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The Latin alphabet was going to replace any other system in western Europe. Not because of the church, but because it was a better system then in use anywhere. It is the same system used in Cyrillic, Arabic, Hindi et al. Individual symbols combined to create the words. Each of those alphabets...

BigTex's Ameriwank:eek: in ASB

First Citizen by Thomas T. Thomas. Published 1987 by Baen Books.

Trying to get my head around this. Monterey to Petaluma puts the line right through the San Francisco Bay. Petaluma being North of Marin County (North Bay) and Monterey South of Santa Cruz (Furthest area south still considered in the Bay Area) The Mexicans would have to be holding either San...

Or maybe the "Wars of Northern Aggression"? :D

More like the Americas will be centered with Eurasia split in half.

When a piece of territory is divided, you get mutual cardinal designations. When a piece of a territory is simply lopped off, the new territory receives a cardinal designation to differentiate it from the original.

Vosem, you are aware how many 'water' wars were fought in the west between people who were citizens of the same country? How much more so between separate countries? Using rivers as boundaries in the west will mean constant warfare. Water is more precious than gold in the west.

We are talking movie stars and celebrities. To further their careers, they would just jump on the bandwagon and become more conservative.

Sure, Switch the parties names. Because one of the two is going to court the social conservatives as a voting bloc.

I'm sorry, but you still have the problem that for most of the year 'fresh' is now unavailable. Today it comes from all parts of the country, and even out country. For that you need mass production and hardy travel species. That or American cuisine stays as boring as British. :p

More complex than that. There is no way to get fresh fruits and vegetables to the masses in large metropolitan areas if it isn't picked 'green'. From vine ripe to overripe takes about 3 to 4 days. In the best case, One day to pick, one day to transport, one day to sell, one day to eat. And all...

The reason for crappy tomatoes is, if they weren't so tough, most people would know tomatoes as the vegie that is used to make pastes and sauces. They just don't transport long distances well, even now. The Toms you get for eating are still picked green for transport to stores. If allowed to...

Seeing as you left the question open ended.......... The American. Since both revolutions are still influencing the world today, and that for the last hundred years the US has been grossly influencing world events all out of proportion to anything realistic prior to that hundred years (the BE...

He could have never made the speech and the resignations could have never taken place. And he would have still lost if his handling of the Hostage crises nad his 'Rose Garden' campaign strategy remains unchanged. He lost because Americans were tired of being told they were powerless by his...