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William Randolph Hearst at table in his castle. Out in San Simeon, California, the Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation held its annual weekend benefit at…
By William Pearce Rostislav Alexeyev (sometimes spelled Alekeyev) of the Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau (CHDB or Tsentral’noye konstruktorskoye byuro na podvodnykh kryl’yakh /…
By William Pearce For some time, locomotives of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) had struggled to climb the Wasatch mountains between Ogden, Utah…
By William Pearce During World War I, German engineer Otto Steinitz had the idea of testing aircraft engines and propellers on railcars. Carl…
By William Pearce In the late 1930s, Baldwin Locomotive Works (Baldwin) of Eddystone, Pennsylvania sought a partner to support the design of an…
By William Pearce As the popularity of personal automobiles increased, passenger train travel decreased. In the United States, the decline quickened in the…
Deceiving the enemy as to what you are doing is not new. Trying to hide positions from observation is not new, trying to…
Given her extensive credits and impressive 60-year-plus career, it's safe to say that Dame Judi Dench is a national treasure. As well as having…
The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev congratulates East German leader Erich Honecker with a fraternal hug and kiss after Honecker’s re-election as General Secretary…
Stalin’s monument was torn down on October 23, 1956, by enraged anti-Soviet crowds during Hungary’s October Revolution. Built as the birthday present to…