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… had literate, talented, industrially and technologically competent populations, a huge help in building a modern … by the Cold War, and for seven years in Japan. American officials today talk of a one- or possibly two-year commitment in Iraq. After World War II the vanquished …

… that followed the earthquake wiping out its business and commercial districts. Still the scope of the two disasters … army and navy units quickly offered their services to city officials to organize both relief and recovery efforts.   … sometime in the next fifty years California will be revisited by an event similar to the 1906 quake or the flooding …

… passed Congress but failed to be ratified by the requisite three-fourths of the states. Why is that? The American … whose members can deliberately and calmly assess the outcome of an election and judge its impact upon the public …

… of the suit—journalists, ministers, reformers, public officials, and academics who made fashion the subject of … songwriters and animators utilized the suit to make commentary on American life during a time of war. Chapter … and Harlem. Understanding how a style which had once communicated a variety of meanings became tied to racial …

… prohibits all military activity? The unlikely source of common ground lies in the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. This … prize for the United States — and a preview of things to come. By the 1990s, aerial inspection would become a … cooperation by allowing North and South Korean military officials to work together on these missions. The Korean …

… ago, on May 30, 1945, by Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., commander of the Allied Fifth Army in Italy. Truscott was … some 3,000 American lives, most of them under Truscott’s command. The dead were eventually buried in Nettuno’s sandy … high command. For that reason, he mostly stayed away from official ceremonies and dedications. To him, every day was …

… cleared the turnstiles astonished them. The Centennial’s official name hinted at what was on offer: “The … states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply … excuse for the whole thing. While it is true that one soap company displayed a full-sized replica of the Liberty Bell …

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” they were offered one year imprisonment or a … Unlike after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, no officials who refused to issue marriage licenses to …

… Kyiv, were absorbed by Poland and Lithuania by the 1360s. Meanwhile the principality of Moscow gradually … expanded west in the late 18 th century, a major element of official rhetoric and practice was the reconstitution of … in the Ukrainian Republic . By 1992, there were three competing Orthodox churches in Ukraine: the UOC-MP, a new …

… population, was notorious for its corruption as Hussein and officials within the UN funneled money into their own …

… Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American … by free trade deals that hurt American workers. The company had planned to close an Indiana plant that makes … trade in the 1930s, much of the world headed the opposite direction. Great Britain sought to protect homegrown …

… the new Estonian government erected nearly 200 monuments to commemorate Estonia’s newfound freedom from the tsarist … statue of a soldier.  Placed in 1947, the Bronze Soldier officially marked the graves of 14 Red Army soldiers and took on increasing significance in local life as the site of public celebrations. As in many parts of the Soviet …

… recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy … punitive drug laws, announced that he too would pursue accommodation for medical marijuana; and recreational … Not for Drugs In the 1930s, the nation’s top anti-narcotics official took up the anti-marijuana cause. Ironically, Harry …

… face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … die along the way or soon after arrival. This mass gravesite for 70 children lies just outside the camp ( top ). The … asked for a sympathetic hearing from Israeli government officials, on the grounds that “not so long ago [you] were …

… Office in February 2025 to “assist faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship in their … in Christian egalitarian principles of concern for the common person. “You shall not press down upon the brow of … evangelical-inspired Democratic Party concern for the “common man” transformed into a more explicit commitment to …

… concerns. Whether subduing Iraq and Afghanistan, combating sex trafficking, restricting nuclear weaponry or … custody case in Chile will be decided by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Formal international … was visiting London for medical attention. Now a foreign official could take action against a leader of another …

… likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is full of instances when the outcome of amendments varied from the original intent of those … powerful party. One of the nation’s two nationally elected officials thus became far less influential in policy …

… forces highlighting Jewish suffering would have meant combatting anti-Semitism among their own population. … of the population. Most importantly, Stalin and his closest officials monitored the press themselves, stepping in … which was ironic, given that the Soviet "Motherland" encompassed numerous nationalities, including peoples who …

… they simply never made enough to do so. “Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this?” representatives of … Asian Americans were first banned from particular worksites, denied housing or services, and then prohibited from … against his case (in addition to the dozens of immigration officials involved in such decisions before it made it to …

… prisoners, the Valley of the Fallen is a mass burial site that was designed to commemorate the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) as a … . For example, during the Second World War, Francoist officials sent 10,000 Spanish prisoners of war in occupied …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … idea of the American sacred-secular world mission, combined in Obama's case with the influence of … Herald and Harper's regularly publicized Turkish atrocities committed against Armenians. New photographic technologies …

… A common response to the COVID-19 epidemic worldwide has been … that they were used as instruments of extortion, Italian officials typically had it printed at the top that the form … were not made exempt from further scrutiny. Just the opposite: they actually shouldered additional burdens of …

… and lesser men. While African American soldiers and communities protested these conditions, the small size of … patriotism, however, did not discourage their desire to combat racism and fascism at home. Black activists were able … an imperfect reflection of American society and viewed as a site of inclusion and opportunity for Black people and other …