The Babylonians created the system of counting by 60. It was based on the Sumerians' system.
<span>Although it is quite clear that Roman Catholic thinkers, notably Copernicus, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), and Rene Descartes (1596-1650), played a major role in the early part of the scientific revolution, the later period does seem to be dominated by developments in Protestant countries, even through the Protestant</span>
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Following is a transcript of President Nixon's news conference in Washington last night, as recorded by The New York Times:
OPENING STATEMENT
Ladies and gentlemen, before going to your questions, I have a statement with regard to the Mideast which I think will anticipate some of the questions because this will update the information which is breaking rather fast in that area, as you know, for the past two days.
The cease‐fire is holding. There have been some violations, but generally speaking it can be said that it is holding at this time.
As you know, as a result of the U.N. resolution, which was agreed to yesterday by a vote of 14 to 0, a peace‐keeping force will go to the Mideast, and this force, however, will not include any forces from the major powers including, of course, the United States and Soviet Union.
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Can you be my friend here
That was when the Declaration of Independence was sighned.
