Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 19, 2004
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French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her
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Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 1, 2000
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French author, Guy de Maupassant was one of the greatest writers of short stories the world has ever known. Within ten years he rose from relative obscurity to fame. Just what he thought he’d always wanted. His material possessions showed a life of affluence…a yacht in the Mediterranean, a large
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
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: French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2001
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Growing up as a missionary kid in the De. Rep. of the Congo, we were forced out of our mission station by communist rebels in 1964. I was only 8 years old at the time; but I remember that our family, with 20 others white people on the station had received a radio message that the rebels were close
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French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo,
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Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 29, 2006
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French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, “I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests—and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 1, 2009
Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time.
Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 2, 2012
Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo,
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
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Las Vegas now has a call-in “Connection Confession” line where people can call and confess their sins to a recording. America’s first confession line makes it possible, for a fee of $9 per three minutes, to record your sin and if you want to pay a little more you can listen to other people’s sins.
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Contributed by Ryan Peters on Mar 10, 2009
Suicide has steadily grown since 1999. The LA Times reports that
Suicides for whites ages 40 to 64 rose 17% from 1999 to 2005, researchers said. For middle-age white men, the rate rose 16% to 26.9 per 100,000 in 2005, from 23.1 per 100,000 in 1999. For white women in that age group, the rate rose
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A guest in a hotel in L.A. told the desk clerk he wanted to take a walking tour of the city but was terrified by all he had heard about the traffic. He asked about the safest time to venture out.
The clerk was equal to the task. He said the safest time is Sunday morning. All the Jewish folk are
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Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 27, 2004
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Durante la guerra entre Irak e Irán en los años 80, la Fuerza Aérea Iraqí utilizaba el avión MiG-26, uno de los más avanzados de todos los tiempos. Sin embargo, sufrieron muchísimas pérdidas de aviones, aun cuando los iraníes utilizaban aviones inferiores. Los fabricantes de los MiG fueron a
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(English translation follows)
¿De dónde viene el carácter? ¿Cómo llega a nosotros?
Recuerde la ilustración del hombre que comprando pollo rostizado, se dio cuenta que en vez del bote de pollo le dieron el bote de las ganancias del día. Su novia se quedó sorprendida cuando el decidió regresar el
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Gary Freeman nos dice de una niña que fue al colegio pero que no le gustaba. Pero se dijo a sí misma, “Si me graduara del colegio, y me casara y tuviera hijos, Yo se que finalmente podre gozar de la vida”.
Así que se apego a eso. Fue a clases todos los días y finalmente se graduó del colegio.
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