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11History of longitude — The history of longitude is a record of the effort, by navigators and scientists over several centuries, to discover a means of determining longitude. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation. Historically, the …
12ration — ra|tion1 [ˈræʃən US ˈræ , ˈreı ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Latin ratio; RATIO] 1.) [U and C] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a war food/clothes/meat etc ration ▪ …
13Eisenhower and German POWs — Canadian novelist James Bacque has alleged that U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower oversaw the deaths by starvation or exposure of one million German prisoners of war held in Western internment camps after the Second World War. Bacque charges that… …
14Civilian Public Service — The Civilian Public Service (CPS) provided conscientious objectors in the United States an alternative to military service during World War II. From 1941 to 1947, nearly 12,000 draftees, willing to serve their country in some capacity but… …
15Fasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fasting fasting Sgm: N 1 xerophagy xerophagy Sgm: N 1 famishment famishment starvation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 fast fast jour maigre Sgm: N 2 fast d …
16Forced labor in Germany during World War II — Use of forced labor in Nazi Germany during World War II occurred on a large scale. It was an important part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories; it also contributed to the extermination of populations of German–occupied… …
17STUART, John McDouall (1815-1866) — explorer was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, on 7 September 1815, the son of William Stuart, a captain in the army. He arrived in South Australia in 1838 where he entered the government survey department. In 1844 he joined the expedition to the… …
18Ketogenic diet — The ketogenic diet is a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet, primarily used to treat difficult to control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet mimics aspects of starvation by forcing the body to burn fat rather than… …
19Bannock War — The Bannock War was an 1878 war primarily between the Bannock people and the Northern Shoshone, tribes of Native Americans, vs the United States government.The tribe, having been restricted to the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho by the Fort… …
20Major Dundee — est un film américain de Sam Peckinpah sorti en 1965, avec Charlton Heston, Richard Harris et James Coburn. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution …
