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… On March 3, 1913, the day before President-elect Woodrow Wilson’s … did. Women suffragists marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., March 3, 1913. On January 21, 2017, 104 … to convince elected officials that women deserved the vote when the main way to influence office holders is through …

… just relinquished its weapons of mass destruction programs. These recent developments no doubt bring comfort to some. … possibility that the scarce resources that we have might be wasted in a ruinous and manifestly absurd nuclear armaments … stood in their way. Some nations disagreed on how or when the treaty should enter into force. When a treaty was …

… embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks utilized massive truck bombs that nearly … his rhetorical war against America the previous February, when he published a fatwa (religious edict), on behalf of a … between March 1997 and May 1998. The date of the operation was symbolic—August 7, 1998 was the 8-year anniversary of …

… The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500BC … and showing that a "rich and complex world can be found when looking beyond traditional and narrow definitions of … by archaeologists," (p. 85) and it seems that the house was not deemed an appropriate location for displays of …

… Concern over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment … now apparent in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, how and when we get out of these wars may be the most important … the European theater, where in the final analysis the war was brought to a close by advancing Allied troops, conflict …

… Having just presided over Britain’s victory in the Second World War , Winston Churchill had believed he had … Attlee as a figure of little stature or significance. He was, in Churchill’s memorable phrase, “a sheep in sheep’s … a member of the War Cabinet and acting in Churchill’s stead whenever the prime minister was away. By 1945, the Labour …

… Party and Premier of the Soviet Union , arrived in Washington for a tour of the country. The first Russian … Khrushchev, master of captive nations,” a “Murderer.” But when he was able to connect with individuals, Khrushchev had … what he saw as an historical inevitability. If Marxist-Leninist doctrine was correct, then communism would outlast …

… For this reviewer, who believes whole-heartedly that the best years in life fall between third grade and middle … begins its story a period of major historical transition, when the United States began to hurtle along a path of … the grand country-to-city transition in American society was partially responsible for this sheltering of childhood. …

… On December 18, 1898, the Jeantaud electric vehicle set the world’s first … electric vehicles at the turn of the 20th century.  France was an early automotive hub in the late 19th century, … Charles Jeantaud, utilized this new battery technology when he began building electric vehicles in 1881. He first …

… On July 25, 1966, the great Ted Williams used his Hall of Fame induction … only because they were not given a chance.”  The omission was especially glaring, because many people considered Paige … players.  This racist policy lasted from 1887 to 1945, when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson .  In 1947, …

… On September 30, 1946, the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, was a hub of activity. The International Military Tribunal … had waited for since the end of the Second World War , when the victors had agreed to “stay the hand of vengeance” … The Nuremberg Judgment …

… Think about some of the iconic images that you would choose to represent Texas – … tied together since the start of the twentieth century, when oil was discovered close to Houston in Spindletop. The Lucas …

… With The Invisible Bridge, Rick Perlstein—a journalist by … In this newest volume , Perlstein examines a brief period when “America suffered more wounds to its ideal of itself … who just didn’t get it . To the circles, Ronald Reagan was a joke, a B-side version of Barry Goldwater. On the …

… 2011 to 2014, breathtaking political changes transformed the lives of men and women in Egypt . First, with the slogan … of almost two-thirds of the seats in parliament. Morsi was the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential … press (written by women and about women’s issues) in 1892, when she founded al-Fatah (The Young Girl). Authors Malak …

… militarily into a civil war among Native Americans to bring the war to the end that the Anglo-American leaders deemed … the direction of their communities. But the civil war was also about justice. Government is rendered illegitimate when people find it unjust, and this occurred in Creek …

… has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, does the auto maker have a real future? Without doubt. Can its … of this great-grandson of legendary founder Henry Ford. When Bill Ford’s new print and TV commercials proclaim that … leisure activities. Henry’s most significant response was the nineteen “village industries” he established in …