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… context, it will be difficult for any student of mining history to view congressional action with anything but a … saw the lowest number of mine fatalities, 22, in U.S. history. In 1950, by comparison, 643 U.S. miners died. And … True dedication to oversight and enforcement could break history’s grim pattern. Absent such vigilance, one thing is …

… the need for transatlantic approaches to American history, and longue durée history. Arguably, Murrin’s greatest scholarly contribution … analysis, Murrin argues that the clearest understanding of history comes when we consider fragments as a whole. This …

… ultimate historical irony. But we shouldn’t be surprised. History provides some precedent for this apparent … party’s conservative wing, much as did de Klerk. He had a history of active support for Israel’s settler communities … was to seek rapprochement with Mandela. Perhaps, then, history can teach us a lesson as we watch events unfold in …

… Franklin D. Roosevelt twice sensed that the direction of history required that Americans change. In 1933, his New … must be connected to a transformative mission matched to history’s new directions and demands. Reagan, when his turn … genial to pursue to decisive success. If in our unfolding history the earth continues to warm and the oceans rise, his …

… 15, Venezuela will face the most important election in its history. It’s a critical election because for the first time … Venezuelan elites. Historian Samuel Moncada, chair of the history department at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, … emerges victorious. The United States, which has a sorry history of supporting military coups and undemocratic …

… of that colonial secretary? Winston Churchill. The phrase “history repeats itself” is overused; the greater tragedy is … escape the lessons that the past can teach us and that history will treat his misadventure in Iraq well. Experience … troops from that nation now. Shannon Monaghan studies history at Yale University and writes for the History News …

… hopeless, consider one area where the two sides do have a history of working together:  fighting global hunger.  In … Sen. Bob Dole.   As senators, McGovern and Dole had a history of working together on hunger issues, including … History News Service …

… need life-saving food aid. Will Americans respond? History suggests that they will.   America has a long and … there in 2010. But American humanitarianism has a history that reaches much farther back.   Ninety years ago … History News Service …

… How have people managed their reproduction throughout history, and what makes our situation today different? Join … these and other questions in this month's edition of History Talk. ( Image Source ) … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of leading experts to …

… significant role of the conservation ethic in the nation’s history. Although long present in the attitudes and … in which he operates, he might reconsider conservation’s history. Conservation emerged a hundred years ago in an era … at Occidental College in Los Angeles and a writer for the History News Service. …

… there have been multiple pandemics of bubonic plague in history, scholars sometimes refer to the Justinianic Plague … account of the plague in Constantinople here: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/542procopius-plague.asp Marcel … Connecting History …

… None of these responses are new. When we reflect on the history of government response to natural disasters such as … Rome was devastated by a great fire, the worst in its long history, which destroyed 10 of the 14 districts of the city. … building and fire codes for the first time in the history of the city to prevent future fires. Buildings had …

… This lesson plan deals with the history of for-profit media, and how it has evolved with new … the media influenced that election. It also discusses the history of a profit-driven media and it explains how the … with a mini-lecture in which the teacher will describe the history of the profit-driven media, the government …

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