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… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were … Nairobi, the blast sheared off the face of the embassy and completely destroyed a neighboring seven-story office …

… of independence. And, for many, knowing where your food comes from, intimately, down to the moisture of the soil, … strontium and plutonium—up the food chain and into bodies. From this mass monitoring effort, Soviet doctors … and every market was to have a “radiological lab.” It was easy enough to write this order, but carrying it out was …

… nineteen, published the gothic novel Frankenstein. It has become a classic of English literature. Title page of the … her feverish story: ten days after her birth her mother died from puerperal fever, at seventeen she eloped with … wife, the following year her premature illegitimate child died shortly after being born and her half-sister Fanny …

… patients’ access to lifesaving medical assistance, all compounded by the emergence of a new variant that may be … to challenge the underlying health inequities that have become so glaringly apparent in India’s second coronavirus … services accessible to the majority of the population, were gutted even further. Patients in public hospitals were …

… fair to most Americans. After all, Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator. The United States had to open its doors to refugees from communism, Americans thought, or it could not claim moral … in the departments of history and interdisciplinary studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a …

… of a permanent facility in which to play football.  When completed, Harvard Stadium cost over $300,000, held 40,000 … Athletic Reform .  Remind yourself periodically that competitive, commercialized, and capitalized athletic programs are not …

… The early version was small (around 30 clerics) and comprised only of “cardinal priests” who served parishes … historical evidence, and most scholars think that Peter died somewhere far from Rome, probably never having even … of the later Middle Ages, the legend holds that Joan studied the liberal arts in Athens while living as Joannes …

… and the Equal Rights Amendment being well on its way to becoming the newest tenant of the US Constitution. But it was … Depression and big families could live on dad's single income in the new suburbs, most women didn't have to work. … as pushing America closer and closer to the socialism and communism that they watched develop in the Soviet Union. …

… morning darkness on December 18, 2011, some 500 U.S. soldiers at Camp Adder in southern Iraq boarded 110 military … some five hours later. This departure of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. … in origin, costly to Iraqi civilians and American soldiers, and inconclusive in outcome. The 2003 U.S. military …

… American Civil War . After the Civil War, the Buffalo Soldiers saw storied service in the American West. Racism and … and lesser men. While African American soldiers and communities protested these conditions, the small size of the U.S. military made calls for integration easy for white authorities to ignore. The World Wars …

… Socialist Congress meeting in Paris in July 1899. The comrades set the date in solidarity with organized workers … thousands of other laborers took part. More than 100 people died in the various clashes between workers and the forces … under federal labor protections and because it remained easy to import Mexican workers even after the formal guest …

… Loving v. Virginia , the most pertinent film is Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1968), which features a stirring defense … Shelter (2011) and Midnight Special (2016), is rapidly becoming one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the United States. His bio-pic …

… United States, built on its Anglo-Saxon heritage, could accommodate large numbers of Slavs and Italians whose …

… and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and … history. Despite this, Plokhy succeeds in detailing the complexities of Russo-Ukrainian relations over the centuries … to any reader interested in these issues. From their common origins in Kievan Rus to their conflict over Crimea , …

… In fact, as surprising as it may be to sports watchers and commentators, how Americans talk about sports today is a … their home city-states. Specialized, intensive training and diet were also essential in order to win large or … their scholarships, often punished severely for even the smallest NCAA violations, and discarded in the event they …

… Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk produced by Origins , a project of the … Fate of Syria," which can be found on the origins osu.edu website. Thanks for joining us, Ayse. Ayse … involvement." What do we mean by that? If we mean, soldiers on foot, Patrick Scharfe  Ground forces. Ayse …

… Musicals are the quintessential American dramatic art form, combining spoken dialogue with music, song, and dance. For … together a succession of musical numbers to entertain the audience. Narrative took a backseat to spectacle. Although … to Africa and adding in a dancing cow for good measure. Audiences didn’t seem to mind the tonal departure – Evangeline …

… to individual states, and for decades many had found this a comforting justification for their tolerance of an … all of Lincoln’s success as lawyer, politician, orator, and commander-in-chief, perhaps what should be most celebrated … of voting rights to some African-Americans (specifically soldiers and “the very intelligent”).   We can only speculate …

… united in a struggle for civil and political rights, they comprise various tribal affiliations and speak different … writer Khachatur Abovian was the founder of Kurdish Studies in Russia. Educated at Dorpat (present-day Tartu, … impressed the orchestra, the dancers, and the audience.” …

… mutual ill-gotten gains, the Soviet-German Pact was an uneasy partnership. Growing tensions over Finland and the … and the simultaneous purges, officers were rushed into commission; in 1941, only half had completed any formal … the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers. The Soviet Union suffered an average of 46,000 …

… tank nicknamed “Fury” and its crew of battle-hardened soldiers during the waning days of World War II . Brad Pitt … their way through a devastated Germany. The first major combat sequence takes place in an open field, as Collier and … was this still this incredible price the guys paid, the soldiers paid.” In important ways, he has succeeded in …

… the debate over what historians have called the failed, incomplete, and even the forgotten revolution has been revived … political system in which all power was in the hands of soldiers’ and workers’ councils.” Ebert emerged as Chancellor, … Uprising in January 1919, riots produced some of the bloodiest and most somber days of the German Revolution. They …

… votes for president. But he looked like a backwoods ruffian compared with the venerable John Quincy Adams. So elite … vice president. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… nation, Bavaria appointed Gustav Ritter von Kahr as State Commissioner General ( Generalstaatskommissar ), granting … organizations. Lossow joined in alliance with Kahr and the commander of the Bavarian police, Hans von Seisser, to form … that it would join ranks with the paramilitary—bringing its command over the Bavarian military and police with them—and …