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… Brutal violence is not typically the first thing that comes to mind when observing the artwork of the … this period had emerged, alongside the Low Countries, as one of the wealthiest regions in Europe. Increasing … to subjugate the Romagna. Portrait of Cesare Borgia, the one-time terror of the Romagna and employer of Leonardo da …

… Jane Goodall and Birute Galdikas – three women who would become affectionately known as the “trimates.” Fossey’s … and graduate training in Anthropology, if Fossey was mentioned at all it was only briefly, and the professor quickly … moved on to the less controversial Jane Goodall. Much as one might discuss a relative with an unsavory past, Fossey’s …

… One of my professors recently told me she was beginning to … my professor is onto something. Patterson shares with other commentators the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a … Medical Association conservatives, despite the fact no one knew how much it would cost; and struck a compromise on …

… threat to public health: the specter of a pandemic, and the complacent American response. The so-called "Spanish" flu … 20 to 29. And its speed! A person would feel perfectly fine one day, have a little cough the next. Two days later the … flu was eventually isolated — in 1933, the pandemic long gone. In 1918, doctors could only recommend what they …

… that charts the shift from a formal empire to an informal one. The book’s first twelve chapters cover the formal … the spread of territories westward and overseas. Daniel Boone, frontiersman and propagator of American empire … both in and outside of the United States. To write this comprehensive history, the author travelled to Alaska, …

… Russia’s policy toward homosexuals. Some analysts have gone so far as to draw parallels with the 1936 Berlin … delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … Georgia were quite rare, but those laws were on the books nonetheless. This fact enables Russian observers to accuse …

… between himself and John F. Kennedy. Quayle’s Democratic opponent, Lloyd Bentsen, who had served with Kennedy in the … Kennedy!”   When Republicans singled out Barack Obama’s income-tax proposal and labeled him a socialist during the recent presidential campaign, one astute commentator saw the fallacy in that charge. …

… date back almost three millennia. A History of Iran, one of several recent books that aim to draw back the gloomy … its weather, and the origin of the word "Persian," which comes from Fars province in southwestern Iran, home to … (224AD-651AD). Pre-Islamic empires, however, take up only one-fifth of the book; Axworthy's coverage of them feels …

… of solving a problem facing the entire world, the summit’s composition best resembles a hodgepodge of national-or what … so many players at the table, summit meetings like this one have come to resemble rowdy legislatures with their … the times. Globalization, they say, demands nothing less. Gone are the days of private games of chess among statesmen. …

… to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with … Economics. The Perm Museum of Contemporary Art logo. Kungur One of the unexpected gems of our voyage was the picturesque … century, when wealthy merchants built opulent wooden and stone houses along the inclines overlooking the Sylva river. …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … this most recent crisis in historical context. On the phone, we have Professor Dana Frank, an expert in modern … is a lot of instability, and so it's not a place that anyone, I think, would find easy to return to.   Professor Dana …

… of self-help and small government. “The wage earner,” as one reformer argued, “has a more real basis for feeling that … as the old age pension program), became untouchable. Their commitments were sacred. Their recipients were unequivocally … Their budgets were uncertain. Their goals were questioned. And their recipients were suspect. Ronald Reagan’s …

… opened on a conciliatory note, but then abruptly changed tone, declaring a one-year state of emergency and dissolving the government. … coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the …

… obstinate president. Historians now regard him as one of our most ineffective leaders. In recent weeks … and highly partisan speeches about his political opponents and excited considerable resistance. Northerners … showed too much sympathy for southern interests. They complained that he would not compromise with diverse and …

… easily traceable assets in favor of gold and precious gemstones. The terrorists hope to disperse their wealth to … holding a variety of assets — real estate, weapons, communications equipment and large amounts of cash and … of the spoils to the crown of the state (anywhere from one-tenth to one-third of the goods seized), the remainder …

… advertising–presumably this would apply to businesses now competing the have the biggest flag in the neighborhood. One can't help suspecting that has more to do with profits … the shirts, pants, kerchiefs and sundry undergarments. One congressman a couple of years back turned up on the …

… of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, the latter one of the most important female political figures of the 20 … we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … for political gain as out of goodwill. By only focusing on one aspect of FDR’s character, The Roosevelts leaves him a …

… sharing information transformed how people interacted with one another. The desire to talk and make sense of the … German soldier. Fritzsche is particularly interested in comparing the French and Polish accounts about sharing space … boundaries of people. Words could be used to distance oneself from others; shortages in basic needs justified …

… examples from history are relevant to the present crisis, none is as significant as a great European tragedy that … assaults from the air cannot totally subdue an enemy. Sooner or later, ground troops must be introduced to secure a … terrain. When the war did not progress as planned, military commitments escalated. America’s credibility had to be …

… Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and others had already commenced litigation. As summarized by the United States in … to the very beginnings of the nation. 1. Acadian refugees. One immigration event that likely shaped views of the … Acadian children to be forced into indentured servitude. One Acadian petition in Pennsylvania sought mercy, …

… and stories of families going days without power as the Lone Star State’s electricity system faltered in the middle … least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … competition to the U.S. retail market for electricity, one of the last great monopolies.” In a letter to the …

… lived in the urban North, but the black population burgeoned during the Great Migration of the 1910s and 1920s and … never passive victims.  From the very beginning of black community development in the North, African Americans fought … exclusive, but as blacks became increasingly disillusioned by the slow pace of integration, many turned to local …

… were calling Barack Obama’s presidency a failure after only one year. His signature health care initiative was stalled; … cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, or worse: incompetent. Well, health care legislation has passed, the … ups and downs look so consequential and permanent. Everyone’s attention span is short. But the complex job of the …

… Gravestones at the Potočari genocide memorial near Srebrenica. In … legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and preserving their testimonies. The Bosnian War was one in a series of conflicts that marked the breakup of the …