the Wars of the Roses on 29 March 1461‚ near the village Towton in Yorkshire. It was the "largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil". According to chroniclers‚ more than 50‚000 soldiers from York and Lancaster fought for hours on a snowstorm on that day‚ (which was a Palm Sunday.) A newsletter said a week after the battle reported that 28‚000 died on the battlefield. The fight brought about a monarchical change in England. Edward IV displaced Henry VI as King of England‚ getting the
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Charlottesville. More follows...rollercoaster" Continue reading the main story Related Stories ’Nobody knows where my brother is’ Watch Nepal disaster toll rises to 39 Himalaya trekkers ’herded to deaths’ Relatives of Britons missing in Nepal after snowstorms hit have spoken of their relief that some have made contact to say they are safe. Amanda Vardy said she had received the good news in an email from a tour company her brother‚ Nigel‚ was with. Christopher Kneale‚ father of Clare Glazebrook
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of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl who joins them in flight. The group’s natural leader is Janusz‚ a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife; he knows how to live in the wilds. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: a cynical American‚ a Russian thug‚ a comic accountant‚ a pastry chef who draws‚ a priest‚ and a Pole with night blindness. They face freezing nights‚ lack of food and water‚ mosquitoes‚ an
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Returning from the recent snowstorm that started on January 17‚ students of Melrose High School in New York City‚ noticed a horrible stench coming from one of the lockers. Monk Klutter‚ 18 was found dead in a locker a week later‚ by a school janitor on Monday‚ January 23rd‚ 2017 at 10:35 a.m. “I was walking past one of the lockers when I smelt a horrendous scent‚ it was like rotting eggs.” said Emily Wanderlust‚ 18. "As I was cleaning‚ I noticed something was off‚ it was a pungent scent like rotting
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During the 1920s‚ writers like Fitzgerald exposed the shallowness and narrow–mindedness of American life. The United States was a materialistic nation which lacked a strong sense of faith. America’s post–war writers believed that an attempt to end the war an make the world “safe” was a senseless mistake. In Fitzgerald’s short story “Babylon Revisited‚” the main character‚ Charlie‚ is unable to escape his past. Although he actively tries to avoid reminders of the Paris he used to know‚ his past successfully
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Claude Monet vs. Joseph Mallord William Turner Art has filled our past‚ is filling present day and will fill the future. Art is something that has always been and will continue to be. Great men can depict many things through their art. One artist can look at something and paint a picture that can make you happy or sad. Artist paint pictures of nature that can evoke in each one of us‚ peace‚ tranquility or rage and fear. How do they motive us as a human race? How can a painting make us take a second
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than two feet of snow across the region garnered the attention of national and international media outlets. Organizations like CNN and BBC provided special coverage of winter storm Jonas‚ focusing on the overall aftermath of the storm. Since the snowstorm impacted the entire coast‚ it would be more effective to draw attention to one specific town. I would choose to concentrate a report on Dumont‚ NJ‚ a small town in northern New Jersey. Rather than covering the impact on the whole town‚ the news report
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Volunteering makes others want to help. In Atlanta‚ there was a snowstorm that left people stuck on roads with no way to get supplies. One stranded motorist created a Facebook page asking others for what they needed. The response was one enormous group that had to be split into seven regional groups‚ each group with 300
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Before knowledge of chemical compositions and characteristics of Gypsum it had a practical use. In ancient Egyptian times the Alabaster form of gypsum was used to help build pyramids. Fast forward a few centuries to the 18th century‚ the chemical properties were defined‚ by a chemist named Lavoisier. As the world began exploring during the 18th century‚ large deposits of gypsum were found near Paris‚ France. The French began to use gypsum as building materials as well as decorative material by dehydrating
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referred to as "global warming. Global warming refers to the increase in the earth’s mean temperature as a result of enhanced greenhouse effect. Global warming could lead to freakish weather patterns such as unexpected drought‚ typhoons‚ and sudden snowstorms. In the Philippines‚ there are already trends of increasing number of hot days and warm nights‚ but decreasing number of cold days and cool nights. Both maximum and minimum temperatures are generally getting warmer. Other extreme weather/climate
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