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The Darwin legend.(Science)
THE YEAR 2009 marks the bicentenary of two great men, Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Both were born on February 12. Both Were inquisitive. Both opposed slavery. Both were evolutionists. And both became social icons. Inscribed over the imposing statue in the Lincoln Memorial are the words: "In this Temple, as in the hearts of the people, for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever." The Memorial is modelled on the Doric Temple of Zeus. It attracts about 3.5 million visitors a year, mostly non-pagans.
The Lincoln legend was slow in achieving prominence in the American political faith: the Memorial didn't open until 1922. ...
- Remembering the Lessons of Tiananmen Square
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition June 3, 1994 700+ words
...Host: Remembering the lessons of Tiananmen Square after headlines from Jean Cochran...euphoria of democracy protests in Tiananmen Square was eroding. The hundreds of thousands...others would only whisper. [tape from Tiananmen Square in 1989] [sounds of traffic noises...
- Tiananmen Square moves to Boston on July 4. (NEWS ADVISORY)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 29, 1989 700+ words
...N E W S A D V I S O R Y / TIANANMEN SQUARE MOVES TO BOSTON ON JULY 4...approximately 10 a.m., Tiananmen Square and the Chinese students...awful drama of Beijing's Tiananmen Square and the Boston Massacre suddenly...
- Tiananmen Square to host mass table tennis tourney.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. January 23, 2007 700+ words
Tiananmen Square to host mass table tennis tourney Beijing, Jan 23 (PTI) Tiananmen Square is to become the largest table tennis...more exciting than playing ping-pong at Tiananmen Square," Kanglin was quoted as saying by...
- '1989 Tiananmen square massacre: twenty years ago this spring, China's army...
- Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic March 2, 2009 700+ words
...papier-mache statue appeared in Tiananmen Square, the 100-acre heart of Beijing...100,000 people had converged on Tiananmen Square to demand more openness and political...little effect. Many of the students in Tiananmen Square went on a hunger strike to call greater...
- 1989 Tiananmen square massacre: twenty years ago this June, china's rulers sent...
- Magazine article from: New York Times Upfront Perlman, Merrill January 12, 2009 700+ words
...the Statue of Liberty appeared in Tiananmen Square, the 100-acre heart of Beijing...100,000 people had converged on Tiananmen Square to demand more openness and political...effect, and many of the students in Tiananmen Square went on a hunger strike to call even...
- BEIJING BANS PROTESTS IN TIANANMEN SQUARE.(Main)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) January 12, 1990 700+ words
...forbidding demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square, a day after the lifting of martial...people from the square during the day. Tiananmen Square, occupied by protesting students...according to law." Buildings surrounding Tiananmen Square as well as the international airport...
- Semantics game clouds issue of Tiananmen Square crackdown
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel DAVID HOLLEY December 29, 1996 700+ words
...the American consciousness as the "Tiananmen Square massacre." In a night of terror...not a single person lost his life in Tiananmen Square." What's going on here? To a...that there are two ways to define "Tiananmen Square"; the other is that some reports...
- Over a thousand people lost in crowded Tiananmen Square.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. May 2, 2007 700+ words
...people lost in crowded Tiananmen Square Beijing, May 2 (PTI...got lost in the packed Tiananmen Square on the first day of the...largest city square, Tiananmen Square yesterday and 1,075...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Darwin legend.(Science)