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Clever Hans

Clever Hans The mother of Hans said: 'Whither away, Hans?' Hans answered: 'To Gretel.' 'Behave well, Hans.' 'Oh, I'll behave well. Goodbye, mother.' 'Goodbye, Hans.' Hans comes to Gretel. '…

Robert Graves: Letter to S.S. from Mametz Wood

Letter to S.S. from Mametz WoodI never dreamed we'd meet that day In our old haunts down Fricourt way, Plotting such marvellous journeys there For jolly old "Après-la-guerre."Well, when it's…

2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Timeline

by Dana J. Quigley and Catherine McNiff Source: U.S. Coast GuardApril | May | June | July | August | September | November | December | February 2011 | March 2011 | November…

Oil Spill Glossary

Berm, Dispersants, Static Kill, and more by Catherine McNiff A-Q | R-W Annulus The space between the pipe and the wellbore. Biodegradation The breaking down of substances by microorganisms…

Gushers: The Texas Oil Boom and Industry

Top of Page Source: iStockThe United States is the world’s largest oil producer. For 150 years, Texas history and the oil and natural gas industry have been inextricably linked. In 2019, around 41%…

Little Faithful

Little FaithfulFor a week the amount of virtue in the old house would have supplied the neighborhood. It was really amazing, for everyone seemed in a heavenly frame of mind, and self-denial…

Mother Holle

Mother Holle Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one…

Brewer's: Cresswell

(Madame). A woman of infamous character who bequeathed 10 for a funeral sermon, in which nothing ill should be said of her. The Duke of Buckingham wrote the sermon, which was as follows: “…