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… which we live. Current events, however dire or exciting or complicated they may be, have been made by history. They … of color. That’s it. ( laughter ) ( music) Sarah Paxton ( credits) This season of  Prologued  was brought to you by  … Oranjudio. Song and Band information can be found on our website and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… boys, River and Blue. Folks, you can unveil yourselves and come on to the screen if you'd like. Welcome thank you for … homage to the title of this webinar, Pale Blue Dot, which comes from the title of the astronomer, title of the … of a fraction of that dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the …

… toward Latin America. The authors argue that while sometimes the actions of U.S. policymakers showed they believed … century, officials sometimes demonstrated a broad commitment to republican and democratic principles. For … and Secretaries of State but also newspapermen and common citizens effused sympathy for the revolutionaries’ …

… opposition to vaccines and by the concerns raised by now-discredited studies that linked vaccines and autism. And as … child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae vaccinae , or “smallpox of the cow,” …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … and Asians. Many of these have survived and have been sites of development since apartheid, such as Soweto, though … as the 1980s, black babies in urban areas died at six times the rate of white babies. As bad as this was, it was …

… and literature as ways of delving into the past. Video games, which exploded onto the scene in the 1970s, have … of the war, even placing two of the characters on opposite sides of the conflict. Historical information is … (1994) Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) began developing computer games in 1979, but only established itself as a …

… in the first five books of the Old Testament.  It was common throughout ancient India, the Middle East, Africa, … to the children born to her wife. She also commanded the loyalty of these children and reaped the benefits of … people whose love was based on the fact that they were opposites. Men and women were increasingly described as having …

… would add a “nodding donkey” – as oil derricks are sometimes called – to that list. Texas and energy have been tied … least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … images of the financial slight of hand that ruined the company in 2001. But before that point, both Ken Lay and …

… Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … but as uniting the Romanian nation.  In more recent times, the 1970 film, Mihai Viteazul ( Michael the Brave) … year, the territory that is today the Republic of Moldova—comprising the majority of the region known then as …

… evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … African American mayor in 1973, formed the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department on April 1, … after police found not guilty. (Photo from framework.latimes.com) The acquittal came on the heels of Judge Joyce …

… its pragmatic approach to governance, especially during times of crisis. The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent in … ecology and disease. Indeed, this earlier experience with combating plague served the Ottomans well as they entered … Eighteenth-Century Cairo: In Search of Burial and Memorial Sites,” in Plague and Contagion in the Islamic Mediterranean …

… or draped narrow silhouettes have been revived many times throughout the centuries and remain a classic … of widespread fashion magazines, which allowed styles to be communicated quickly to the masses. For example, Godey’s … in  Sabrina , 1954 ;  Kate Upton, 2014 Coco Chanel is credited with “inventing” the little black dress, a dress …

… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to … been stationed in Hungary since 1944. Since his Hungarian Communist Party took power in 1948, Rákosi had presided over … (Source: Embassy of Hungary in the Netherlands) Numerous sites of memory—including a 1956 monument where Stalin’s …

… flicks, and political propaganda.  Others have played games in which the player could personally participate in the … of the text.  In examining roughly two hundred years of comic, filmic, propagandic, and literary portrayals of the … of weapons of mass destruction and man's inability to communicate result in the end of the city?  Invasion, U.S.A. …

… national politics as much as many fear? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Check out a lesson plan … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… the Taliban now confront the challenge of governing this complex country and establishing a stable government. Since … kite-flying, bird-keeping, dog-fighting and other pastimes. This was a sinful society whose wayward conduct the … the United States as guests of UNOCAL corporation. They visited Texas, Nebraska, and Washington, D.C. A number of U.S. …

… forces, however, the South Korean military repelled the Communist attack and eventually pushed them north of the … and other civilians on state-funded trips to this site. Complete with wax figurines of long-nosed, beast-like … around the world in a bid to outdo the other. Sometimes diplomats from the two Koreas would visit the same head …

… was his only advice, citing a famous and beloved Russian comedy about excessive drinking, Eldar Ryazanov’s 1975 film … The Irony of Fate . Mark Schrad’s book puts that all-too-common Russian experience in a long historical context. And … on the health and well-being of the population, it becomes clear that the federal (or local, or imperial) budget is …

… not obscure the fact that this conflict, with all its complexity and tragedy, belongs firmly to the present. This … social fact and political tool, through what she calls “crimes of desecration” (that is, the violation of what is … to a huge crowd at the Gazimestan monument near the site of the battle of Kosovo , Milosevic was able to equate …

… In between memory and forgetting, there is commemoration . On June 4, 1989 a protest in Beijing’s … in Chinese society. In imperial times, the upright official was to remonstrate his lord; in … cemetery in Chongqing is chained and locked, and gravesites are carefully watched. One recalls from the Maoist era …

… to achieve stability in the Middle East in the face of complex, multi-faceted challenges. With atrocities now … as its main base after being expelled from Jordan. Welcomed by Lebanon’s Muslims, the Maronites objected to their … then based in Beirut as a reporter for The New York Times, reported that some civilians were actually beginning to …

… has been characterized by friction, contradictions, and competing visions of the goals of union. The most recent … of the same recurrent dream that for ten centuries has revisited the peoples of Europe: creating between them an … delay origins.osu.edu, they employed complex currency and credit derivatives rather than face EU reprimands or address …

… and what it can tell us about  changing conceptions of the common good. In addition, host Patrick Potyondy interviews … projects. President Dwight Eisenhower is usually given credit for the interstate highway system, which he did sign … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… into legislation that exempted agricultural and domestic labor. Consequently, while white workers throughout … When Affirmative Action Was White concludes with the recommendation that contemporary American policymakers deal … action. Relying heavily on Johnson's 1965 Howard University Commencement Address, the author posits that the 37th …