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… women, who saved the church that nurtured him and composed the movement whose spokesman he became. King was … up against the wall." Such women were the backbone of the community that nurtured young King. "The church has always … largely composed of men and women whose access to automobiles avoided the indignity of having to move to the back of …

… we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … . This episode lays out the standard New Deal narrative as comprehensively as it can moving quickly through the … was, it is surprising any footage like this exists, much less enough for a lengthy documentary. Burns makes good use …

… recently exposed by the Boston Globe as a spinner of tall tales about his past. A former army officer, he fabricated a … as much troubled by dishonesty and other human shortcomings as other occupations. When scholars make mistakes, … be true to the dead and to the past to which the dead are necessarily relegated? Historians are also custodians of …

… “Therefore go, and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, … Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I [Jesus] have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19 NIV). This Great Commission … on money from the U.S. A black-and-white narrative necessarily yields to various shades of grey. The fourth and …

… 3 presidential election in oil-rich Venezuela, the time has come for an overhaul of the Bush administration’s … Chavez has accused his electoral opponent, Manuel Rosales, the governor of the western state of Zulia, of … in oil-rich Zulia state advocating regional separation. Rosales is a right-wing politician who signed the infamous …

… 58-year-long war between Israel and its Arab neighbors that commenced in 1948 when the state of Israel was proclaimed. … an enormous army. Greece survived, winning two crucial battles. The next great climax came in the 330s and 320s B.C. … us that the European upper hand of recent centuries is not necessarily fated to endure. By the 19th century, the Turks …

… Republicans. This allows her to easily skim over the often complicated inter-relations between politics, science, and … of the changing world. The development of capitalism and credit networks throughout Europe is a fruitful location for … to the previous studies that have mapped out the connection between religion, business, and the emergence of …

… Americans to reexamine their past as well. Austria has become something of a pariah state because its governing … Part of Austria's Nazi past will also be unearthed in the coming weeks in the trial of Heinrich Gross — a doctor … demagogues. One of the most popular of these was Father Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest whose radio programs …

… to resolve the issue in 1876 through a special Electoral Commission and a resulting complex set of commitments that came to be called the … the so-called "butterfly ballot," in which punch holes for the voting machines ran down the middle of the …

… us had almost forgotten — most, that is, except the million-plus Cuban-Americans. Not only do Cuban-Americans remember … Mountains, who helped Castro overthrow Batista. Soon the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War …

… the fact that she thought he had “showed himself to be a complete idiot. “Why?” the perplexed reporter inquired. … Hoover, for instance, “knew” that a balanced budget was necessary to restore confidence, so he cut spending when the … “the vision thing.” The son’s problem is just the opposite. He has such a Vision that it blinds his vision. People …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that … learned about a variety of different countries and their connection to drug wars over the 19th and 20th centuries. And … that it becomes a really unhelpful term or at least it has less medical relevance than it does cultural relevance. So I …

… consequences to explain how individual ambition served the common good. It’s not from the benevolence of the butcher, … intend to stimulate American consumption with the cheap credit their savings created.   When Republican and … Appleby, UCLA emerita professor, is author of "The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism" (2010). …

… never set. How did these backward ninth-century Europeans accomplish all this? The obvious answer is "science and … ninth century look odd to our eye; they seem flat and lifeless. It was the use of numbers that gave artists the power … that divided space into numbers. The maps overflowed with compass bearings, depth measurements, tide tables and …

… heads that revealed the future, and automated gardens complete with metallic singing birds. In this book, E.R. … in creating its own automata but viewed foreign automata as coming from lands “rich in flamboyant excesses of nature, … over what exactly constituted life—and what were the necessary components of nature versus artifice. Truitt’s …

… former leaders have been brought to account for misdeeds committed while in office. But there are obstacles to trying … who suffered severely under his rule. If the goal is to discredit Hussein’s tyrannical regime, a judicial process that … war, even providing the infrastructure and expertise necessary to manufacture such weapons. Yet Saddam’s …

… important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … of federal history, all our presidents have been white males between the ages of 42 and 78. They have invariably … children and notable military and political service to his credit, McCain tries to be all about the “Faith of My …

… revolution, such a proposition was not far-fetched. It was common sense that government should rest on the consent of … This historical precedent is making a comeback in some circles today. Currently, noncitizens vote in local elections in … including Washington D.C., California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, North Carolina, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … In the 20th century, there have been the formidable examples of Woodrow Wilson’s second wife, the jewelry heiress … according to a clear and firm inner pattern.   This is not necessarily a bad thing. The best first ladies — and some …

… RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … areas and a highly efficient use of grazing resources by cycles of transhumance. The Arabic dialects of the Shuwa are … writer al-Sadiq al Raziqui wrote on Al-Jazeera’s website that mercenaries returning from  Yemen in 2019 were …