Total Sermons: 291
The Failed Assassination Plot
On July 20, 1944, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg planted a bomb during a meeting at Adolf Hitler’s headquarters in Rastenberg, East Prussia, which is now Poland. The bomb, contained in a briefcase, exploded, killing four. Hitler survived with only minor injuries, including burns, a concussion, and a loss of hearing.
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Coin Clipping for Fun & Profit
Exchanging one commodity or service for another commodity or service is called bartering. As long as you needed what the other person had, bartering was a good way to do business. But if you needed something your neighbor had and he didn’t need what you had, you would have to find someone who needed what you had and wanted what the other man had so an exchange could be made.
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The Courageous French Admiral
The surrender of the British at Yorktown was a shock and a huge loss for the greatest military power in the world. The improbability of the events leading up to the surrender seems miraculous and much credit goes to the intervention of a French admiral. George Washington later told Congress how much he was indebted to Count de Grasse (duh grÆs) and the French fleet.
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It's Never Too Late
Harland Sanders was born September 9, 1890. He began franchising his chicken business in the early 1950s—at the age of 65—using money that he received from Social Security! When he was 40, Sanders began cooking for hungry travelers who stopped at his service station in Corbin, Kentucky. He didn’t own a restaurant then, but he served people on his own dining table in the living quarters of his service station.
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