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… most critical elections in decades. European and American commentators almost uniformly expressed shock at the … In recent decades the nation has continued to struggle to come to terms with its past through highly visible war … While a far-right victory this Sunday is unlikely, a future social and political earthquake, such as happened …

… John Marshall’s seat, he was able at long last to overcome the strong objection of the Whigs during his third, and … full Senate ultimately confirmed him, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s initial rejection and strong opposition to his … hearing, which set the precedent for nominee attendance at future hearings. He was confirmed 47-22.   5. The Judicial …

… my professor is onto something. Patterson shares with other commentators the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a … the fact no one knew how much it would cost; and struck a compromise on the issue of federal funding to parochial … options: looking soft on communism or sending Americans to die. Patterson emphasizes the feasibility of Johnson’s …

… the world, trailing only Russia. The prison industry has become big business: billions of dollars are being spent on … reprisals and crackdowns on inmate reading material became common. Television replaced reading as the preferred source … but the way we’re handling our prison populations, the future surely holds more Atticas. Keith Edgerton is an …

… Although the United States has often wavered from that commitment, the tragic events of Sept. 11 compel us to return to it, more today than ever before. Few … coming years will determine how Old Glory is viewed in the future, both at home and abroad. Our flag, like the flag of …

… thousands of non-Islamic monuments and temples, and committing genocide.  To some South Asian Muslims, he was an … that the war of succession broke out not after their father died, but when he simply fell ill and continued despite his … predecessors.  When forced to choose between political expediency and religious orthodoxy, politics generally won out. …

… unrecognized until recently by anyone in the international community. It has its own government, though largely staffed … international community—pushed Georgian villagers and soldiers out of the Kodori Gorge. This is part of Abkhazia that … the leaders of federal republics like North Ossetia. The Future This war was a miscalculation by all involved, …

… see Israel’s response to the capture of three of its soldiers as entirely justified. Why not, they ask, punish those … so today will ensure that Israelis and Lebanese continue to die in vain. Michael H. Creswell is in associate professor …

… colonial era has been relegated to the periphery of most studies of this period. In African Dominion: A New History of … how interconnected each empire was and how intricate and complex politics were in West Africa during this period. He … history in the African context, Gomez blazes a path for future pre-colonial historians. Interested parties will …

… number of letters that prove he was no dummy. A historian’s complaint, however, is larger than chagrin at the number of … nation to alter its perceptions, values and policies. The comfortable old ways will no longer do. Reagan had an … 1972 National Commission on Population and the American Future, and the 1980 report, Global 2000) had arrived at …

… is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … against the DPP "with tears in their eyes" because of irrefutable evidence that the DPP has succumbed to the same … and a Leninist party structure in 1924 (the year before Sun died), the KMT under Chiang Kai-shek's leadership ran a …

… Rome . If  warnings of the imminent rise of superhuman AI come to pass, he may be the last pontiff crowned during the … away from.” Quoting Saint Augustine, he encouraged his audience: “Let us live well and the times will be good. We are … the papacy of Leo XIV may herald the end of an era,  recent commentary celebrates several notable firsts.  Besides being …

… for new nuclear weaponry. The U.S. refusal to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to eliminate nuclear test … and the United States aren’t on the same page when it comes to dealing with Iran. Great danger also exists in … is an essential first step. Failure to do so leaves future generations exposed to the threat of nuclear …

… were right-wing ideologues who cynically utilized fears of communism to crush opposition to their tyrannical regimes. … that men like Botha and Pinochet tried to erase. Both bodies revealed the atrocities that their perpetrators had … they called for truth. Freedom is not just about the future. It is also about recovering the past. Governments …

… With the horrific assault of Sept. 11, “terrorism” has become the new American watchword and scourge. Yet as George … nor anyone else has defined what terrorism is or where it comes from. Doing so may help us to face a frightening … these groups realized that if you live by the car bomb, you die by the car bomb; terrorism could alienate the very …

… "was somehow the cause of the war." Today, as the nation commemorates the war's sesquicentennial, the war's … the sacrifices and hardships of millions of Confederate soldiers and households, too often those solemn intentions get … in the coming of the Civil War, may they be guided in the future by what Lincoln called the better angels of our …