It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

"It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" – Josh Groban It came upon a midnight clear That glorious song of old From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold Still through the cloven skies they come With peaceful wings unfurled And still the heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world Peace …

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A Horse with No Name

“A Horse with No Name” by America   On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things There was sand and hills and rings The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz And the sky with no clouds …

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The Temple and the Mosque

Munshi Premchand (Source: http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/munshi-premchand-101.php) Dhanpat Rai, better known by his pseudonym Munshi Premchand, was a famous Indian author and poet who ushered into the Modern Hindi and Urdu literature with his writings. His first novella, Asrar e Ma'abid was first published in Awaz-e-Khalq, an Urdu Weekly, after which he became associated with an Urdu magazine …

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In the Throes of Intoxication

Premchand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia     Premchand (pronounced [mʊnʃi preːm t͡ʃənd̪] (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand, Munshi being an honorary prefix, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth …

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In All Men is Evil Sleeping

    “In All Men is Evil Sleeping; The good man is he who will not awaken it in himself or in other men.”   MARY RENAULT    ----------------------------------------------------------     Biological warfare (BW)—also known as germ warfare—is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with intent to kill or incapacitate …

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