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… On February 6, New Zealanders will mark Waitangi Day on the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of … free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … , it never experienced a war of independence. There are no points in time when New Zealand formally separated itself …

… geese, woodpeckers, and swans came from a set of tough and adaptive survivors of a general holocaust that animal species … future when “some evil spell” had settled on our communities, when “mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep …

… suffering a "bad case of footnote paranoia" (291).  While completing a last minute source review before sending her … The swindler—now called John Dow—was exiled to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) for his crime.  But before his ship … name of Lascelles, this time around he acted even more audaciously than he had in Scotland, deftly exploiting local …

… Brenna Miller  and  Jessica Blissit  speak with historians  Daniel Vandersommers  and Tracy McDonald. For more on zoos, … and cultural history, micro history, film, agrarian studies, violence and animal studies.   Dr. Tracy McDonald   … zoo in particular?   Dr. Tracy McDonald   Yeah, I think the points that Dan has made are absolutely right on. There is …

… metric tons, a level it has maintained to the present day. The global catch stagnated after 1995, however, despite … ] An increasing proportion of these ships were fast diesel- and gasoline-powered vessels, which were much more … of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later …

… ghost is anti-Semitism, and with increasing frequency these days Europeans are being confronted with the anti-Semitism … Americans to reexamine their past as well. Austria has become something of a pariah state because its governing … handled gold seized from Jews by the Nazis was beginning to die down. Pope John Paul II recently asked for forgiveness …

… profession, but one with a keen eye toward the historical—completes his trilogy chronicling the rise of what has been … illustrates, was all smiles and optimism and so much more damned likeable than gloomy, paranoid Tricky Dick. Reagan … Reagan, also an unknown to much of the country. Perlstein points out that both candidates shared the same political …

… nice selfie pictures. So if you go to the John Glenn school website, you can see some of the pictures of the protest, … violence in January, which increased into the absolute tragedies that you saw on February 18th and 20th, where up to 70 … But that's a false dichotomy. There are lots of cleavage points in Ukraine. And in this case, I think the two …

… history is the Battle of Gettysburg. While many will commemorate the battle itself, the decision not to press … collided at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, inaugurating three days of unprecedented bloodletting that would turn back … and gravel roads in makeshift wagons, begged to be left to die. Cavalry guarded Lee’s precious supplies as the army, in …

… Carter. By giving him this honor at this time, the Nobel Committee seized the opportunity to express its concern over … the Iran hostage debacle, Carter had been a perennial candidate for the prize. The grounds for awarding him the Nobel … aiming to add heft to the moderates within the Bush cabinet, such as Secretary of State Colin Powell. Carter …

… China from the Neolithic period to the present day. Daily tai chi in the park of the Small Wild Goose … it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the … hot June afternoon, the coolness of the tomb is welcome relief from the Shaanxi sun. Murals inside the …

… President Clinton unintentionally put in place the foundation both for his own re-election and for his party’s … It has happened twice before in this century, and the comparisons are instructive for the current situation. In … Nixon in 1968, and the Republican collapse in 1974 was a harbinger of Jimmy Carter’s election two years later. But the …

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of common purpose today in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the … struggles against racism and police violence ? At different points, particularly as the United States has gone to war, …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … in 2018 at Breuer Religious Elementary School in Yad Binyamin, Israel. (Photo: Avi Ohayon and the Government … Traditionally, and especially after the so-called Six Day War of 1967 , the deepest rift in Israeli society has …

… The Black Panther himself is T’challa, the king of Wakanda, a mythical African nation that also happens to be the … was elaborated in the next issue (#53, August 1966). Marvel Comics’ dynamic duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the … , who has penned the storylines for the Black Panther comic since 2016, has also pointed to Ethiopia , a country …

… a cry that’s only grown louder with passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 . With Mother of Invention, Robert I. … the average of 15 percent in the rest of the world. Field points out that this “private” health insurance system is … that translates to the future of American health care comes in his final chapter. “Health care cannot function,” …

… They argue that the Monica Lewinsky matter would never have come up save for the lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. … exploding and obliterating the image of a girl picking a daisy, that Goldwater’s extreme anti-communism would make … wing” in general had contributed to the Oklahoma City bombing. It is true, of course, that political parties always …

… The supporters of presidential candidate John McCain aggressively pooh-pooh concerns about his … had better think again. Of the eight presidents who have died in office, four were killed by assassins. Youth and a … mates of even young and vigorous presidents should be completely qualified to take over all presidential duties in …

… but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … amateur ideal began at its inception and continues to this day.  As intercollegiate athletics became more popular in … NCAA was founded. When at least 18 college football players died and as many as 168 were seriously injured during the …