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Remembering the Bomber from the Cold War Era-The Bear

MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 17 Apr

The Cold War was in a way an important era in world history. There was no fighting, but the two protagonist the United States and the USSR did shadowboxing. In early 50s the Russians did not have any plane that could strike the...

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When The Kissing Had To Stop by Constantine Fitz Gibbon - Near Future Thriller Review

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (310) • United Kingdom 9 Dec 23

I'm British, and I'm old enough to remember the Cold War - or maybe we should now be calling it Cold War 1, in light of current events. I was a young man when the Berlin Wall was knocked down. When I was a teenager, some people...

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Video watch : Talk on Area 51, UFOs and Aliens

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49753) • India 27 Dec 22

While I had seen the thumbnail of this video a few days back, I saw this one just today. The host talks about the rumours about UFOs and Alien sightings in 1950s and 70s. It's an interesting video with incidents related to Cold...

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Childhood Memories - #3

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222278) • United States 26 Apr 22

This subject was suggested by @JudyEv. To continue on: I always walked to school. I remember one winter walking in snow up over my knees. A police car pulled up; and the policeman told me that there wasn't any school. He was...

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Mount Umunhum

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 29 Jan 22

Mount Umunhum is in the background here. You can see it from Almaden Expressway in San Jose. Mount Umunhum is the highest mountain in the Sierra Azul which are part of the Santa Cruz mountains. On top of the mountain is the Cube,...

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Movie Review Cold War

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Oct 19

2018 – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski The third of nine movies in the Preston based UCLan Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie Festival. An incredible tragic love story set over many years from 1949 to the mid-1960’s,...

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Thanks for the memories June Foray (1917-2017)

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Jul 17

In my opinion the actors and actresses who are the voices of your favorite cartoons are the most underrated persons in the entertainment industry unless they are in front of the camera making television or movies. June Foray who...

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Review: Science Fiction Short Story: "Revolution" by Mack Reynolds

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 1 Feb 17

Paul Koslov is the Chief’s hatchet man, the T. E. Lawrence of the Cold War. The reader quickly becomes acquainted with his espionage activities in all quarters of the world. After some discussion of the state of affairs in...

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Review: Science Fiction Short Story: "We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly" by Roger Kuykendall

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 29 Jan 17

The narrator is telling someone how he and Skinny Thompson borrowed a few things—yes, borrowed. They put it all back, especially after his old—his father made him trade back the outboard motor for Mr. Field’s compressor. Of...

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Review: Science Fiction Short Story: "A Gift for Terra" by Fox B. Holden

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 27 Jan 17

Johnny Love’s ship has crashed. He should be dead, like poor Ferris, whose helmet was smashed to bits, but he’s still alive, with the red Martian sand blowing over him through the gaping hole in the ship. The first (and last)...

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Science Fiction Short Story: "The Defenders" by Philip K. Dick

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 20 Dec 16

Mankind has been living in underground bunkers for eight years while radioactive-proof robots fight the Cold War suddenly gone very hot on the surface. The robots, called “leadys,” provide verbal reports on the progress of the war...

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"Bridge of Spies (2015)," the movie

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 3 Mar 16

Tom Hanks stars and Steven Spielberg directs; what's not to like? This film tells a gripping true story of spies and spying during the Cold War. The time is 1957; Russian spy Colonel Rudolph Abel is arrested in New York City for...

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Peace Happens with the Right Mind-set

Shiva @Shiva49 (28366) • Singapore 6 Jan 16

Everyone yearns for peace though some take a view we have to be practical to live in a strife strewn world and it is naive to expect anything better. However, with weapons of mass destruction getting more potent by the day, are we...

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A large crop of movies released for the holiday season

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 20 Nov 15

The one I most want to see is "The Peanuts Movie," a total escape from reality on the surface, with no one meaner that Lucy. Sounds good to me! I would like to see "Love the Coopers," despite the dumb ad on tv, since I am a big...

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When did the term Third world started?

MANISH K RAO @mkrnex (785) • Bangalore, India 12 Sep 15

Who first coined the word THIRD WORLD?What does it actually mean?I believe it was during cold war but who coined it?

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Finally....it is nice back... i am happy now!!!

ryanong @ryanong (9664) • Vietnam 25 May 12

My boyfriend and i was in cold war and we didn't talk for a while. I kept myself didn't talk to him but he did sometime to send message to me. I did reply only with cold feeling...1 times, 2 times, and today is the third times, I...

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How was life in 1945/46 Berlin?

themaximilian @themaximilian (92) • Germany 21 Feb 12

We are doing a theatre play on the Cold War about two brothers who are being split up by the Berlin wall. One is becoming an agent in the KGB and one is becoming a CIA agent. I can't seem to find a connection that makes the one...

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Is China preparing for World War 3? Cold War 2?

Jacruz25 @Jacruz25 (1124) • Philippines 2 Dec 11

http://news.yahoo.com/digging-china-nuclear-tunnels-013008319.html A recent study of several students shows that China has huge network of tunnels that are capable to withstand multiple nuclear attacks. The report was alarming...

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My mother-in-law generous but....

mobhomeir @mobhomeir (7558) • Philippines 17 Feb 11

Hello guys I am proud to tell everyone that my mama-in-law is a generous one BUTTTTT!!!!!!!When a(little)family trouble comes,even just a little family arguments all what were my mother-in-law given were all taken back by...

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a true story of lord of war...what you may or migh not know about victor bout !!

interactivelearning @interactivelearning (451) • United States 14 Feb 11

While Lord Of War is one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIES. What some of you may or may not know is this movie is actually based on Victor Bout. Victor Bout like Yuri had connections in the old USSR. Victor married the Daughter of...