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… is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … good). In recent years, Australia has exported as much as 430,000 tons of butter, cheese, and milk powder annually—the … just in case the first rain wasn't enough. The Sand Grasshopper's eggs can lay dormant in the soil for years waiting …

… United States. Sometimes, in fact, we try to hide our hand completely. For example, the administration frankly says it will use $97 million to encourage dissident Iraqis to … invasion of Castro’s Cuba. When John Kennedy came to office, with the exiles still training, the decision to …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and … Patrick Potyondy   Hello and welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in …

… Bush’s foreign policies. Clark’s detractors, however, offer this warning to his Democratic fans: most Americans … officers as presidential contenders. Generals who have become president (there were ten, six of them notable as … entered politics as if bowing to public demand. In 1840, William Henry Harrison, a hero of the Indian wars, professed …

… great. Well, thank you all for joining us. Just to start off,we're going to just ask, you know, in general, why is … in the sense that because it's so everyday, because it's so common, historians of the past tend to overlook it in favor … first food allergy tests date from, I think, around the 1930s, the scratch tests. These texts all discuss a single …

… they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of leading … Studies. Thank you all for joining us today. So to start off, how would you define reproductive rights? What does …

… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to … Imre Nagy to resume his post as prime minister, an offer that he reluctantly accepted in hopes of steering the … , Hungary’s ruling party has yet to demonstrate that it will fulfill its obligations as an EU member state. Amidst …

… huge bestsellers. We celebrate the Founders’ audacity and commitment, marvel at their battlefield heroics, literary … of omission, was fought to create a political and social order radically different from those of the monarchical and … government should be dedicated to the pursuit of the public good — not the good of selected families. For a generation …

… Reports that Pentagon officials are actively discussing plans for using nuclear … more worrisome is the catastrophic possibility that Bush will form another “coalition of the willing” by teaming up … Bush administration has wisely allowed the international community to take the lead in responding to the threat from …

… wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid to the Afghan government. … former Taliban regime, which supported Al-Qaida, are still offering resistance to the new government. But insurgent … in Afghanistan. Taliban and other resistance forces will benefit from any failure of the Afghan government to …

… congregated in streets and squares and demanded the end of communist rule. These are indelible images deeply impressed … that took center stage. Resignations of Communist Party officials and talk of free elections followed. By the end of … bands and hippies. In Poland, the election of the Archbishop of Krakow as Pope John Paul II and his public masses in …

… of events. With the help of esteemed scholars, each season will re-construct the history of a major issue society is … how we got here, but to reveal a path forward.  Season 1 will analyze the myth of the women's voting bloc. Now, as we … which we live. Current events, however dire or exciting or complicated they may be, have been made by history. They …

… became the top trending hashtag on Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather … to clear forest for cattle ranching and agriculture. Official Brazilian government data indicated that 73,000 … approximately a quarter of the region will be treeless by 2030 and conversion from forest to savanna will accelerate. …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that … a strictly local issue. I think that global history really offers us the best chance of looking at drugs in all of … been so smart about the reformist movement over the last 30 years or so, has been the turn to the idea of harm …

… and Jews to emulate Christians by stampeding to the shopping mall. It’s also a chance for purists to ruin the … been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … life, and Hanukkah has embedded itself in television, office parties, Hallmark stores, Barnes & Nobles, and other …

… Road.” In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson , provided what has become the enduring description of the Revolutionary War when … last long, the fight over its meaning continued for a good deal longer. This stamp features the first stanza of … their version of events to the London press before the official British report submitted by General Thomas Gage. By …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … loss of life, Americans today should not allow politicians, officials and corporations to evade their obligation to … effort — whether it meant accepting rationing, recycling goods or following black-out procedures — to preserve the …

… done it with these water and sewer systems that have become ubiquitous in our lifetimes.   Nicholas Breyfogle  The … water systems are small or very small, serving less than 3000 people each. Together, they collectively serve only … Breyfogle  New Waterford is a good example of how local officials can take proactive measures to build and maintain …

… time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … matches are the oldest form of the game, with the first official match taking place in 1877. The name reflects the … Although first played on the Indian subcontinent more than 300 years ago, cricket grew exponentially in popularity and …

… United States. The press, the government, and the medical community claim, often and loudly, that these numbers augur … while questioning the federal government’s obligation to offer a solution. In different measures, the Social Security … America’s elders. The “Problem” of Old Age On July 30, 1965, Lyndon Johnson, the 57-year-old President of the …