Women in the Military: Postwar
The Army Nurse Corps and the Navy Nurse Corps remained active after the war. Injured soldiers still needed care, so the demand for nurses continued. Many women serving i...
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What Does Tsunami Mean?From the Japanese ‘tsu’ meaning ‘harbour’ and ‘nami’ meaning ‘wave’, the traditional translation of tsunami as ‘tidal wa...
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A 24-year-old California surfer topped a daredevil contest Saturday that had competitors riding waves more than four stories tall.Greg Long of San Clemente was among two dozen elite surfers who too...
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The boogie boarders at Schlitterbahn Waterpark know that they have a really cool summer job.Five nights a week, for a half-hour just past sunset, the park pays a team of 10- to 19-year-olds to perf...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The death toll in a cold wave sweeping across
northern India rose to 90 Thursday with the weather office
forecasting the harsh conditions were likely to co...
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The heat wave that scorched California a year ago may have contributed to hundreds more deaths than the state has officially reported, an Associated Press investigation suggests.As recently as last...
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A crime wave is intensifying in this city already beset by a flagging recovery from Hurricane Katrina, and Hispanic immigrants helping to rebuild are common targets, according to police and to stat...
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Utilities urged customers to ease up on electricity use and officials opened cool shelters as California continued to swelter under a heat wave Friday. Meanwhile, cloudbursts laced with lightning u...
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Women in the Military: Postwar
Tsunami Terror Freak Wave Trivia
