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The Apartment-1960

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The apartment in this film is the bachelor pad of C (for Calvin). C (for Clifford). Baxter. It is located in Manhatten, in the West Sixties, just half a block from Central Park.  But he has a problem: ‘The only problem is – I can’t always get in when I want to’. Well Mr. Baxter [...]

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Peter the Great

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Peter the Great (1673-1725)
Having resolved to transform Russia in the model of the West ,a  delegation including himself under an assumed name of ‘Peter Mikhailov’set out from Moscow in March 1697.
His curiosity was prodigious. He inspected saw mills, grist mills and factories of all kind. He asked questions and sent samples of all sorts of [...]

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Chance vs Certainty

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In my impressionable years one man who caught the attention of media was Dr. Albert Schweitzer of Lambarene.
The young Albert once got into a fight and knocked down his opponent. The boy told Albert that it would have ended differently had he been as well nourished as he was. It must have touched him deeply [...]

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Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
At a dinner party where Benjamin Franklin was one of the distinguished guests he was asked by Abbe Raynal thus,”What kind of man deserves the most pity?”
Franklin answered,”A lonesome man on a rainy day, who does not know how to read.”
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