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… The four murdered churchwomen from left to right: Maura … who believed that anyone who opposed the military regime was a communist, including religious figures. This slogan, … They believed in the words of Archbishop Romero when he said, “Christ invites us not to fear persecution …

… Russia’s cooperation with the Kurds of Iraq and Syria in the fight against ISIL has … these pleasant tidings with the curious Yazidis, the poet was relieved to find that they were far from being the … melody “at three in the afternoon and worked until two AM.” When it was performed at a dress rehearsal the following …

… Yet another generation of moviegoers and read-to children have been … of new fans and their parents know that Theodor S. Geisel was born one hundred years ago this month. Who? While most … through his pursuit of industrial wealth. Similarly, when we’re “off to great places . . . off and away . . .” …

… The juxtaposition of laughter and tragedy in the Charlie … have missed, however, is that the January 7 th attack was by no means the first time that extremists have murdered … and murdered in September 1995, while Dorbane died when a bomb that militants had placed near the offices of …

… December 7th marks the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Few … and the United States came to the Pacific in late 1941 was of little surprise to any knowledgeable government or … attack, gloomily evaluated Japanese chances for success when he declared to the Japanese prime minister, “In the …

… Saber-rattling between the current U.S. administration and the North Korean regime … various reports but no permanent organization, and there was little urgency to do much more. Then in August 1949, the … “shell” such as a wooden desk, wall, or in a ditch when they saw the flash of an atomic bomb. It was the bomb …

… On November 4, 1924, voters elected the first woman governor in the United States. While two … Primary election earlier that year, which at the time was but a technicality (Texas was largely a one-party … governors were reelected at the end of their first terms. When Ross reran for office in 1926, she was no longer …

… Musicals are the quintessential American dramatic art form, combining … historical characters from folklore. One of the most famous was Evangeline, or The Belle of Acadia, and was based on … cement the relationship between New York and the theater, when his administration founded a public school to train …

… is at hand." Americans longed to hear this 35 years ago, when National Security Adviser Henry A. Kissinger announced … long to hear it again about Iraq. If we do hear it before the next election, we shouldn't believe it. "Peace is at hand." Kissinger, we now know, realized Vietnam was not getting peace, but merely "a decent interval" — a …

… launches a war on specious pretexts. American forces occupy the enemy capital but cannot impose a political settlement … Despite its victorious conclusion, the Mexican War was a fiasco that helped set the stage for the Civil War. It started as a "war of choice," when Polk ignored evidence that American forces had crossed …

… A group of intense Christian believers gathers, heads bent in earnest prayer. At their head is a man … convert the sinner. 1997? No — nor is this on the Mall in Washington D.C., nor are we watching a Promise Keepers … chronological cycles. It often becomes especially strong when shifts in the economy or in a society’s reigning values …

… Within this lesson plan students work with the current Syrian Civil War crisis and look at the intricacies of the roles of government in foreign … historians who are familiar with the people and culture when making foreign policy decisions. Files for download: …

… April 19, 2015 marks 240 years since the bloodshed that ignited the American Revolutionary War … become the enduring description of the Revolutionary War when he called it “the shot heard round the world” in his … and Concord had tremendous propaganda potential provided it was positioned properly. If Massachusetts men were seen as …

… in a thirteenth-century portrait. This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the medieval … rights and constitutional principles. By June 1215, England was in civil war as disaffected barons took up arms against … him and his barons, who thought he was abusing royal power. When the rebel barons seized London, King John was forced to …

… Great abbeys such as Westminster and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating below the level … with their monarchs; as it is today, Westminster was then the coronation hall of English kings, while …

… November 1918 was the deadliest month of the greatest pandemic in recorded … flu vaccine . Burying victims of the Spanish Flu in Canada. When the first cases of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic … The 1918 Flu Pandemic … The 1918 Flu Pandemic …

… declared that he’d “earned capital, political capital” in the election and that he intended to spend it during his … with an administration’s use of executive power. But when a president wins re-election, his opponents have an … second term of Richard M. Nixon. No other presidency was less popular with the liberal press, which relished the …

… When did the First World War end? November 11, 1918? June 28, 1919? Or was it later? Written by Julie M. Powell. Narration by Dr. … On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Armistice went … November 11, 1918: The End of World War I? …

… When the Roman Catholic Patriarch of the Holy Land Michel Sabbah celebrates mass in the Church of … a Sunni Muslim, in the Nativity Church on Christmas Eve was cause for hope among moderates of many faiths. Since …

… On Sept. 17, 2009, President Obama will present the Medal of Honor to the parents of Army Staff Sgt. Jared C. Monti for “conspicuous gallantry.” Monti, 30, was serving with the 10th Mountain Division when he was killed in a battle at Gowardesh, Afghanistan. …

… As Barack Obama looks abroad for allies in the war in Afghanistan, he should move fast to put Canada at … Canadians have a history of reacting unpredictably when placed under pressure by great-power allies, and their … new nor particularly provocative. Indeed, his message was hardly different from the recent comments of Defense …

… When Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was released in 1963, it split the … that the isolation they felt taking care of home and family was not unique. This realization alone had a profound impact … Review of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the …

… Some Americans recall the event with shame and express their fervent hope that … of Japan. More challenging to consider is whether it was an unjustifiable act in a fully justified war. August 6 … or "revisionists." These epithets merely delay the day when Americans will consider the import of having used …

… When President Obama and candidate Mitt Romney take to the stage for a foreign policy debate on Oct. 22, nuclear … remembering that in October of 1986 President Ronald Reagan was meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in … The Presidential Candidates Should Vow to Complete the …