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… deadly, viral  disease  that can be traced back at least to the time of the pharaohs. It played a historic role as the disease for which the  first vaccine was developed (in 1796); and it was a disease that was … another momentous role in the history of  public health , when the  World Health Organization officially declared the …

… Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring shocked the American public when it was published in the summer of 1962. Carson hooked readers …

… Whether Barack Obama or John McCain finds himself taking the … closer to today’s mess: forgotten Martin Van Buren. When Martin Van Buren placed his hand on the Bible on March … and in the press.   Van Buren, like Obama and McCain, was forced to focus on the economy in his campaign. Doubt …

… Historical preservation in the United States got hit by a freight train when President Obama recently released his FY2011 budget. … be regarded as a monument in the annals of earth history was known from the moment they left the lunar surface.   …

… Peter Frankopan's The First Crusade: The Call from the East is a provocative … on to show why and how Alexios' role in the First Crusade was eventually - and he argues deliberately - washed out of … was not in fact teetering on the brink of disaster when Alexios came to power in 1081. Instead, the devastating …

… If the political pundits are to be believed, the next president … elements — the leader, the followers and the situation. When contemplating leadership, most people focus primarily, … II and created the Marshall Plan, or John F. Kennedy, who was elected by the narrowest of margins, to see that men …

… after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, but what was a new beginning for Ukraine was a loss of empire and … Russia The two children of Kyivan Rus’ met again in 1654, when the Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks, located in the … Bolshevik Revolution confirmed for Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin that nationalism was a force to be reckoned with, but …

… In the first five years of the present decade, forty-three … schools (231). How is it that a movement that many assume was killed in Dayton, Tennessee eighty years ago continues … if debatable. In the Beginning is certainly at its finest when providing the nitty-gritty details of movement strategy …

… Donald H. Rumsfeld, entered office determined to restore the authority of the presidency. Five years and many … liberties and rights guaranteed us under the Constitution. When President Nixon covertly subverted checks and balances … in the interest of "national security." Then Congress was reacting to violation of Fourth Amendment protections …

… for new nuclear weapons should serve as a wake-up call for the United States. The last thing Americans want to see are … with Russia. During the Cold War, nuclear disarmament was a long-term goal of U.S. foreign policy. President … has the bomb, and Iran may be joining the nuclear club. When one thinks of the horrific scenarios that could emerge …

… The perfect companion to nearly any summer activity is a … spurred waves of anti-sematic violence that only stopped when Prussian troops were sent to quell them. Smith’s study … ability of minority communities to coexist peacefully. This was particularly the case in the dismantling of the former …

… Few things are more expensive than housing. The purchase of a home is the single greatest expense in … abandoned them almost immediately? And what has happened when the poor have taken matters into their own hands? 1. … England The first home for the poor in England was established around 936 CE by King Athelstan. Its …

… When U.S. senators voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, they took a giant step … makers recognized that slowing down the nuclear arms race was essential to preserving both international security and … The Test-Ban Treaty and the Cold War’s Lessons …

… A few years ago Thomas Jefferson received a demotion from the Texas State Board of Education. The conservative … school curriculum. The reason for this posthumous pink-slip was not that Jefferson was a slave-holder or even that he … the term secularism itself dates only to the 19th century, when it was coined by British reformer George Jacob …

… One hundred years ago, early in the morning on April 30, 1900, an American hero emerged from … by Engineer's Loyalty to Duty." In fact, the tragedy was of the engineer's making, caused by his own arrogant … trains on time. The New Orleans Special was 95 minutes late when it left Memphis that fateful day, but if anyone could …

… In recent weeks, the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes ) protest movement has … in France since the Commune of 1871. The Paris Commune was a radical revolutionary government that controlled Paris … far right into the streets, a coalition of communists and socialists turned out in greater numbers on February 9 th …

… Bill Clinton is not the first president to deal with a fund-raising scandal in … golden ages than about the history of political money. He was no more eager to end the money chase than Clinton is … he had something to testify about. Roosevelt’s scandal hit when a New York State legislative committee looking into the …