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… reached the hearts of Americans. Many readers — it was the best-selling novel in history to that point — wanted to take … it difficult to break free from the constraints of their communities, for many churches, political parties and laws … of hope.” And it is the job of the universities to lead the way. Alfred L. Brophy is a professor of law at the …

… the leaders of both nations recently expressed their desire for peaceful coexistence, and called for confidence-building … bin Laden himself, are in that area. For the international community to finish off al-Qaida, uninterrupted cooperation … from the war on terrorism. The United States must use its best diplomatic tools, such as Open Skies, to assist India …

… plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis , persisted for centuries in wild rodent colonies in Central Asia and, … came into Mediterranean ports by ship. But, it is also becoming clear that small pools of plague had been established … out of the European resource wars—began a search for new ways to the East, making their way south along the African …

… likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is … and the Reconstruction amendments of the 1860s evolved in ways that their drafters could scarcely have imagined. So … that a wide range of matters from health care to hospital visitation rights to joint filing of income taxes ought to …

… 9/11, reveals a great deal about the phenomenon we have come to know as suicide bombing. First, a radical left-wing … fanatics. Second, the bomber detonated his explosives before he had the opportunity to enter the embassy complex. … suicide bombers in increasingly innovative and destructive ways. The global number of suicide bombings peaked in 2007, …

… interest in China's future place in the international community has grown. Odd Arne Westad explores China's foreign relations over the past 250 years to offer … China's foreign relations never unfolded in a unilinear way. Rather, they took on a "schizophrenic" form that made …

… The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will vote early in March on the Bush … in 1959, Pickering wrote a law review article suggesting ways to strengthen the state's anti-miscegenation laws. This … does not belong on the Circuit Court. Joshua M. Zeitz is a visiting assistant professor of history at Brown University …

… of future discussions of gun control for decades to come. It might even have an impact on the dynamics of the … militia, composed of the body of the People, being the best security of a free State, the right of the People to … rights models, making it hard to interpret. The best way to describe the original conception of this right would …

… will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his … is mutual. Donald Trump during an interview at Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona in December 2015 (Photo by Gage … television. Advertisers—usually called sponsors—would buy entire time segments of programming from a commercial …

… and Navarre, c. 1779. He traveled in the mayor's coach accompanied by his confessor, Henry Essex Edgeworth de … that Louis XVI was reform-minded and earnestly wanted the best for his people. But the king had grown dissatisfied … by six thousand national guardsmen. As they made their way back to Paris, entire villages of armed men and women …

… great esteem and prestige and was widely regarded as the best in the world. Fifty years later, higher education has … universities to yield an annual, independent source of income. Endowment size has served as a proxy for academic … in higher education, revenue from tuition and fees has always paid less than half of the cost to produce students’ …

… against humiliation and misery, and tried in every way possible to rejuvenate the nation. The exhibition also … if couched in the language of censure—could prompt visitors to the exhibit today to reflect on the injustice … desires into those of the group. Getting individuals to buy into the China Dream means ridding the past and present …

… easily between historical periods, and languages. Her command of her own discipline, political theory, and other … – a discourse whose only travels take place in the form of violent jihads. Journeys to the Other Shore , then, … travels in pursuit of knowledge. Euben examines the ways in which both traditional political theory and Islamic …

… government. Yet the protests persisted until he was finally forced from office. These events join 1964 and 1985 as … fully today’s popular protests, we need to look all the way back to the Sudan’s colonial past. Post-independence … coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the …

… Rocky Mountain National Park was less than two hours away, as was Pawnee National Grassland. I took countless … If not preservation, Graham writes, Imagine Donald Trump buying Yosemite as home for several lit-up resort hotels and … onto both parties’ national agendas for decades to come and FDR splicing “conservation into the Democratic …

… kind in which such a big vessel has been hijacked so far away from the coast. It shows that the pirates now have the … to sustain themselves in deep sea until the vessel actually comes by." Under the pirates' command, the Sirius Star … along the Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the 10th century. The best ports such as Adulis, Zeila, and Mogadishu became …

… On April 24, 2015, much of the world will commemorate the centennial of one of the most highly … communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for more than 2500 years. Yet, although  Pope Francis … as it was searching, unsuccessfully—flailing around—to find ways to maintain its empire. Deporting, killing, and …

… supply global agriculture with one of its most important commodities: synthetic fertilizer. In the process, the … to believe that they had found an easy and affordable way to counter a significant public health problem. However, … Wier’s bill languished as did anti-fluoridationists’ best chance of ending the practice. Subsequently, Dean’s …

… Musicals are the quintessential American dramatic art form, combining spoken dialogue with music, song, and dance. For … of Music (1959) A promotional still from the 1951 Broadway production of The King and I (left) ; A promotional … The first British musical to win the Tony Award for Best Musical, it signaled the arrival of a new …

… The family of Martin Luther King, Jr., much maligned of late for its aggressive copyright control of Dr. King’s works, … King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … alive, federal officials who were aligned against him got away with everything just short of murder. Although King has …

… The story line for the upcoming November elections has been that conservatives are … to know: America is a progressive nation. Americans have always embraced progress and liberal change, rather than … Congress created Medicare, and seniors now have some of the best medical coverage in the country. Raise your hand if you …

… Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … ). For Remond, transnational connections became a concrete way to escape racism in the United States. She settled … they embarrassed President Woodrow Wilson in front of a visiting Russian delegation, whose wartime cooperation he …