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Informative Articles » A Man With Vision: The Inventor of Contact ...
In the 1800s, several scientists played around with the concept of contact lenses. The lenses were made from blown glass and lathe-cut glass shells. Then, in 1935, PMMA was invented. Polymethylmethacrylate is a plastic, and with this ...
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:JEWISH RENEWAL:HOSPICE ...
With the advent of Reform Judaism in the early 1800s in Germany and its spread to the United States, with more than half affiliated Jews, belonging to Reform Temples, the variation of practices involving Jewish ethical, spiritual and ...
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viel muss man ueber usa und wahl garnicht sagen,
... after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the “under god” part wasn’t added until the 1950s–while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the constitution, which you used ...
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How Fashion Designers are Looking to the Future
Even the jeans that have become so popular to this generation began as the idea of a man named Levi Strous in the middle of the 1800s. He wanted to make pants for the gold miners in California during the gold rush that would stand up to ...
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In the bowels of a hidden Venice: a visit to the Nicolao Atelier
Making costumes though doesn’t mean that Nicolao doesn’t follow fashion: picking up a red and black bustier from the late 1800s he pointed out how relevant it could be even on a contemporary catwalk and reminded us that Vivienne ...
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FJ Man special: Savile Row
The New Generation of Modern Tailoring:Since the days of Henry Poole in the mid-1800s, the home of British tailoring has seen many subtle shifts in the character of its designers and clientèle. The 1960s saw the likes of Nutters bring a ...
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fashion boy 6
With the emphasis on democracy and the glorification of the common man, clothing became less ornate, less ostentatious. In America, by the time Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated (1801), he followed the fashion of his time by taking the ...
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this is how equality wins
From the late 1800s through the 1900s, congressional lawmakers proposed making a constitutional amendment to prohibit interracial marriage. Rep. Roddenberry of Georgia: “Intermarriage between whites and blacks is repulsive and averse to ...
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The Appeal of Diamonds
During the 1800s, diamond prospectors found huge deposits of diamonds in southern and central Africa. One particular area in South Africa was Kimberly, and because of the enormous amount of diamond deposits found here, ...
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Joe Sixpack American: Politics & Fashion - One day you're in, the ...
Like an 1800's ghost town with dust blowing in a hot breeze without a tumbleweed left to disturb the deafening silence, the rabid B.O. supporters seem eerily quiet tonight. This is what it means to be President. Every decision, past and ...
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