even jerusalem, perhaps the most fought over piece of real bestate/b in history, will finally live up to the meaning of its name as a city of peace and safety: "old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of jerusalem, ...
on germany's urging, finland had declared itself independent from russia on december 6, 1917, (recognized by bolshevist russia on january 4, 1918), and there was a fierce debate on whether the new state should declare itself a republic ...
