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… When George W. Bush’s advisers brief him for his October trip to Beijing, they may be tempted to only … spy-plane crisis. And the Japanese Prime Minister’s plan to visit a shrine honoring soldiers who died for his country … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the …

… These medieval machines included mechanical water and steam powered clocks, mechanical knights and archers, bronze … heads that revealed the future, and automated gardens complete with metallic singing birds. In this book, E.R. … the cultural associations of modern robots,” she is ultimately arguing that the idea of creating machines that …

… In 1831, when Gustave de Beaumont and I left France to visit the United States to examine first hand this … strife between Sunnis and Shiites within your great community of Islam weakened the entire civic and social … Both men were determined to prevent a continuation of this form of religious tyranny, so injurious to the …

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … to the global drugs trade. The report coincided with the fortieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon's famous … Several, such as Lehder, bought radio stations and newspapers. Escobar created a welfare program, gave alms to …

… The Clansman portrays the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as an avenging force, hooded heroes saving the South from newly freed and empowered black citizens. For example, the African American Silas Lynch is a scheming, power-hungry, and morally corrupt figure who ultimately attempts to establish a “Black Empire” in the …

… capable of reaching the United States, and that therefore Kim’s threat against the U.S. is an obvious bluff. … the Korean peninsula. Nixon learned this first hand when he visited South Korea in 1953 as vice president. An … that I may start some action is a constant check on the Communists,” Rhee told Nixon. Nixon thought so highly of …

… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… the spirits that burn in the Baghdad sky Insist there’s a price we must pay A soldier returns from the war in the Gulf … A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with meaning for American white supremacists, former soldier Timothy …

… Comparing COVID-19 to HIV is, in many ways, like comparing … issues afflicting the social worlds in which we live. For example, HIV and COVID-19 have both laid bare that … Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and …

… Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Layout: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… For a while it was thought that William Shakespeare … the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is … of the Bible, the  Iliad  and  Odyssey , the  Divine Comedy  and the  Canterbury Tales —didn’t explore our inner …

… History can be instructive and often inspiring. Take, for example, the case of the nation’s sixth president, John … immortalized on screen in “Amistad,” Steven Spielberg’s latest effort at cinematic history-telling. The film ought … all, to effect mental, moral, and national improvement. Commitment to improvement of self and nation motivated …

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… nun is abducted, stripped, threatened with rape, and forced to drink her captors’ urine. This is the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in that nation … of the early martyrs are wildly exaggerated, if not completely fictional. But later, better documented deaths …

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… The story of wired long-distance communication really begins with the Western Union … Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects.   …

… in a lab, increasing the possible development of a vaccine for the Corona virus. Just what do we know about the history … Academic Technology Services.The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Stephen Richardson We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Stephen Richardson We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …