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… measles, typhus, and influenza decimated Indigenous communities in the Americas is a commonly held one. Like so much of our popular conceptions … Aztec victims of a sixteenth-century epidemic. This image accompanies the quoted text, taken from Nahua historians and …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … see him conferring with advisors, reassuring people, often visiting the site of the disaster or a relief center—usually … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient …

… Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford … attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford … for the nation’s Cold War nuclear arsenal . Seaborg did not visit Hanford to celebrate the bomb. As Chairman of the …

… Philippine Sea.” About a year later, President Barack Obama visited Manila to mark the signing of a new Enhanced Defense … While not explicitly backing Manila, Obama stressed his commitment to preserving stability in  the South China Sea . … his troops at home while receiving still more aid. During a visit to the White House in September 1966 he even leveraged …

… The Crimea that most people have come to know is a peninsula occupied by Russian forces, … local peoples the Tauri when he came to the region to visit Greek colonies. Greeks had settled at the magnificent … (and lover) Grigorii Potemkin prepared extensively for this visit, to the point where “Potemkin Villages—facades set up …

… dotted with reminders of this past, but the residents welcome visitors with true Albanian hospitality and intend to show … watching movie screenings, and enjoying firework displays. Visitors to the National Museum begin their tour in the … A Postcard from Tirana: Overcoming the Past …

… states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply overwhelmed by it … replica of the Liberty Bell (made of soap, of course), what visitors primarily saw was a vision of industrial progress. …

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … into finished products. The plant attracted countless visitors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who visited it before he produced “Modern Times,” the classic …

… by the industrial sites of “Catharinenburg” that he visited twice—on his path to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with … to have been 48 kg for women and 80 kg for men. We also visited the residence of the Urals salt magnates, the …

… ups and downs, in 2003 more than 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2009 it remains a … peace with Egypt since President Anwar Sadat’s courageous visit to Jerusalem 30 years ago. Nevertheless, the current … that characterized the three decades years before Sadat’s visit.   An example of that cold but peaceful relationship …

… by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which abuts … have flourished. In 2003 more than 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2006 it remains a … peace with Egypt since President Anwar Sadat’s courageous visit to Jerusalem twenty-nine years ago. Nevertheless, the …

… of well-publicized workplace raids to terrorize immigrant communities. Although immigrants bear the brunt of these … of workers' rights. The recent increase in worksite raids comes, not coincidentally, at a moment when, despite a … the raid, a Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, visited Portland and cheered the actions of the ICE, linking …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … Cold War with exchanges, in international fairs, cultural visits, concerts, exhibitions, film screenings, book … public life in late socialist Bulgaria. Those included the visits of out of the ordinary, often flamboyant foreign …

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … committees assert will attend events and continue to visit host communities. It is in the hopes of realizing such … built to welcome the nearly 500,000 tourists projected to visit South Africa during the World Cup who, it is hoped, …

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … have flourished. In 2003, over 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2005, despite a … peace with Egypt since President Anwar Sadat’s courageous visit to Jerusalem 28 years ago. Nevertheless, the current …

… many friendly moments as well. These constructive episodes complicate a history that is often painted as invariably … its fleet to the ports of New York and San Francisco with visits to Boston and Washington. Grand parades and elaborate … (center) at the all-Union Artek pioneer camp during her visit to the USSR, 1983. In 1982, relations between the U.S. …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … emotional support of Virginia’s ban on cross-burning. The incoming governor of Georgia meanwhile ponders whether to … the wrath of his neo-Confederate supporters. Such ghostly visitations are hardly new in a region whose history is …

… and a staggering landmark in human population growth combined to give new urgency to the existential question of … interact with the natural workings of the earth system in complex, unprecedented ways and in a markedly short … and our existence. Environmental priorities have become far more desperate imperatives in the past 20 years, as …