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… "Rookie of the Year" award after him, and retiring his uniform, No. 42. Now it can do more to honor his example by … jeopardize the process of integration. He was, by nature, a combative individual, so he had to struggle to restrain … New York Giants. His decision was not only a matter of team loyalty, but of personal integrity. He realized that he …

… perpetually moving Nazca tectonic plate, the islands were formed through repeated volcanic activity. Layer by layer, … devoid of animal or plant life. This initial isolation, combined with its location at the confluence of three … that strikes me with wonder.” Even before Darwin’s visit, however, human beings had begun to shape the …

… storm which these swells...told us in unerring language was coming.” —Dr. Isaac Cline Today, the National Weather … leading cotton port in the U.S. Travelers could get direct steamships to Europe , Cuba , and Mexico, and connections to … , while railroads brought the Texas cotton crop and summer visitors alike. But the city was built on a barrier island …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Madras was an odd choice for a city because it had no existing port for trade, and … he chose to settle the EIC where he could be near her and visit her frequently. Nearly four centuries later, the EIC …

… history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … fourth century B.C.E. Khorezmians were minting their early coins by the second century B.C.E. A century later the … Heritage City. Arabkhan madrasa, 1616. (Photo by author) Visitors are greeted with comfortable hotels, restaurants …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … governors, and celebrities, the effort grew in popularity. Ultimately, the endeavor also helped condition voters and … played in McKinley's decision for war. The senator's visit and interventionist bent hardly made him distinct. …

… For scholars of the Reformation , the question of legacy is … The prominent reformer, Martin Luther boasts the most complex legacy of his contemporaries because of how he … anti-Semitism from conversations around this anniversary. Ultimately, she argues that Lutherjahr failed to …

… miles in a straight line).  Plans for the women’s flight commenced three months earlier in August 1938. Valeriy … the Soviet Far East in Komsomol’sk-on-Amur. The three-woman team would fly a twin-engine ANT-37, nicknamed Rodina … in transport missions, rather than in combat.  During his visit with female pilots of the Krasnodar Aviation School in …

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … it originates from those the western diplomats when they visit or scout around East Asia in 19th century and 18th … picture, I guess I feel like North Korea is really the ultimate example of a realpolitik. They have been advancing …

… Humboldt, Nevada. Humboldt, Iowa. Humboldt County, California. The Humboldt River. All these places, and … to honor a German naturalist who made exactly one brief visit to the United States early in the nineteenth century, but whose adventures and accomplishments were so much admired they made him an …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … Powell’s career serves as a reminder of what it ultimately costs it we stick our heads in the sand. In 1878 … was a charlatan. We have paid a grievous environmental price for our failure to take Powell’s warnings about water …

… Daily we search for explanations of the violence in the Middle East. Is it … framework of decolonization struggles. Violence has accompanied decolonization whenever the goal of political … believed that they faced uncivilized, barbaric adversaries. Ultimately, the French, the British, and the Portuguese …

… took out a student loan, averaging over $5,000 a year. Therefore, around 10 million people took out student loans last … to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … a spot on a college roster is mostly independent of tuition price changes. In the past few years, however, the growth of …

… Its analysis generates intelligence. The process is priceless. This hardly constitutes a new revelation. … spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … in a forward hospital. French officials let Mata Hari visit him in exchange for her agreement to spy on Germans. …

… discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on a person’s sexual orientation or … about is letting an area go to hell.” These conflicts ultimately caused political organizing in LGBTQ communities … way.” Best-selling author and urban planner Richard Florida visits an art and design studio in Dayton, OH in 2008. Photo …

… global economy. Drawing on exclusive interviews with company executives, corporate archives and other records, … corporations. He then considers what each has become: an essential presence in the daily workings of the … in sustainability initiatives and respond to new calls for corporate responsibility, Elmore shows the limits of …

… which is in large part based on increases in oil and gas prices, he has been able to turn this situation to his … domestic product (GDP) returned to its 1990 level, the penultimate year of Communist power. The country has had six … will decide the course of the country, he has no loyal team surrounding him and in fact seems rather isolated. The …

… by stampeding to the shopping mall. It’s also a chance for purists to ruin the fun by insisting that Hanukkah has … been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … including the newly secularized Christmas. “Santa Claus visited the East Side last night,” the New York Tribune …

… their meeting in November, 1940. By the time of Molotov’s visit, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany had been partners … and the simultaneous purges, officers were rushed into commission; in 1941, only half had completed any formal … nature of the Soviet regime, it is vital to recognize the price paid by Soviet men and women in derailing Barbarossa, …

… European Languages and Cultures and Director of the Center for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies. This lecture is a part of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies' … therapy. Shock therapy involved the immediate freeing of prices, which resulted in hyperinflation in Russia. Prices …