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A man predicts an assassination.

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...A gang of street kids, an anonymous radio announcer, a detective from the future, a presidential assassination attempt and a frequently mistaken narrator all play a part in this jumble of introductions to an open-source novel inspired by the works of Macedonio Fernandez. Cover painting by Delma Soult....

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...The book chronicles the extraordinary life and leadership of Rome’s Emperor Julius Caesar, from his early years to his assassination. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...

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...O MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK ......................................................................................................... 95 THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION............................................................................................................... 108 A SCRAP OF CURIOUS HISTORY.........................................................................

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.................................................. ......... 95 THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION................................................................. ...o hold the house together. What Is Man and Other Essays 108 THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION Note.—The assassination of the Empress of Austria at Geneva, ... ... for withholding its publication now. A. B. P . The more one thinks of the assassination, the more im posing and tremendous the event becomes. The de... ...great changes since the Roman days. The murder of an empress then—even the assassination of Caesar himself—could not electrify the world as this mur ... ...he one royal func tion—laying eggs. As regards the ethics of the judicial assassination of the queen, that is a matter of politics, and will be discu...

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...or of President’s Day, brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This classic poem was written by Whitman following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It appears in Leaves of Grass , Whitman’s masterpiece of a poetry collection and is considered by many to be one of his greatest poems. This was the Weekly Poetry Project for the week of Febr...

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...oted to Mr. Shahab's writings and critics' comments on them. (Chapter 16 to 19). Chapter 20 is on the new state of Kashmir ("Azad Kashmir") and 21 on assassination of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan ("Sila-e-Shaheed"). Chapter 22 to 34 are devoted to author's experiences as Deputy Commissioner of Jhang District in Punjab. After a year in Jhang, Mr. S...

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...irst people he saw were soldiers, armed to the teeth and edgy in the gangway, swarming all over the airport in fact. It was just a few days after the assassination. The opposition leader back from his political exile shot point blank on the tarmac. Martial law, unrest, arrests and curfew. Not the best of times to come. But then he hadn't really had a choice. Or had he? Any...

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...the book. Whitman continually revised and republished Leaves of Grass throughout his lifetime, notably adding the “Drum-Taps” section after Lincoln’s assassination. The book grew from 12 poems in its first publication, which Whitman paid for and typeset himself, to nearly 400 poems in its final, “Death Bed Edition.” This recording is of the final edition. (Summary adapted ...

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...vably, Byron's publisher almost baulked at this feast of allusive irony, blasphemy (mild), calumny, scorn, lesse-majeste, cross-dressing, bestiality, assassination, circumcision and dwarf-tossing. This was the last Canto published by the stuffy John Murray (who had, however, made a tidy fortune on the earlier parts of the Epic). Although Byron's mood starts, after this, to...

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...chael become such good friends?” “It goes back ten years,” he said. “Do you remember the assassination of Pope Francis, and what was called ‘the mi... ... the assassination of Pope Francis, and what was called ‘the miracle in the sky’?” “The assassination was such a tragedy, but quite frankly, I neve... ...of your Godfather’s position. And he didn’t stop until Pope Francis went to Colombia. His assassination, and the ‘miracle in the sky’ changed everyth... ...ly. He could visualize the headlines, and the wall-to-wall TV coverage of the Director’s assassination, and, of course, he would start an investigat... ... had information as to their identity. I believe the Pentagon break-in and the Director’s assassination are related. Does anyone have any ideas that ... ...at a covert enemy operation was in effect. The Pentagon break-in was to gather proof. The assassination of the Director meant that he had knowledge ... ..., we shall get to the bottom of this. I want a special team to investigate the Director’s assassination. Special Agent Cummings I want you to head u... ...leaned out the files. Ramsey didn’t miss a thing. He felt he was safe enough for now. Two assassinations would be too much. Whoever the enemy was the... ...es arrested.” “And if it is true, Thomas, who could you trust? They may be planning your assassination as we speak. If what Brand believes is true, ...

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...ce. Consequently, the "Liberator" faced numerous uprisings and narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. By the time he died he was so despised th... ...alendar, a latter day rendition of the Aristarchus calendar from 239 BC. After his assassination, the month of Quintilis was renamed Julius (July) ... ...wn up his train and shot him during his daily walk. Hitler survived numerous other assassination attempts by his own people, too. http://learningc... ...times absent from Rome for as long as 15 months at a time. Following a coup and assassination attempt, he executed 18 of the 41 conspirators - i...

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...red, near Tarrytown, fell, although there was no storm. On the eve of the assassination of Julius Cæsar, the temple of Jupiter Stabor trembled...

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...s not had so much fun in more than four centuries. Not since 1566 when his assassination attempt on the then-Mughal emperor, Akbar, failed. He had suc... ...n close, so close to ending them then, his appetite whetted by the kahin's assassination. Anticipation as palpable as mortality lingers in the air, te...

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...ve and hate are the same. They have together resulted in massacre, murder, assassination and wars. This is a matter of history, not my opinion. It is...

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... available for public schools; and historical events, such as the Kennedy assassination, should be public domain. 336 Several comments proposed att...

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... available for public schools; and historical events, such as the Kennedy assassination, should be public domain. 336 Several comments proposed att...

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...e from the major tribes and were known for their skills in fields such as assassination and clan takeovers. They were the Council’s strong arm and th...

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...itch laughed. “I think we all need more sleep.” CHAPTER 25 THE ASSASSINATION, CIRCA 10,000 B.C. AXIANA had been very ...

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...al and political upheavals that surrounded them: the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, the death of his daughter Tullia, Caesar's dictatorship and assassination, Cicero's antagonism against Antony in the Philippics and his final struggle for the republic. Having used Cicero's letters and speeches to guide his biography, Trollope treats his other works (what he terms 'mo...