Word: sites
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Eden, the site of the original revolution, Adam and Eve found it was the same old tale when they turned over a new leaf. Boring...
...Delta used to be the site of "turkey shooting"--a rather arcane pastime involving actual shooting of the fowl--and other popular games...
Ironically, the monument does not stand at the site of his burial (which was somewhere on "Burial Hill"), the site of his house is uncertain, since it was burned during the Battle of Bunker Hill, and only two copies of his signature exist. No portrait of him has ever come to light, and it is unlikely his father being an illiterate butcher, that a family portrait was ever done...
...part article on Micronesia published this week in The Crimson is a model of irresponsible journalism. It is filled with half truths and untruths, which could and should have been checked before publication. The United States did not, as the articles suggest, use "Micronesia" as a test site "for advanced nuclear weaponry." A portion of the northern Marshall Islands, which itself is only a small portion of Micronesia, was indeed used for some years, ending in 1954, for nuclear tests. By today's standards the tests were primitive, not advanced. The article next implies that such tests are going...
...cities and Medinas constantly teeming with people during the weekend gave the impression of a world far removed from the fast pace of Cambridge. A visit to Volubilis, the site of ancient Roman ruins and Meknes, an ancient city within the modern world, gave the visitors a sense of Morocco's history and Islamic culture, and some perspectives of a people conquered and integrated into so many other cultures. One of the Latin Americans was surprised to find that their architecture was heavily influenced by the Arab world, while one Fellow felt ashamed because the Romans had managed to develop...