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… precipitated the collapse of the Roman Republic; there are already hundreds of them in circulation, many of them … Whereas in the 20th century, Caesar could just as easily become the savage conqueror again, someone to be resisted … (or even true) that, when the player loses the game "they are humorously mocked for failing to live up to the …

… for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … HIV/AIDS was a virus of licentiousness and lax morality. They often stated that foreigners, especially from the West, … to comply with moral and ethical standards of behavior are the first and main guarantee against [new] AIDS …

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and Welcome to Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, … in Algiers, Algeria from 5 to 14 December 1973 where they focused on devising strategies to combat imperialism …

… individual cultural institutions in the Global North to share collections. Ironically, it was the shortcomings of a UNESCO convention that brought M’Bow to this … in the collection or destruction of objects. At times, they destroyed objects or removed them in order to use them …

… or the opening of world markets to facilitate competition across national boundaries. Record campaign … laws, that parties funnel to individual campaigns) topped $400 million. In 1888 business gave more money than … the two concerns that created support for Ralph Nader if they want to influence the major parties. Nader polled best …

… granted greater decision-making authority to local communities, and the Paraguayan government opened budget … democratic governance and public accountability near the top of the foreign aid agenda. USAID has adopted a fourfold … rule of law and establishing independent judiciaries, which are necessary to protect citizens from the arbitrary use of …

… 1820, he was fulfilling a family tradition. Both his parents, his maternal grandfather, as well as several of his … Christ was organized a week later. Faithful “Mormons,” as they soon became known, attempted over the next decades to …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … About 25 cities were badly damaged. Tiberius sent the money they needed for rebuilding and in gratitude the cities … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient …

… Prologued … James Bradford The United States essentially becomes one of the major contributors to Afghanistan's … long as it has because it performs a lot of functions that are not always distinctly related to what you would say is … and modernization are two sides of the same coin. They they work hand in hand. Brionna Mendoza During the last …

… years immersing its recruits in the art of mountain warfare before its opportunity came to fight during  World War … in a stalemate with Axis troops north of Rome. With a commanding view of the narrow approach to the Po River … its close, led the Allied assault into the Po River Valley. They would end the war at Mussolini’s Lake Garda villa, …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered … the 1870s and 1880s as well.  Electric vehicles first appeared in the United States in 1890. After the introduction of … electric vehicles once were superior to gasoline cars. If they beat the gasoline competition before, perhaps one day …

… That’s what some observers of the nuclear power industry are saying.  But is it really over? The latest nuclear … of 1989 in eastern and central Europe and the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an end to the … about the security of their weapons systems or even whether they will be able to deal effectively with the Y2K problem.  …

… war and to describe the "German-fascist aggressors" as if they were charging the border still today. That term, and … programs of the Stalinist regime. In his new book Karel Berkhoff uses published and archival sources to … forces highlighting Jewish suffering would have meant combatting anti-Semitism among their own population. …

… in the 18th century included the selflessness to put the common good above special interests. Only a few (men) could … red, white, and blue at a political rally proudly declare that the United States is not a democracy? Republicanism … debated the structure of the new national government, they were concerned with creating a balanced form of …

… funded by the United States, to contain/encircle Soviet and Communist power in Eastern Europe, prevent powerful … world of 1997, when the Soviet Union and its allies are no more, and the most anti-Communist government among … military budgets, which are at least twice as great as they should be in any real post-cold war setting. In …

… Refiners invested in plant, wages, fuel, and supplies, but they relied on the Spanish crown to provide Indigenous draft … Ice Age , forced expansion of the reservoir catchment area. Notably, dams and aqueducts were not made from … structures made from this earthen material were common throughout the Andes, and they were generally …

… Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence will, once again, command center stage. It will be quoted and read in its … Paine obliged Franklin by writing “Common Sense,” which appeared on January 10, 1776. Using exciting and irreverent … and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, …

… Language and Politics Is it a death tax or an estate tax? Are they dead civilians or collateral damage? Was he a member of … perceive that reality. In so doing the words we use also become a part of the world we are trying to understand. One …

… have authorized and backed with all the credit and trust they have been able to muster. Since the global financial … in order to separate it from the scandalous collapse of a commercial bank that had strong financial links to the king. … remittance of funds without having to use banknotes or coins. Emergency wartime arrangements were also extended to …

… Sandino was still at large, but the national guard had come under the control of Anastasio Somoza. Somoza then used … any time soon. At the same time, the national armies we are training could end up being used to impose an order that … the backlash of his own people. In 1979, the Sandinistas toppled the Somoza clan, and a new period of bloody conflict …

… a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed … unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: they would help the Jewish people repopulate after the … in immigration and acculturation. The stories Judd tells are at once heartbreaking and restorative, and she vividly …