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![]() ![]() The ChekaEstablished by Vladimir Lenin in 1917, the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage, also known as the Cheka, was the first in a succession of Soviet state security organizations. Its troops policed labor camps, ran the Gulag system, put down worker riots, and orchestrated the campaign of repression that came to be known as the "Red Terror." Early Chekists made wearing what apparel fashionable among Western Communists? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Copyright Act of 1790 Signed into US Law (1790)After the US Constitution was ratified in 1788, one of the first issues that the fledgling government faced was the lack of a copyright law. Without it, Congress would be swamped with individual petitions for protection from piracy. Modeled on Britain's Statute of Anne, the Copyright Act of 1790 was soon signed into law by President Washington. Instituted to encourage learning by securing US authors the sole rights to their work for 14-year periods, it drew what complaint from Charles Dickens? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443)Beaufort was an English noblewoman, wife of Edmund Tudor, and the mother of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor Dynasty. She gave birth to Henry at 13, shortly after being widowed, and developed a close bond with her only child. Renowned for her philanthropy, she endowed professorships of divinity at Oxford and Cambridge and with the help of her confessor, John Fisher, founded Christ's College and St. John's College, Cambridge. She later acted as regent for Henry VIII. How many times did she marry? More... Discuss |
disputable discuss | |
Definition: | (adjective) Open to argument or debate. |
Synonyms: | arguable, debatable, moot |
Usage: | He certainly looked at her friend a great deal, but the expression of that look was disputable. |
![]() ![]() Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Discuss |
11 comments:
I had to take a second look, that backdrop almost doesn't look real. Then I could see the surf had changed in the second pic. Those are lovely! Happy WW!
Cindy, thank you for stopping by and commenting.
The background is slightly out of focus on purpose.
It does make it look like one of those painted backdrops, doesn't it.
Very nice pictures! Make me dream of my beach trip. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
-Amy @ The Q Family
Being at the beach makes me smile too! The water is beautiful.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. The M & M store is in Las Vegas.
Nice shots, Patty
Thank you, Amy.
Nothing like a day at the beach!
And...thank you for the visit.
Thanks for the visit, Rhonda. Yes, the ocean is beautiful.
I thought I recognized the M & M store! That place was huge!
Thank you, Isaac.
And, thanks for the visit. :-)
Beautiful guys. Beautiful ocean. Beautiful photographs!
Thank you, San.
I'm rather fond of both of them!
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