Around Cambridge - 8

Cambridge

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December 29th 2006
Woke up around 2 AM and, after tossing and turning for half an hour, decided that getting back to sleep was probably too much to ask. So I grabbed my Spanish Grammar book and studied out in the hotel lobby for three hours while Sky News cycled through its early morning programming; most of it was related to speculation on when Saddam would be executed. After breakfast we continued our advent ... 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