Our Man Flint – (Original Trailer) When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world, top agent Derek Flint (James Coburn) is called in Our Man Flint (1966). Herbie Mann covers the title theme, “Our Man Flint” on his 1966 album, Our Mann Flute. Many other cover versions…
Saladin is an example of one of the finest rulers of all time who conquered less through bloodshed and more through kindness. An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, or more commonly, Saladin, is a Sunni Muslim of Kurdish ethnicity. He was the father of the Ayyubid dynasty that reigned in…
Overall, the SEC was successful and accomplished its purposes of improving the conditions in the stock market and restoring the nation’s confidence in capitalism. It proved to be beneficial for almost everyone, businesses and investors. The SEC increases transparency, consistency, and trust in the U.S. stock market. That’s a big…
The seaside skirmish was just one of the battles Saladin and the Crusaders fought, but it would be the one where the Muslim leader became shaken to the core. Let’s rephrase the facts properly, it will help answer the question. The Muslim army commanded by Saladin could not defeat the…
Phipps won the coin toss, but Chenery won for the record books: In March of the following year Somethinroyal gave birth to a red chestnut colt with three distinctive white “socks” on his legs–Secretariat. Secretariat’s fate rested on a coin toss. In the fall of 1969, stable owners Ogden Phipps…
This Salome was the one who came to Jesus with the request that her sons sit in places of honor in the kingdom ( Matthew 20:20–21 ). She was also one of the women “looking on from a distance” when Jesus was being crucified—with her were Mary Magdalene and Mary…
Puth composed “See You Again” in memory of actor Paul Walker, who died in a car accident in November 2013 shortly after filming Furious 7. He wrote it in response to a call from film producers at Universal Pictures and soundtrack editors at Atlantic Records for songs that would pay…
Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until his 1973 suicide, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was a moderate Socialist elected to the national presidency of a liberal democracy in Latin America. Presidency of Salvador Allende. Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970…
Self-determination was applied in the Versailles Treaty when it suited the European members’ interests, but was ignored when it did not. Wilson found that to persuade his more pragmatic European allies to agree to his cherished League of Nations, he had to compromise on most of his other points.In all,…
Sam Houston, byname of Samuel Houston, (born March 2, 1793, Rockbridge county, Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1863, Huntsville, Texas), American lawyer and politician, a leader in the Texas Revolution (1834–36) who later served as president of the Republic of Texas (1836–38; 1841–44) and who was instrumental in Texas ’s becoming…