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… to suffer metaphysical guilt. Lydia Ostalovska in her book "Watercolors" describes the life of Jewish immigrants from …

… at 6200 B.C., was a post-glacial episode known as a "meltwater" crisis. It drove the collapse of early agricultural … mountain glaciers are threatening the supply of fresh water to huge populations in several regions around the … economies—is actively planning for a wave of resource wars, water wars, and subsistence wars in the coming decades. The …

… desiccated—signifying a place that doesn’t get a lot of water in any form. But it wasn’t always so. At the base of …

… policy-makers began charting a course through the dangerous waters of simultaneous democratization and a transition to a … Curtain and the reunion of Europe. In recognition of this watershed event, the Czech Republic chose Europe without …

… Crawdaddy, a regular diet of Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters with some Slim Harpo.” With many covers of blues and …

… is the elected director of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District. Ralph E. Shaffer is a professor emeritus of …

… of State Henry Kissinger. Smith is preparing to transfer water from a full barrel labeled “White Minority Rule” to an … attempts to crack down on presidential authority after Watergate and Vietnam. Barbara Walters interviewed President …

… and the Indus Valley, which relied on sometimes volatile water systems for irrigation. Perhaps the most striking …

… mid-1970s. The military now readily wades into political waters. Rumsfeld must deal with such maneuvers and continue …

… with guns drawn, and armored personnel carriers spraying water, pepper spray, and teargas. The crowds were …

… enforcement of racial integration was reaching its high water mark, the Republican Reagan administration produced … Education . Just as racial desegregation was hitting a high-water mark, the report hyperbolically called for a “national …

… sent through seafloor cables that passed through British waters. This enabled Room 40 to intercept the Zimmerman …

… book is why Iran-Contra didn’t generate the anger that the Watergate Scandal had. Byrne addresses a number of reasons …

… Convention signed at The Hague on January 23, 1912 marked a watershed moment in the history of the global drug wars. And …

… Or, as McKenzie wryly puts it, Napoleon's demise at Waterloo "had global consequences," but it also reopened the …

… to prepare their defense. Jackson’s camera lingers on water droplets falling off barbed wire as Lipstadt becomes …

… the apartheid regime finally collapsed in 1994. This was a watershed moment in the history of South Africa as  the …

… homes in the sprawling east side slum didn't have running water; and garbage collection was so sporadic the …

… in a region that is today regarded as a desert backwater. He was impressed by the gardens surrounding Timur’s … sat cross-legged before a fountain “which threw up the water very high,” wearing a silk robe and a hat studded with …

… of prospecting itself did widespread ecological damage to waterways and rivers in California and undermined the health …

… sense, I think prohibition and repeal are something of a watershed in that the focus shifts away from the substance …

… Atop the Column he placed his own likeness in bronze. After Waterloo , the newly empowered Bourbons tore down the …

… Regions could destabilize as they fight for food and water. The Earth Day summit is trying to put the United …