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… John Roberts and President George W. Bush after a mass held for the opening session of the U.S. Supreme Court in … changing sexual mores since the 1960s. Occasionally, commentators have referred to an insular institutional … set up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during Pope Francis’s visit in 2013 ( right ). Bringing in the Inquisition Another …

… wanting to write its own ticket and wishing to speed efforts to solve the world’s problems. Conspicuously first … concerns. Whether subduing Iraq and Afghanistan, combating sex trafficking, restricting nuclear weaponry or … for Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who was visiting London for medical attention. Now a foreign …

… four years of Nazi occupation. Following a week of guerilla combat between Resistance fighters and the occupying German … food intake, especially those who were too poor to buy additional food on the black market or who did not have … destroying it, remains undeniably compelling to all who visit Paris today. American soldiers from the U.S. 4th …

… will see, the development of the US drug war was deeply informed by experiences abroad...and to understand why the War … this big scare, like a paraquat scare, and people who were buying cannabis from Mexico were afraid to smoke it and … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… man who Europeans called Tamurlane. If possible, he was to forge a peace treaty with the world-conqueror, whose sack of … noted that work on the largest mosque in the city had been completed just before his arrival, but Timur ordered its … here to Hajji Muhammad al-Qazi, a Chagatai courtier who had visited the court of Castile in Toledo several years …

… Jimmy Carter was the last president to ask the nation for collective sacrifice. Barack Obama ought to do the same. … to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter’s speech? Some … healthy people and middle- to low-income adults choose to buy coverage. They must decide to defer immediate …

… Jimmy Carter was the last president to ask the nation for collective sacrifice.  Barack Obama ought to do the … to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter's speech? Some … healthy people and middle- to low-income adults choose to buy coverage. They must decide to defer immediate …

… Congress in Adelaide, Australia. Musk spoke about his company's plans for interplanetary travel and his belief in humanity's … Aldrin in 2016 at a preview of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex exhibit on Mars ( bottom ). Mars as Empire …

… Clinton will soon be traveling south of the Rio Grande for a summit with his Mexican counterpart Ernesto Zedillo. … bilateral trade, illegal immigration, and joint efforts to combat drug trafficking. Political reform in Mexico should … harsh realities of Mexican politics during his upcoming visit.  To champion President Zedillo as an agent of change, …

… Seventy years later, public memory of the battle for Manila includes a mixture of gratitude toward the … history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … colonized the site. Menaced by pirates and European competitors, the Spaniards continually improved upon their …

… in years! All you have to do is sit back and wait for the profits to roll in! And so a throng of investors … reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … Stock Growers Association offered sumptuous facilities to visiting owners, much as dot-com owners living on venture …

… a group calling itself ProjectUSA has caused a stir in California, Minnesota, North Carolina and South Carolina by … between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is … billboard campaign sponsored by ProjectUSA is simply the latest version of this tradition. Their billboards bear …

… million mark, helping to spark a mass movement that transformed women’s legal status. Friedan’s book encouraged women … went on to Smith College, where she studied psychology and completed a year of graduate work at the University of … and advertisers sought profits by encouraging women to buy products to enhance their roles as housekeepers and …

… 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 … began student loans 70 years ago. It also represents the latest attempt to pay for democratizing higher education and …

… Fukushima, Japan, but few were there to hear it. The day before, the earth and then the sea turned against the towns in … by the specter of our nuclear past. And given Japan's complicated past with nuclear issues, it is especially … question is whether the Japanese people are still going to buy it. …

… in 1945, the United States took control of Earth’s destiny for the first time. After the Truman administration dropped … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… secret, backdoor negotiations with the Taliban be useful for the United States?   The experience of an earlier war may shed light on this question. Forty years ago the United States was trying to end the long … shown the agreement, he felt presented with a fait accompli and refused to consent.   Believing that he had been …

… has boiled over during the last several election cycles . For some of those angry Americans, the federal government … cultural life. A kid from Wichita, Kansas, Koch wanted to buy himself a piece of New York cultural cachet. But Lincoln … merely create a postal system, the most important means of communication at the turn of the 19 th century. It …

… through the lens of the region’s largest industry: oil.  Before taking up writing, Morton served as a lawyer for 30 … had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for … keep flowing (175-176). The Arab Spring, he argues, was the latest eruption of social unrest against a status quo of …

… Soviet Union while also threatening the global economy. Before the war’s outbreak, Israel and its Arab neighbors had … heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … five percent. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Omar Saqqaf, visited America and warned the Nixon administration that an …

… motto of the United States is “In God We Trust.” Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., introduced the measure and argued that we … a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … and Form of Government We have assumed.” Of all of his accomplishments, Jefferson selected just three for his …

… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … of militant groups called The International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders. The document amounted … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were …

… Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, The Ohio State University … Day parades on Red Square. He's met with veterans and made visits to memorials. He's emphasized his own personal …

… celebrate unity through sport, they have always been used for political purposes. Adolf Hitler showcased his Third … delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … of the new legislation, and Putin’s own remarks about visitors to Olympic Games, have focused on pedophilia as a …