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… European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the crossroads of the … nightmare"—a spigot of information from the contact points of American power, where powerbrokers and diplomats … was known of the man beyond the fact that he had visited a website associated with radical Islam—but his name was …

… had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for … as Anglo-Iranian (later BP), Royal Dutch-Shell, the Standard Oil off-shoots, etc. Throughout these sections, Morton … defined the region’s nationalist movements. While Morton points to some of these effects, he minimizes the impact …

… It is impossible to imagine a Soviet citizen who lived and died without encountering at least one of Efimov’s images. … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … system until 1997. Although the three men disagreed on many points, Efimov drew them together, linked through American …

… Lord Mountbatten. The meeting between the two and attendant photo op was thus a carefully stage-managed bit of … that, 17 years after its inception, remains stubbornly incomplete. On the positive side, the Belfast Agreement … party and joined the Irish Free State as Fianna Fail (“Soldiers of Destiny”). This new party kept Irish nationalism as …

… while other jurisdictions declared these children unwelcome. A U.S. Border Patrol poster placed around the border … as a part of the Bracero Program, 1954. The British West Indies’ complementary Temporary Foreign Worker Program ran … emigration, as Princeton sociologist Douglas Massey points out, has become as much a cultural phenomenon as a …

… not obscure the fact that this conflict, with all its complexity and tragedy, belongs firmly to the present. This … we’re watching happen today [Sheehan, Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? ]. Far from being a “war of the past,” (i.e. a … knowledge of the streets and districts, control the high points like the floors of buildings, and can use the subway …

… Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … including with regard to his war in Ukraine. Panelists: David L. Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences … in World War II. He said this, quote, "Glory to the soldiers. They have passed on to us a heroic tradition and have …

… United States is characterized by three great waves of newcomers. The first wave came primarily from Ireland, Germany, … contributionism was an important part of domestic propaganda. Posters depicted people of different backgrounds working … movies typically depicted Italian, Irish, and Jewish soldiers fighting alongside their WASP comrades. The stated …

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … only on that, then they went and found that a lot of studies are done only on men, because women, it'd be more of an … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… opposite when he became president after the Watergate scandal. Unless the next president follows his example, partisan … he appeared before a joint session of Congress and pledged “communication, conciliation, compromise, and cooperation” … The strategy almost worked. After trailing Carter by 30 points in polls, Ford staged a dramatic comeback, losing the …

… No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike of a giant asteroid. Dark objects traveling through space have the potential to … so too can a homo-apocalypse. This miniscule possibility becomes all the more unnerving because increasingly scientists …