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… wished that things could just be like they used to be. A common sentiment, it is actually responsible for distorting … the term "knight" are unknown—as cniht in Old English and knecht in German both refer to a "servant" or "bondsman"—the …

… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure to other powerful people. As … much too kind to the two political figures. There is a lesson in all this for the current occupant of the White … The Nixon-Deng Comparison …

… As the president made his way to the train, chatting companionably with Secretary of State James G. Blaine, a man … in the back. This engraving of the moments just after Charles Guiteau shot Garfield depicts Secretary of State James … had written, “The President’s tragic death was a sad necessity, but it will unite the Republican party and save …

… major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for short—with articles and books, and with lectures and roundtables. Here in … sale; signs call for the return to the Admiralty protest site, resistance against mainland-ization, and “I want true …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … also was causal, and while it was indisputably connected to the racial crisis, those two forces also were … the same time and leave it at that. There are ways, nonetheless, to try to apprehend the entire picture, though doing …

… Each individual state’s independence is an important milestone, but the events of 1960 were part of a larger … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … look back on the Year of Africa, we should focus on the connections being forged, questioned, reimagined, and molded …

… an app (maybe Skype, maybe FaceTime) to unlock portals of communication. Apple’s original iPhone, released in 2007. … with AT&T’s old landline technology. Without the cables that connect machines on the Internet, the iPhone would be a dead … Milestones …

… from Akin's, and President Barack Obama reiterated his commitment to not make "health care decisions on behalf of … religious issue. Women's experiences of quickening were discredited as unscientific and medical doctors became the … advocates often led these reform movements and used anecdotal evidence to emphasize women's desperation. Ordinary …

… is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … (where Ma grew up and went to college), Ma has never visited the Chinese mainland. After graduating at the top of … on his fellow students while at Harvard and the now discredited DPP charge that he continues to hold a U.S. Green …

… Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We have come this far today by overcoming countless hardships. Just … States occupied the south. Korea became perhaps the first site of confrontation in the new Cold War. In 1948, … humanity committed by a Japanese company in direct connection with the Japanese government’s illegal colonial rule …

… was a motive in his pursuit of liberty; indebtedness was common among Virginia planters, who traded in a global … not. Without doubt, Henry believed Christian morality was necessary to promote virtue in the people and, therefore, … in public virtue. Henry also found inspiration in the examples of Rome and Greece, but those aspects receive less …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website …

… last history play Henry VIII: Or, All is True. A volatile combination of a cheap roof and pyrotechnic effects could … effects, but “they’d still have to do it on the cheap: no tiles on the roof, as at the Theatre, just inexpensive (and … (pictured below) located only 750 feet from the original site. Shakespeare’s Globe opened (or reopened, or even …

… and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (which would later become the Pan American Health Organization) financed and … the experiments. The Guatemalan government was also complicit and received compensation for its participation. … inspired by outrage at the Tuskegee experiments. Nonetheless, the lesson of the need for constant vigilance is …

… a strong hold on the imagination of the American public. To commemorate “Honest Abe,” Origins offers ten of the most … of grief, vividly described in the diary of Gideon Welles, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy, among other sources. … since Lincoln was shot on Good Friday. 4. The People Connected to the Assassination Mary Todd Lincoln was never to …

… associate editor Patrick Potyondy. Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to Writers Talk History, a partnership between the … Teaching of Writing also at Ohio State. All Origins articles and podcasts can be accessed for free online … State University. And I encourage you to go look at that website to find out many great articles about history, …

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … past is not always about celebrating it. A couple of examples of small brass plaques found throughout Berlin that … about the attitude of residents remembering the past and connecting it to contemporary issues. Occasionally graffiti is …

… in Silicon Valley (where even people with six-figure incomes may qualify for housing subsidies) have attracted … of the program, since they lacked the minimum income necessary for a government-backed mortgage. Although … formalizing their ownership, the poor would have access to credit, facilitating entrepreneurial activity. In Tanzania, …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered competition at the Parc Agricole d’Achères outside Paris.  … landmark win represented the dominance of electric vehicles at the turn of the 20th century.  France was an early …

… of the Second World War began. More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad … Within two weeks, the Wehrmacht advanced more than 300 miles. Hitler, increasingly directing military operations in … two hundred meters from the German front line. The Germans poured more and more men into the battle at Hitler’s …

… Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League in Kingston in 1914. Though Garvey was … Federation, a political union of islands in the Greater and Lesser Antilles in a single independent state. From 1958 to … as well as Trinidad and Tobago’s on August 31 st , mark a necessary transition for the Atlantic world. Indebted as …