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… of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith was visited on September 21, 1823 by an angel who told him of an … of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith was visited on September 21, 1823 by an angel who told him of an …

… Conference on West Africa was signed.  The conference has become known for “carving up  the African continent ” for the benefit of … Congo . Much of the document is concerned with guaranteeing free trade in central Africa and the free navigation of the …

… Friedan’s book encouraged women to break free of what she called “the feminine mystique,” a concept …

… September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party and Premier of the Soviet Union , arrived in Washington for a tour of the country. The first Russian head-of-state … television, in living rooms across the country—during his visit. In a well-written narrative, historians Lawrence …

… cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and the free and unfettered market will take care of everything. This economic formula was fashioned most thoroughly by economist Milton … They have imagined that era as a golden age of free-market competition and laissez-faire government.  Many of these …

… cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and the free and unfettered market will take care of everything. This economic formula was fashioned most thoroughly by economist Milton … They have imagined that era as a golden age of free-market competition and laissez-faire government.  Many of these …

… for current president Joseph Kabila to step down. It has become a cliché to contrast the Congo’s tremendous economic … it continues to shape Congo today. Colonial Congo The Congo Free State, a vast area covering much of central Africa, was … soldiers in 2001 during U.S. Congressman Frank Wolf’s visit ( left ). Former child soldiers in Congo in the early …

… Charter helped to win World War II and, later, to defeat communism. But that unique alliance is in trouble now … but sharing a heritage of culture, ideas, open markets and free trade.   Roosevelt wanted to introduce moral and … into postwar arrangements. He also wanted to define a role for the United States in international affairs while …

… two weeks ago, world attention turned to the embattled hope for democracy in the impoverished southeast Asian country. … in southeast Asia, fully hopeful of joining the world community of free and independent nations. Burma is little known to us … History News Service …

… Supreme Court. Why is Microsoft in so much trouble? Because for two centuries Americans have hated political and economic bullies. "Free competition" has always been our rallying cry and the … History News Service … Bill Gates — Another Rockefeller or Another Ford? …

… of the New Deal exception, populism as the primary driving force of change in American politics, immigration as a key … the news. I'm your host, Patrick Potyondy. International free trade and along with it, the movement of what are … to stop bad trade deals and global special interests, we welcome you with open arms, perhaps sensing an opportunity with …

… moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 visit to Northern Rhodesia of Iain Macleod, British … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … cooperation and integration among African states and to free the African continent from colonial and neocolonial …

… had failed, sending financial markets worldwide into free-fall. As the natural disaster revealed the limitations … Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … money" of the gold standard, created the conditions for a worldwide boom in investment and production.  The …

… Belgium's plans to make a special-edition euro coin commemorating the Battle of Waterloo. Belgium still … event in Europe’s history and an important one for freedom and democracy." These cross-Channel jibes are … that allows individual nations to unilaterally produce coins of irregular denominations. 70,000 2½ euro coins were …

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… of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom dreams, imagination, and joy within the United … Participants: Bob Ahern | Director of Archive Photography for Getty Images Dawn Chitty, (Ed.D.) | Director of … of oppression and resistance, perseverance and resilience, freedom, dreams, imagination and joy within the United …

… the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smith was visited that night by an angel who told him of an ancient … than 100 languages. Even Smith’s narrative of the angelic visitation and reception of the plates is part of the … though, was a series of failed financial schemes that forced the family of twelve to move from town to town. The …

… Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in rebellious regions of the Confederacy and … changed the character of the war; now the soldiers he commanded fought not only for union, but for freedom—in some cases, their own. …

… expenditures dropped precipitously and remained low for several decades. Even though the nation’s population … spending spree on highways, a portion of the Hollywood Freeway opened in 1951 with much fanfare. The report noted … ongoing capital campaign. Workers survey the damage after a commuter train crashed into a passenger car near Valhalla, …