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… and a staggering landmark in human population growth combined to give new urgency to the existential question of … and the earth's climate. Humanity has been around for a very long time, but in only a few centuries we have … the Antarctic ice sheet began to form. We read daily in the newspaper about the effects of these greenhouse gases: the …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … the wrath of his neo-Confederate supporters. Such ghostly visitations are hardly new in a region whose history is … has long had more to do with the living than with the dead. For nearly a century and a half, white southerners have …

… has fired another rhetorical shot across America’s bow. His latest tape, released last week through Al-Jazeera, blew … Cold War, Dean Acheson, one of the architects of American foreign policy, concluded that the United States should … today as American leaders assess Osama bin Laden’s latest communication. Bin Laden’s audio-taped message offered both …

… regulation over time, at the state and federal level, by visiting four stations around the classroom that are made up … excerpts from an Origins article and primary sources. After visiting each station and answering the corresponding … are aimed at protecting water or the environment, using information from the stations to understand what those …

… For anyone who follows the American media’s treatment of Asia, coverage of President Bush’s recent whirlwind visit to Vietnam was bound to trigger a sense of d vu. Why? … American press corps will find a better way of handling the complex cultural dimensions of Vietnam’s re-engagement with …

… “Socialism!” That’s the alarm many conservative commentators and legislators are sounding about the latest development in Washington’s bank bailout scheme. … Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson joined an international effort to help troubled banks by buying stock in them. Their …

… to explore key events and track the changes over time by visiting four stations around the classroom that are made up … from the Origins article and primary sources. After visiting each station and answering the corresponding …

… and colossal defeats has long baffled western observers. Visitors to Russia’s capital, the epicenter of Russia’s cult … Prince Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, stands in Red Square before St. Basil’s Cathedral. Nearby, a row of monuments … Further away from the city center, a sprawling memorial complex known as Victory Park pays homage to Russia’s wars …

… concentrated on domestic matters and perceptions, Trump’s foreign policy also reflected a polarizing approach to … policies as altruistic during the ideological competition of the Cold War. But these institutions and … Ncogoabahizi (right, background) and two members of a WHO visiting team, Drs. David Yarom and Victor Zammit-Tabona, …

… restrictions on travel and trade, helps Castro and therefore is abominable. Meanwhile, other Americans and Cubans … the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … year Pope John Paul II changed the picture. In an historic visit to Cuba, he criticized the embargo, thus encouraging …

… power industry are saying.  But is it really over? The latest nuclear accident, this one only 87 miles northwest of … one-tenth of what the International Atomic Energy Agency forecast back in 1974.  France, the leading European user of … of 1989 in eastern and central Europe and the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an end to the …

… guest hosts onto the program as well. The show is designed for “anyone interested in New York’s fascinating history, from native New Yorkers to those who hope to visit one day.” You can find recent Bowery Boys Podcast … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … way he could dispel some of the concern about his lack of foreign policy experience, one way he could make a mark on … Richard Nixon. But Nixon surprised almost everybody by visiting China and meeting with its leaders. In many ways …

… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … the  People’s Republic now is a major source of anxiety for American strategists.  During the  Cold War … rapprochement with the US. Nixon, after all, famously visited the country in 1972; the Shanghai Communique was …

… Yet there's every reason to believe that the president's visit, even coupled with European sanctions, will not … With Bush's presidency close to an end, time is running out for concrete agreements between his administration and … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar …

… … Kathleen Frydl So the drug war, as I say, became this way for the police to preserve older models of policing that had … WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… The second is that their dogs should not work. They are for petting, cuddling, and playing. They share in leisurely … activities ranging from taking neighborhood strolls to visiting pet stores. Their owner is responsible for meeting … were often labeled luxuriant leeches. However, by 1900, the common dog was a faithful companion and beloved family …

… Humans weren’t around when volcanoes formed Iceland’s unique island landscapes some 20 million … been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … of almost 10% per year since 2000. The number of annual visitors doubled between 2000 and 2010, when half a million …

… the “uncivil” nature of our recent political debates. For Carter and others, attacks on the personal character of … recede. In their place emerged a fierce brand of political combat that regarded private life as a legitimate field of … and Woodrow Wilson  escaped from the sort of humiliation visited on Grover Cleveland. Neither did insiders remark …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the board's resolution as misinformed in fact and offensive in principle.  But this latest skirmish in the culture wars in Texas got me thinking …

… or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life in 1859 when he was fifty. A double celebration … 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential … like a badge of honor. So now that the Darwin Year has come to a close, I want to review the difficult reception …

… them in the mid-1500s, from quirky oddity to salvation for the starving. Over the course of the following … of History and Director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching.   … neither fish nor flesh.”  He estimated that on a single visit to the island the men killed and dried 20,000 birds …

… Bush’s refusal to send bills back to Congress helps account for the rapid growth in non-discretionary spending and the … veto power to provide a check and balance against these forces. Certainly, a president who has not said no once in … York College in York, Penn., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Union and Turkey signed an agreement beefing up Turkish efforts to prevent refugees from reaching Greece by sea. These … one day after the author's arrival. ( United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees ) We came to Greece with only a … Hisham, for example, were two Iraqi boys who often came to visit us while we were serving tea. Both fourteen, they had …