Word: polese
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The idea of a global shortage seems incredible when 70% of the earth's surface is covered by H2O. But 98% of that water is salty, making it unusable for drinking or agriculture. Desalinization is technically feasible, but it is far too expensive to use anywhere except in an ultra...
The enmity between the two runs long and deep. The President still holds the Marcoses responsible for the murder of her husband Benigno (Ninoy) Aquino, who was gunned down at the Manila airport in 1983. Marcos is said to look upon Aquino as an insolent upstart who stole Malacanang Palace...
As soon as ordinary people from Dresden and Potsdam, wearing tennis shoes and loaded with plastic bags and perambulators, were seen hobbling through the underbrush across the Hungarian border in the fall of 1989, crowding embassies in Warsaw and trains in Prague, there were raised eyebrows and mixed feelings in...
When he saw the night of revelry round the Brandenburg Gate and the flag- waving crowds in Dresden, he decided that the time was ripe for him to make History. Blinded by the vision of enthusiastic voters carrying him on their shoulders, he decided to forge ahead -- never mind the...
Socially, John Sutter and Frank Bellarosa are poles apart. One is a well- born, wealthy lawyer; the other is the head of a New York crime family. But geographically the two men are close neighbors in a posh section of Long Island, N.Y., called The Gold Coast (Warner; 500 pages...