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… through the lens of the region’s largest industry: oil.  Before taking up writing, Morton served as a lawyer for 30 … had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for … keep flowing (175-176). The Arab Spring, he argues, was the latest eruption of social unrest against a status quo of …

… vessel. The sinking of two Russian ships by a German taskforce under the command of a German admiral improbably marked the entry of … to dislodge the Ottoman defenders, and the allied force was ultimately compelled to withdraw. Shortly after the …

… motto of the United States is “In God We Trust.” Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., introduced the measure and argued that we … a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … and Form of Government We have assumed.” Of all of his accomplishments, Jefferson selected just three for his …

… most valuable colonial possessions in an era of uncertain communications and increased European competition. It also … commission was to attack Dutch possessions and England was formally at peace with Spain, the Jamaica-based privateers … unable to recruit or equip more than several hundred men. Ultimately, Bracamonte was forced to accept Morgan's ransom …

… culture in American culture.” —Rick Santorum, April 2021 Former Pennsylvania senator (and CNN commentator) Rick Santorum made those comments at a … such as the Gold Rush and the San Francisco 49ers NFL team. Another example, in 1889 the “Indian Territory,” which …

… Coming to terms with the American Civil War is no easy task. … about many of the war's other legacies, including a transformed federal government, a shift away from an agricultural … temporal and spatial context out of which the Civil War ultimately grew. When war finally came, was it a just war? …

… those listening back home on Earth: “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” That Armstrong … Taskforce on February 1, 2016. That achievement has since become a benchmark in American culture. The expression “if we … well before Neil Armstrong ever set foot on the surface. Ultimately, the moonshot was a product of its time, and …

… the words “The End” on a popular, long-running American comedy named “The Roaring Twenties: The New Era of Eternal … In his inaugural address less than twenty months before, Herbert Hoover had proclaimed that the final victory … and nineties are billowing consumer debt and soaring stock prices. Surely the most troubling parallel, though, is the …

… What is the afterlife of an old communist statue? Just what to do with all the Soviet-era … of how the monuments have been dealt with across the former “Soviet bloc:” some blown up or knocked down, others … altogether. Its chaotic, uncoordinated, un-discussed, and ultimately uneventful removal in 1999, which took four …

… Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … avec des conséquences mortelles leur colère envers des comiques dont le travail a été jugé blasphématoire ou opposé … les militants des groupes armés divers se réclamant d’une forme plus « vraie » de l'Islam ont tué trois humoristes : …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … the right-wing Likud party, was indicted in November 2019 for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Prime Minister … in Israeli society—for example, divisions over territorial compromise with the Palestinians; divisions between Jews and …

… broke out between the  paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in 2023.  … RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … the border into West Darfur.  The Arabs told an assessment team of the UNHCR they were fleeing attacks by Chadian …

… giant. They claim that the government’s sell-off is good for GM and for the government, and it is the “American” … in spring 2009. What was then the world’s largest auto company had been hemorrhaging money for years, losing an … States, consumers care more about quality, features, and price than about the parent company’s ownership structure.   …

… of Native American treaties, resistance, and protests. For more on the Standing Rock protests, see Origins' article, " Treaties and Sovereign Performances, from Westphalia to Standing Rock ." ( Image … of South Dakota in the claims commission proceedings. They ultimately had to go to federal to other federal courts and …

… is over. There will be celebrations, and peace will be welcomed by the ordinary people of Ulster. But as the great … a final, bloody act of the war has yet to be played out. For there are some who do not want the thirty-year war … former IRA comrades followed, with Collins’s pro-treaty IRA ultimately victorious. Gerry Adams and the other …

… out the now immortal line: “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” Unfortunately, not much is documented about the battle, and … then, with Richard’s demise and the rise of the Tudors ultimately reflects a desire to understand why Richard …

… I am become death, the shatterer of worlds. J. Robert Oppenheimer … to violence, a core idea of the Enlightenment, would forever be upset by the onset of the nuclear age. The … helped to forge Oppenheimer into the leader that he ultimately became. An unlikely candidate to lead the …

… his determination to smoke out the villains responsible for the terrible assaults of Sept. 11 as well as other … advocated by Secretary of State Colin Powell? Or will war come in the form of numerous military strikes that engage … murder. And, of course, the president did not expect that ultimately American intervention would undermine rather than …

… Previous inspections for WMD in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq failed because the Iraqis … the inspectors were too few and too weakly supported to overcome Iraqi resistance. But even if the inspections had … treaty in 1936. International reaction was mixed but ultimately limited to a few harsh words. The United States …

… in the past, faced a situation closer to today’s mess: forgotten Martin Van Buren. When Martin Van Buren placed his … our mess won’t solve our own. The causes of any panic are complex. Who we choose to blame determines the solutions we … complex financial instruments and soaring commodity prices shared the blame as a shocked nation responded to …

… of all classes and races know a lady when we see one. She combines a highly attuned sense of others’ needs with an … First Lady, made this part of the role her own. Long known for “softening” her rough-and-tumble Texas husband in the … hands, she carried messages of reassurance, reproach and, ultimately, faith. To her sister and fellow southerners, the …

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … versus the United States, and what legacies might we be forgetting? In this episode of History Talk, we speak to … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important …

… hallowed. Those claiming to defend traditional marriage forget what those traditions were. One revered form of … so that all Jews could go back to biblical ways. The Ten Commandments are mute about gay marriage. Males in a … ways. Although not the Massachusetts ruling, that might ultimately lower current passions. It would completely …