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… Some pundits predict Nader will draw enough votes away from Vice President Al Gore to give George W. Bush a victory. The potential for Nader to play the spoiler can be … showing great strength at the expense of the other; both credited him with more support than he really had. But what …

… "Silent Spring Revolution," which chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story … years, the federal government routinely detonated nuclear devices in the Nevada desert and the Marshall Islands. Not …

… Lincoln’s suspension of writs of habeas corpus during the Civil War to defend their position. Then and now they argue, … Amendment safeguards that protect the privacy of the individual. But there’s a major difference between the two … power, and it’s up to Congress to safeguard them. To their credit, legislators on Capitol Hill have recently taken a …

… should consider her legal ability and constitutional vision, but also her capacity to be an empathetic justice. … word, simply implies an understanding of, and sensitivity to, the feelings or experiences of another, not any … that is really designed to help achieve it.   To their credit, Theodore Roosevelt and Obama recognized that a judge …

… work, such as the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Republicans hated these programs. … never creates jobs, just work.   But the New Deal did provide jobs to hundreds of thousand of unemployed Americans, … top 10 percent, the middle class has survived largely on credit cards and home equity loans. Now millions have no way …

… further when it announced that the United States would revive its Fourth Fleet in the Caribbean. The Navy claims it … of trade free and open, counter illicit trafficking and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief when and … bring countries like Venezuela and Russia together. To his credit, Barack Obama has been less bellicose. At the height …

… and frightened investors. We've heard such sage advice before. But in the past, no one heeded it. Now it's … panics. The importance of the Federal Reserve System is in evidence today. Since the mortgage crisis threatens to spread … Market analysts fear that the mortgage crisis will create a credit squeeze, undermine business and reduce employment. …

… topped-off with some stiff alcohol to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the … with national prohibition and the ways in which individuals sought to escape the legal confines of what many … with the prohibition era and its literature. To her credit, I find myself compelled to read many of the books …

… Episode 2: "A New and Deadly Menace" Brionna Mendoza Previously on Prologued … Michelle Paranzino So if we're … there's actually a specific Spanish conquistador who takes credit for an 1830s, a guy by the name of Pedro Quadrado. … power abroad. And that's no less true at home either.   (Credits) Brionna Mendoza This season of Prologued was …

… Memories of the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 1970s hover over our occupation … out warnings to American policy makers. President Bush obviously hears them, and he is determined that Iraq will not … would inherit the postwar mess while the United States took credit for toppling Hussein. Invading Iraq was a dangerous …

… already in shambles, plunged steadily into hyperinflation, eviscerating the savings of millions. The eight-hour workday, a cherished … of the devastating impact of the Treaty of Versailles, is credited with having resuscitated the German army in the …

… 1890s, discovered the existence of the noble gases, a previously unpredicted set of elements. In the 1890s, William … set fit easily into the system. The discovery of radioactivity in 1896 seemed poised to destroy the periodic system. … in 1952. A 1923 Deming Periodic Table ; chemists frequently credit Horace Deming, a professor at the University of …

… was just this feeling, this paranoia that they were driving around schools just giving free candy. But one thing I … drug policy, which only lasted for about 18 months. But credit where it's due. He's the only president to send equal … and Great Britain in the so-called the Opium Wars.     (Credits) Brionna Mendoza This season of Prologued was …

… Lee Teng-hui and Disney CEO Michael Eisner, are individuals who otherwise have little in common. Nonetheless, … in order to make sense of Lee’s status as both a victim and beneficiary of Beijing’s wrath, a brief reminder … for the company’s image and Beijing deserves much of the credit for this. You just can’t buy p.r. any better than …

… of the end of World War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination of somber … “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Makes (you) Free) (Photo credit: Kirsten Hildonen) The legacy and memory of the …

… woman governor in the United States. While two women previously held the office of acting governor for a short … Like Ross, Ferguson was also not a woman suffragist or previously politically active, and as governor her husband was … office. October 1974 saw the passage of the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), which barred certain types of …

… If so, is it beyond our constitutional power and duty to provide an incidental remedy?" Improving the skills and … announced that its program in business management will be accredited by Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. In … recently announced that they would start offering credit to students who successfully complete course work …

… Russia’s glorification of victorious wars and colossal defeats has long baffled western observers. Visitors to Russia’s capital, the epicenter of Russia’s cult … the Soviet-Afghan War told through oral histories. To his credit, Carleton also addresses wars that do not …

… of the devout to help the poor in their midst by giving alms, usually in the form of food or money. But … formalizing their ownership, the poor would have access to credit, facilitating entrepreneurial activity. In Tanzania, … fees and property taxes. But the expected expansion of credit never materialized—banks were reluctant to make loans …

… kidnapping, Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau posted a video on the internet stating explicitly that neither he nor … Shekau’s rhetoric is consistent with Boko Haram’s violent insurgency, which has targeted Christians, Muslims, … the Kanuri people in Borno state. And Kanuri scholars credit their ethnic group for spreading and preserving Islam …

… we know that the phrase “what is past is prologue” is a vital component of our jobs. We recognize that, in order to … that history, that prologue, have been lost or buried, leaving holes in the narrative and incomplete explanations of … of color. That’s it. ( laughter ) ( music) Sarah Paxton ( credits) This season of  Prologued  was brought to you by  …

… Indian variolation vial with smallpox virus. Outbreaks of measles across the … opposition to vaccines and by the concerns raised by now-discredited studies that linked vaccines and autism. And as … in 1880, an invention for which Pasteur later claimed credit. Neither vaccine, however, was used on humans. This …