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Article of the day for August 17, 2016

The Article of the day for August 17, 2016 is HMS Formidable (67) . HMS Formidable was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before World War II. Transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet as a replacement for the crippled sister ship Illustrious, Formidable's aircraft played a key role in the Battle of Cape Matapan in early 1941, then provided cover for Allied ships and attacked Axis forces until the carrier was badly damaged by German dive bombers in May. Assigned to the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean in early 1942, the carrier covered the invasion of Diego Suarez in Vichy Madagascar in mid-1942 against the possibility of a sortie by the Japanese into the Indian Ocean. The ship participated in Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa, in November, and covered the invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy in 1943. Formidable made several attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway with the Home Fleet in mid-1944, and in 1945 attacked targ...

The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee

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The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee Slowly but surely, the media has turned on Trump. He still gets wall-to-wall coverage, but that coverage is overwhelmingly negative, and increasingly, the press doesn’t even pretend to treat Trump like a normal candidate

The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee

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The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee

Amy Adams Talks To Aliens In The Intense First Trailer For 'Arrival'

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Amy Adams Talks To Aliens In The Intense First Trailer For 'Arrival' When a bunch of big, black flying almonds (well, that's what they look like) touch down all over the Earth, an expert linguist (Amy Adams) is called into to figure out how to communicate with the aliens before everything goes to hell. It looks good! August 16, 2016 at 05:43PM

Amy Adams Talks To Aliens In The Intense First Trailer For 'Arrival'

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Amy Adams Talks To Aliens In The Intense First Trailer For 'Arrival'

stevedore: Word of the day for August 17, 2016

stevedore , n : A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.

Picture of the day for August 17, 2016

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Picture of the day on August 17, 2016: The catholic Sacred Heart church in Munich, erected between 1997 and 2000, a rare example of contemporary church architecture in Germany.