Almost Across The Pond

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May 21st 2007
Well, we made it. We got to Newark Airport in the dark, at around 4:45am. We made sure Sarah got to her ticket all right and found where security was before Richard and I headed over to the international terminal to wait for our plane to board. We waited quite a while, our flight wasn't scheduled to leave till 8:20am. Where we were sitting at our gate had us facing the Manhattan skyline, so it wa ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more