Christmas Islands : Calendar Sheet on Lunar New Year The Calendar sheet released on Lunar new year containing 12 different stamps. Date of Release:8th January 2021,Designer: Chrissy Lau,Printer: RA Print Norfolk Islands: Lizards Date of Release:9th February 2021,Designe: Jason Watts … Continue reading →
Christmas Islands : Calendar Sheet on Lunar New Year The Calendar sheet released on Lunar new year containing 12 different stamps. Date of Release:8th January 2021,Designer: Chrissy Lau,Printer: RA Print Norfolk Islands: Lizards Date of Release:9th February 2021,Designe: Jason Watts … Continue reading →
So I’m reviewing a collection of Pacific War oral histories titled, weirdly enough,
The Pacific War Remembered. It’s a reissue of a book first published during the mid-1980s. It consists of compact testimonials from American protagonists in the greatest of all sea wars. And a sprightly read it is.
The book is enlightening in several respects. First, let’s wax philosophical. Transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson maintained that “there is properly no history; only biography.” In other words, history is the sum of the biographies of all the individuals, living or dead, who make up humanity. If Emerson has it right, the more individual stories come to light, the richer and more textured our understanding of the past.
deployed, the offshore vessels. this deployment also includes a helicopter which can operate from either ship. australia has already moved a p-3 orion aircraft to the region to the christmas islands, and today the prime minister of australia confirmed that australia was sent an additional two p-3 orion and a c-130 hercules. a u.s. p-8 poseidon aircraft will be traveling to perth today to help with the search. malaysia has been working with international investigators and aviation authorities since day one. yesterday, experts from civil aviation administration of china joined the investigation team. today, officials from the french office of investigations and analysis for the safety of civil aviation also joined the team. these authorities are working with malaysian airlines and the
candidates are today. front-runner mitt romney has two stops after arriving from new hampshire this afternoon. newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann each have two events as well. rick santorum who just surged in the polls puts in the drive time with five stops throughout the state of iowa. one face missing from that map of iowa, ron paul. he says he ll ring in the new year at home in texas. two fresh faces you will see in iowa, cnn s political editor paul steinhauser and political director mark preston. they are both out at our forward operating base in des moines. paul, it s down to the last few hours there. good to see you with that beautiful backdrop behind you. break it down for me, what is the logic behind the two front-runner strategies, is ron paul heading back to texas this weekend? mitt romney not leading after spending a whole lot of time in iowa in the first place. good question. that s surprising to people. there s the state capital behind me. let s s