [...] “I’ll never forgive him. I told him I would never forgive him.” The elderly lady spoke softly, but with resolve, as the nurse brought her her nightly medication. The lady’s expression was troubled as she turned away, focusing on the drape wrapped around her nursing home bed. This brief exchange revealed a deep, deep hurt. She told of [...] Bitterness is an unprofitable servant. It is like the clouds that promise water to a drought-stricken land but pass over, leaving the environment they overshadowed parched and desolate, with the inhabitants sick of heart because of hope deferred…. Bitterness is inebriated with a strong drink of pride. It promises sweet delicacies, but once consumed, is full of [...] There was a story told of a 60-year-old Japanese shipbuilder in Tokyo who came home from a hard day at work to find his family busy making arrangements for his funeral. It seems that earlier in the day, police had told the family that the man had been killed in a car crash, after people at the [...] |
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