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… attacks worldwide happened off the coast of Somalia alone. Perhaps the most spectacular attack came on November … to sustain themselves in deep sea until the vessel actually comes by." Under the pirates' command, the Sirius Star … ordeal, the exception being the captain of the Faina , who died of a stroke soon after his capture. Ancient Traditions, …

… debate concerning same-sex marriages. And if at least one similar long-ago ruling from the same court is any … before all slaves in Massachusetts would be set free, the Commonwealth v. Jennison case of 1783 ensured that slaves … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …

… President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives — created to give religious groups tax … work of a Texas professor and born-again Christian, who is one of George W. Bush’s designated philosophers: Marvin … along with them. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… things. It isn’t just that the Trump administration is prone to scandal. The Trump administration is prone to an … A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when … Internet (or as Clinton liked to call it, “the Information Superhighway ”). CNN broke the news by filming its lead …

… or mix’d of pale and red: and painful to the Patient,” as one 1714 text put it. This disease was ergotism: poisoning produced by exposure to the compounds found in a fungus that grows on wheat. In the … of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. It was not until five years later, …

… the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … election speech. And the Republicans also took out an ad in one magazine, a sewing magazine for women, and it told women … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… monumental environmental victories, and therefore hope. One such hopeful victory is found in the story of the … remnant of a herd that once numbered 30 million. Almost no one believed the buffalo could be saved from extinction, … ethics of the robber barons. Between 1871 and 1883, commercial hide hunters slaughtered buffalo by the millions. …

… some political pundits conclude, negotiations cannot overcome divine principles dictating distinct worldviews that … support from the Sunni Islamic State. And yet, more than one year after his appointment, the Islamic State has yet to … as  ashura . Shi'is believe that Husayn was a martyr who died the rightful leader of the political community. …

… Russia's claims to the Arctic in 2007. This time, everyone took notice. Miles below the site of his previous … understand why there is all this noise in the international community. If anyone wants to plant a flag down there, … that the Arctic holds in the Russian heart and spirit. Adieu Polar Bears: Climate Change and the Arctic's …

… superpower status. Its narrowing, unstable economy has become dependent on the export of a single commodity: energy. … would nearly double the existing pipeline's capacity. One of Gazprom’s most ambitious projects—the Nord Stream 2 … around 12 km from the accident site. In this animation, diesel oil is visible in the Ambarnaya River on both May 31 …

… called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events … the media coverage of the Darfur conflict. Labeling it as one between "Arabs" and "Black Africans" is misleading. In …

… disc jockey Alan Freed crowing “That’s Bill Haley and the Comets rockin’ and rollin’ you with ‘Shake, Rattle and … set of origins. Sister Rosetta Tharpe On March 20, 1915, one of the most influential, if largely forgotten, creators … even of sexuality. Tharpe’s career was cut short when she died of complications from diabetes in 1973, at the age of …

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … monarchy.       3. The Union of the Crowns: Two Crowns, One Head     In 1603, Elizabeth I of England and Ireland died. Her successor, James Stuart VI, King of Scotland, …

… of “elites.” Choice B, of course, is a thumbnail sketch of one of the primary targets of Trump’s rage: President Barack … at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … candidates that year split the remaining 60%. Lincoln embodied what Americans wanted to believe about their political …

… weaken the campaign finance reforms passed after Watergate. One of the justices even coined the shorthand phrase by … rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s … political theory by basing citizenship on “mental superiority.” He proposed giving plural votes to employers, …

… gift. Before scrapping that wish as hopeless, consider one area where the two sides do have a history of working … support and sent much-needed food and supplies to Europe.  One report called the food "ammunition for peace."   If the … enemies of peace."   Democrats and Republicans could surely come together to realize that children overseas dying or …

… on Soundcloud. Transcript: Bryan Stubbs  Water is the backbone, and clean water in particular, the backbone to any great society. You're not gonna have healthy … done it with these water and sewer systems that have become ubiquitous in our lifetimes.   Nicholas Breyfogle  The …

… One hundred fifty years ago this month, Fyodor Dostoevsky … monthly over the course of 1866, and it was a smash hit. As one influential critic put it at the time: During the year … it was being spoken about by fans of literature, who often complained about the stifling power of the novel and the …

… entirely on trade to obtain necessary goods. To almost everyone, Singapore’s prosperity at 50 is remarkable. Lee Kuan … Seeking answers to these questions, sociologists have studied Singapore’s demographic policies, social control … transactions were facilitated by the use of Chinese copper coins. Chinese currency facilitated trade not just with …

… as the war drags on and Americans and Iraqis continue to die. The term "shock and awe" is in keeping with a … Smith returned to England, proclaiming his mission accomplished; but the Virginia Indian wars lasted for decades. … Mountain, where American "peasants" carrying old-fashioned weapons wiped out his forces. Modern weaponry is far …

… 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United States.  As everyone knows, this will make Clinton the first woman to attain  … to the presidency. Maybe, if a female candidate embodied these historical trends and characteristics, 2016 might …

… internal sex anatomy (ovaries or testes and her hormones and chromosomes. The International Association of … mortifying and disgusting imperfections.”   Intersex bodies have always aroused suspicion. But many people’s … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this …

… surreptitiously acquired from Stratfor, the Texas security company, revealing Egyptian and Sudanese plans to build an … also brought the brown silt that nourished the delta, one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions, … navigated until 1968 by a team of British and Ethiopian soldiers and civilians equipped by the Royal Military College …

… been able to move their lives onto virtual networks have done so. The COVID-19 pandemic has bifurcated the world of … been able to continue their working lives cocooned at home, connected via Zoom, virtually escaping the … other business carried out virtually over Zoom. The theater company, Gemini CollisionWorks, gathers most of its 22 …