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14 hours ago · Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time is set in a fictional post-apocalyptic world, with a medieval society. In the world, a system of magic, known as the One Power, is divided into a male half (saidin) and a female half (saidar). 3,000 years before the series, the world was a high tech utopia.
14 hours ago · The film won Best Picture from the National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, making it only the third film in history—after Schindler's List (1993) and L.A. Confidential (1997)—to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards.
14 hours ago · A specific branch of both science fiction and children's books appeared in mid-Soviet era: the children's science fiction. It was meant to educate children while entertaining them. The star of the genre was Bulychov, who, along with his adult books, created children's space adventure series about Alisa Selezneva, a teenage girl from the future.
14 hours ago · Academics "Class year" refers to the individual's class year, which usually is the same as the individual's graduation year. In times of war, academy classes may graduate early, but this has never happened yet at the Air Force Academy. Name Class year Notability References Bradley C. Hosmer 1959 Lieutenant General ; first graduate in the order of merit in the first class at the Academy ...
14 hours ago · Political pressure led to America's withdrawal from the war in 1973, and the Fall of Saigon in 1975 leading to evacuations of South Vietnamese that same year; the 1973 oil crisis causes a financial crisis throughout the developed world; both the leaders of Israel and Egypt shake hands after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978; in 1971 ...
14 hours ago · Paul Linebarger, a.k.a. Cordwainer Smith—instructor in government at Harvard, Professor of Political Science at Duke and Johns Hopkins, fifteen books of science fiction, five nonfiction works including Psychological Warfare, Bronze Star, Army Major, helped form Office of War Information, advisor to CIA and John F. Kennedy, buried at Arlington ...
14 hours ago · Thích Trí Quang, 95, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk and political activist. 9. Ross Bell, 90, American entomologist. Anne Bredon, 89, American folk singer and songwriter ("Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"). George Breen, 84, American Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic silver and bronze medalist (1956, 1960), pancreatic cancer.
