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Monthly Archives: May 2014
The Empress of Ireland
The cruise ship cut through the near-freezing water in the dead of night. For the first-, second- and third-class passengers it was an exciting time, ahead of them lay a long voyage across the ocean to a far-flung land. But … Continue reading
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How ‘Pam’ and a Dead Tramp Helped win the War
Whoever came up with the line that dead men tell no tells needed their head examined. Dead men – and women – tell us quite a lot, actually, as we know when we look at the fields of pathology and … Continue reading
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