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… John F. Kennedy did to his would-be iconographer, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., that he hopes someone is busy getting it all … Kennedy. For surely there was no better reason to employ Schlesinger, the historian who had already done wonders for … himself. Which won’t be so bad. Obama’s already an accomplished memoirist. He evidently prefers to be his own …

… Mary, Queen Mary. Standing from left: the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII); Prince Henry, Duke of … its effects: “My maid was rather curt with me, but she is a Communist at heart.” Mounted police clear demonstrators from … member of the royal entourage. Others without such connections were not so lucky and faced two-years imprisonment, …

… Taking aim at the “false dichotomy between Native peoples who built societies around kinship and Europeans who … his reader back to a Middle America before Europeans, as commercial and military power shifted between Mississippian … to overstate the facts and to qualify his narrative when necessary. In many ways, Masters of the Middle Waters works …

… aspects of these events, the reception of which has been less thoroughly examined by scholars.  After an introduction … Whereas in the 20th century, Caesar could just as easily become the savage conqueror again, someone to be resisted … who would finally surrender to Caesar in 51 B.C., would become the symbol of the revolutionary spirit in 19th- and …

… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to … jeopardy. Though the Kremlin suppressed the revolution mercilessly after dithering for several days, the crisis in … (Source: Embassy of Hungary in the Netherlands) Numerous sites of memory—including a 1956 monument where Stalin’s …

… Sea.” About a year later, President Barack Obama visited Manila to mark the signing of a new Enhanced Defense … While not explicitly backing Manila, Obama stressed his commitment to preserving stability in  the South China Sea . … the geographical importance of the Philippines that Japan poured precious resources into its defense. Offshore from …

… an enterprising radio newsman unsatisfied with the comments from an obscure Midwestern astronomer, sped to … in Grover's Mill, NJ commemorating the “Martian landing site” of Welles’s broadcast. It was a fatal decision.  Within minutes, … Milestones … Media/Journalism/Communications …

… violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … adoption, by an unintended irony, re-traces the discredited preoccupation with "matching" that wrote children … countries in question: orphanages, and the street. I have visited orphanages in several Asian countries; no child should …

… held in the 17th and 18th centuries. Because the propertyless were employed by, in debt to, or in more subtle ways … make them the political appendages of their landlords and creditors. Sir William Blackstone, who greatly influenced … rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s …

… helped inspire. Like Nixon in late 1969, the author has become immensely disillusioned with America's leadership class … of American Theocracy, along these lines, looks at the connections between American global hegemony and oil. According … ruin. Although the technology-led stock-market boom and the credit-industrial complex masked the depth of this problem …

… of the Iraq conflict into a low level but nonetheless murderous civil war between Sunnis and Shi'is has … in the Islamic world and the reasons why they have become so explosive in Iraq, it is hardly surprising that … and violent conflict between these two Iraqi religious communities are recognizable as a typical catalytic reaction …

… Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her dissenting opinion in Gonzales v. Carhart — the recent case in which the Supreme Court … principle of stare decisis, or sticking to precedent, was necessary to maintain legal stability. The one difference … right. However, even this discussion of pregnancy did not come close to the corporeal character of Kennedy’s language …

… nation. These were major breakthroughs with regard to on-site inspection into the Soviet Union–an idea the Soviets … alarm. As it was during the Cold War, arms control is necessary to confront this threat. But this can only be … reliant on trust rather than the sword. But for this to become a reality, there must be an accumulation of goodwill. …

… Congress to honor the passing of Paul Ecke, Jr., who helped commercialize the plant in the United States in the middle … interference. His first stop was San Juan de Ulúa, the last site of Spanish military occupation in Mexico, to meddle in … had some political successes, Poinsett used his Masonic connections to secure favorable plots of land for himself and …

… successful in pushing up prices, profits and, to a lesser extent, wages, but hours worked and production … and truck loans for the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles.   Add $15 billion to the factory conversion grant fund …

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being … of Black people from pandemic historical narratives is connected to their place within the nation. Despite centuries … residences mirrored their employment. Had Francis visited any of the men’s homes, he would have noticed how …

… Nairobi, a huge slum and key locale in the current troubles. He also founded a spectacularly successful rice-growing … going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … intended to keep down opposition support] outweigh the necessity not only to provide employment but also to feed …

… in the first round of presidential elections from 50% plus one to 25% of the popular vote. This would ensure that … starting. [Y'En A Marre] want change and their patience has come to an end. Prices are too high, the power fails all the … He still worried about a crackdown, but felt the mass outpouring on the streets might prevent it. His artist friend …

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… angered by the dismissal of the popular minister Jacques Necker on 11 July. But what really stirred them was the fact … tamed, while the First (the Clergy) and the Second (the Nobles) Estates are dancing to the tune of the Third Estate, … by historians, depicted by artists and celebrated by common people. In 1880, the French chose to make the …

… in the polls among GOP voters precisely because he is so comfortable mixing politics and religion. He presents a … the kind of bigotry American Catholics have tried to overcome. What may be less familiar is that Santorum’s brand of Catholicism — what …

… since well before Marcos’s declaration of martial law. Committed activists who organized underground in the Philippines, in exile, and in the diaspora worked tirelessly to broadcast news of the Marcoses’ human rights … the corruption of the Marcoses in exchange for an anti-Communist bulwark in Southeast Asia. By the mid-1980s, …

… industrial power in the Railroad Age. Like so many complex cases decided under that statute, this one will take … modern conditions. But the procedures of the act, which commit antitrust decisions to the judiciary and the … antitrust remains a largely judicial matter. This is troublesome for several reasons: First, judges are lawyers with …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the … as a way to bridge what they believed was a growing disconnect between academic history and popular journalism.  The … op-ed essays to several hundred newspapers and news Web sites, including the History News Network.  For example, …