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… of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems … of our planet. Solutions from lab-grown food to vegan diets to strictly local food consumption are often … the last 200 years to explore how we developed our current diet heavy in meat, wheat, and sugar. He’ll explore how the …

… and dangerous, amplifying the sense of tension and competition across Europe and strengthening the sense of … the Western alliance. Clinton pushed a new partnership embodied in the NATO-Russia Founding Act signed in May 1997, … NATO deployed to Kosovo following the cease-fire. KFOR soldiers patrol Kosovo, 1999 Throughout the 1990s, NATO found …

… done it with these water and sewer systems that have become ubiquitous in our lifetimes.   Nicholas Breyfogle  The … finally improve water quality.   Speaker 6  The special Subcommittee on water pollution will be in order.   Manny … small mom and pop, what we call "transient systems", the smallest systems that might have a single well. The challenges …

… the Axis, operation Torch constituted the biggest and most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history.  … North Africa by year’s end.  Hoping to give French soldiers an opportunity to cooperate with the Allies and … largest amphibious armada–some 670 vessels and 107,000 soldiers in total–across the Atlantic almost wholly undetected …

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora Dragostinova and Slavic Studies Professor Angela Brintlinger as they consider these … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website origins.osu.edu on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and as …

… testifies to this fascination. William Shakespeare has become more than a brilliant playwright from … is an argument that is likely to hit home with his target audience, many of whom are likely to be commuters themselves. … (151) His language was meant to be comprehended by stage audiences, not to be read. Thus, it is not surprising that …

… career home runs and his 1,119 RBIs place him in the same company as such Hall of Famers as Yogi Berra, Roy … be sure, Allen forced the white baseball establishment to come to terms with the racism that existed in the game in … alone. Racism is a much broader cultural phenomenon, encompassing institutional policies as well as the beliefs and …

… The catastrophe in San Diego is not entirely a natural one. As with Katrina, it’s … humans. This week, two massive wildfires ignited in the San Diego County backcountry and began their march toward the … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a …

… seats in parliament. Morsi was the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, but his government was … Family Development, and “Nazra” Association for Feminist Studies. The coalition was effective in organizing against the … New Woman”) in 1900. Both ‘Abduh and Amin stressed the superiority of Western ways and advocated raising the level …

… put Canada at the top of his list. Thus far, however, the incoming administration’s message to Canadians has been … voice threatens Obama with losing his key northern ally completely.   Unbeknown to many in the United States, the … states had the resources necessary to compete with the superpowers.   Halifax’s ideas were neither new nor …

… postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … this historic prosperity came a heavy cost: oceans began to die, wilderness vanished, the insecticide DDT poisoned … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… women, who saved the church that nurtured him and composed the movement whose spokesman he became. King was … to offer it. Two years after King's birth, his grandfather died and his father became the pastor of Ebenezer. During … up against the wall." Such women were the backbone of the community that nurtured young King. "The church has always …

… The consensus among many academics, journalists, and commentators is that Boko Haram is an Islamist organization … the most powerful person in Borno. Muhammad al-Kanami died in 1838, and was succeeded by his sons. The last of … it would reach a widespread and linguistically diverse audience. According to Paul Newman, who is among the foremost …

… which any high school can take pride.” Does this statement come from: (a) A 1987 National Assessment, after which … The correct answer is (d), none of the above. The quotation comes from a report of a 1917 test of 668 Texas students. … history did just fine. But those with specialties in medieval, European and African history failed miserably when …

… even have gorilla enclosures in the first place? It should come as no surprise that zoos make headlines. According to a … did the number of animals behind bars. When the ancient, medieval, and early-modern upper classes fell in love with … the simple cages of confinement and the symbolisms embodied in their bars. The lions who paced the perimeter of …

… reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … investors didn't know the difference. The crash, the "big die-off," came the winter of '86-87. A harsh winter after a …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … public land in the West that resulted from Powell’s report died a slow procedural death. Events proved Powell right, of …

… The story line for the upcoming November elections has been that conservatives are …   Don’t believe me? Let’s do a quick history lesson and compare the conservative position on issues over the last … they fought the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance …

… consequences to explain how individual ambition served the common good. It’s not from the benevolence of the butcher, … unintended consequence of their self interest, mediated by competition, was better and cheaper meat, beer and bread. … year-end bonuses, they intended to reward and encourage superior performance. Totally unintended was the creation of …

… Welcome aboard the train, British History ! In preparation for … in the world. The bloody 1900 Boer War and increased competition with the Germans over railroad and maritime … are rather uneven; maps utilizing zoomorphic imagery are superbly interrogated, while gender and race are treated too …

… to Christmas, head over to the local Wal-Mart. The company’s promise of “everyday low prices” is music to the … For better or worse, we’re living in a Wal-Mart World. The company now produces an astonishing 2.3 percent of the … of people entering the doors of the world’s largest company, things are not all rosy for its stores. Public …

… Lyndon Johnson ordered a task force, the Gilpatric Committee (named after its chairman, former deputy defense … to stop nuclear proliferation. According to the Gilpatric Committee, “Energetic and comprehensive steps must be taken in the near future to …