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… East. A nuclear-armed China would be a “great menace in the future to humanity, the free world and freedom on earth,” … Bush administration has wisely allowed the international community to take the lead in responding to the threat from … they may realize that a nuclear strike on Iran’s processing sites, killing an estimated 10,000, would have similarly …

… exchanges and cooperation between their armed forces. A competition in armaments between China and the United States … the United States and China will go a long way toward ensuring future stability in Asia. The example of Europe and North …

… In November 2018, a report commissioned by French President Emannuel Macron called for … of Native American remains by American museums to the complicated provenance of Greek and Roman antiquities held … such major art institutions as the Getty Villa in Los Angeles and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. In fact, …

… had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to … that Laura Bush did for the country and the world would surprise many Americans, even the most fervent Bush … Laura Bush’s unwillingness to put herself forward, to take credit to “show off,” as my mother would say is also what …

… had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to … that Laura Bush did for the country and the world would surprise many Americans, even the most fervent Bush … Laura Bush’s unwillingness to put herself forward, to take credit to “show off,” as my mother would say is also what …

… patterns in the south, Arctic meteorology has increasingly come to affect them. The Arctic’s terminal decline, then, … damage was inflicted on the Aleutian island of Amchitka, site of three atomic bomb tests between 1965 and 1971. The … of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline. Although ultimately futile, opposition in the 1970s to Norway’s Alta-Kautokeino …

… was upgrading the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as "swine flu," to a global pandemic. … prominent figures, such as poet Robert Frost, and also the less well-known, such as children Bridget and Mary McG., who … way for the entry of the government into medical and life insurance. They also highlight the less obvious effects. …

… of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … owners because they have a more difficult time securing credit. Only a few boat captains and no crew members were … Even with the implementation of a rationalization plan, the future of crab fishing is uncertain. Rationalization plans …

… the emotional toll on and social ramifications for childless married couples in Early Modern England. To elucidate … holds that the presence of widespread negative attitudes surrounding infertility reflected contemporary fears of an … and legacy. Women, on the other hand, struggled to comes to terms with their infertility in large part because …

… across the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … but the land itself belonged to the entire nation for future generations’ use. The 1887 passage of the General … Chickasaw, Seminole, and Quapaw Nations, with others sure to follow. Today, as we remember the devastation that …

… to start with: What do Americans fund every year at levels comparable to annual budget of the Pentagon? Answer: the … stands as the best introduction to the topic and I am quite sure that it will be the starting point for other scholars … calculated that families with incomes of $3000/year or less accounted for 60.4% of charitable giving; a whopping …

… early in the nineteenth century, but whose adventures and accomplishments were so much admired they made him an … celebrity. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was surely among the greatest naturalists of his era. His … the study of physical phenomena. . . , we find its noblest and most important result to be a knowledge of the …

… for advancement and emphasized their status as lesser citizens and lesser men. While African American soldiers and communities protested these conditions, the small size of … an imperfect reflection of American society and viewed as a site of inclusion and opportunity for Black people and other …

… Davis’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples represents an example of the often complex relationship between government officials and … to do everything at his disposal for the president to ensure his continued tenure as FBI director” (39). When Welles …

… the Americas. The idea that diseases such as smallpox, measles, typhus, and influenza decimated Indigenous communities in the Americas is a commonly held one. Like so … economic, and social revolutions among Indigenous polities. Surely these decisions are relevant to the story. …

… economically most important countries in the world, the outcome of these elections is significant not just for … During the "Lost Decade" of the 1980s Brazil owed foreign creditors $105 billion, but by 2009 Brazil provided the … of the world's highest Gini coefficients (the standard measure of economic inequality). Since 2003 the Brazilian …

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated … heart of Warsaw’s pre-war Jewish neighborhood, Muranów, the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto, and it faces directly the … who expect the Holocaust to be its main focus, may well be surprised.  While Poland was at the center of the Holocaust, …

… The joy of reading comes in all seasons, but many people specifically like to … to pick examples on a range of topics. Some of these books surprised me when I first read them, or I have taught them … editor of Cosmopolitan magazine Helen Gurley Brown deserves credit as one of the pioneers of second-wave feminism …

… collecting water for irrigation, drinking, bathing, and leisure, to mitigating flooding, milling grain, stocking fish, … are being built in Brazil and China, while campaigns to decommission dams are gaining traction in the United States … which earned it distinction as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. At 28 meters it stands just higher than its …

… also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … they both characterized the  U.S.-Mexico boundary as a site of  crisis.  They both suggested bolstering border … the border day and night, seven days a week. Associating a surge in crime with a rise in immigration, Reyes proposed …

… and tied to ropes and anchors off the bay, left to decompose within the ecosystem. Europeans who lived in the … by changing tides, especially in strong tidal rivers and at sites where beaches, sand bars, and other topographic … a sixteenth-century author, provides evidence for the treasure of resources that a single stranded whale could …

… Lyndon Johnson ordered a task force, the Gilpatric Committee (named after its chairman, former deputy defense … and comprehensive steps must be taken in the near future to discourage further acquisition of nuclear weapons … could be next to go nuclear, with Pakistan soon following. Sure enough, these predictions were realized, and now South …