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The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773
. . . By T.V. Antony Raj . Without the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, the American revolutionary war would not have taken place at all; or would have been delayed for many decades more....
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Violet Jessop, the 20th Century Lady Jonah: Part 1 – Aboard the RMS Olympic
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . The Biblical narrative of Jonah in the Old Testament, set in or around the 8th century BC, concerns the disobedient prophet Jonah. God orders Jonah: “Set out for the great...
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Violet Jessop, the 20th Century Lady Jonah: Part 2 – Aboard the RMS Titanic
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Titanic – A painting by Ken Marschall In 1911, RMS Titanic was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners owned and operated by the White Star Line of steamships. It was...
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Violet Jessop, the 20th Century Lady Jonah: Part 3 – Ice Warnings for the The...
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Violet Jessop said that it was her habit to breathe in fresh air on deck before retiring for the night. Regarding the fourth day of sailing on Titanic she wrote: “If the sun...
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Violet Jessop, the 20th Century Lady Jonah: Part 4 – Sinking of the RMS Titanic
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Maiden voyage of RMS Titanic. (Author: T.V. Antony Raj) On Sunday, April 14, 1912, at 11:40 pm ship’s time, about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from Queenstown and 375 miles (600...
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Violet Jessop, the 20th Century Lady Jonah: Part 5 – After the Titanic Disaster
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . R.M.S. Carpathia by Scottvisnjic At full speed it took four hours for the RMS Carpathia, working her way through dangerous ice fields in the dark, to reach the RMS Titanic....
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The Travails of Traveling Abroad on a Sri Lankan Passport
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées . On April 28, 2014, I wrote an article titled “Is a Passport...
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Tea Act of 1773 and the Boston Tea Party
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . For thousands of years, indigenous peoples lived in the vast expanse of land that is now known as the United States of America. They developed their own complex cultures...
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The Five Days of December 1952 When the Killer Smog Blanketed London.
. By T.V. Antony Raj . Smokestack belching dense dark smoke. . The modern fight against environmental pollution around the world owes much to the tragedy that befell Greater London, about 63 years...
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