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… successful in pushing up prices, profits and, to a lesser extent, wages, but hours worked and production … industry, resulting in even more job losses and business closures.   Spending taxpayer billions to this end is a very … and truck loans for the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles.   Add $15 billion to the factory conversion grant fund …

… not just about the history of our cities, but about their future as well." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …

… that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States — from … the war by authorizing him “to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the … even confirm whether their ships had been hit, much less whether North Vietnamese patrol boats had struck them. …

… spirit and with a large gesture invite an enemy to become an angel without further preparation or a flying … must be sought in the ancestral habits of Russians, Poles, Servians, Sorbs, Polabians, Croats, Cassules, Wends, … “without further preparation or a flying machine,” survived the approximately 70 foot fall from the window. …

… Rhône River, for instance, contained tools covered in scales and bone fragments, shedding light on Paleolithic fish … Some of the earliest evidence of Homo sapien s fishing comes from Central Africa where catfish were captured using … eleven chapters earlier, reducing the impact of any comparison. The lack of chronology or strong thematic …

… Evropa to the prominent display of the Parthenon on the website of the Neo-Nazi forum Stormfront, classical texts and … entire  website  specifically devoted to documenting and refuting the appropriation of classical antiquity by hate … immigration. Though over a century old, and thoroughly discredited by scholars, Frank’s article is required reading …

… On February 7, 1964, the Beatles made their arrival in the United States. Stepping off an … would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … British Invasion across the Atlantic, rock and roll saw a resurgence that helped cement what many people called “race …

… far too trusting of the chemical industry and its false assurances of safety. In particular, Carson denounced this … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our distorted sense …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the … for biased stories about Christian Science and pressured editors for change.  Did they also lobby textbook … op-ed essays to several hundred newspapers and news Web sites, including the History News Network.  For example, …

… huge bestsellers. We celebrate the Founders’ audacity and commitment, marvel at their battlefield heroics, literary … They imagined that they were acting in behalf of future generations and humanity at large. Turning a … in 1776, he averred, “The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” Paine proclaimed that …

… The Bush administration has increased pressure on Congress for a quick resolution authorizing … colonialists in their war against Ho’s Vietminh, he had become a bitter U.S. enemy. Over the next decade, Ho … justify offensive military action as the means to prevent future aggression. He seized on a murky series of clashes in …

… hundred buses as well as a seven million dollar line of credit. On the issue of Iran, President Bush has been … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar … the policy of economic sanctions is rendered useless. Matt Jacobs is a Ph.D. student studying diplomatic …

… “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by the Beatles was released in the United States on December 26, 1963, … crowd relentlessly screamed at the sight of them.  Still to come were the increasingly more abstract and innovative … from touring, the aesthetic reverberations of exposure to psychedelic substances, and their pioneering …

… Justinian is the figure in the center. The mosaics were completed in 547 CE. Because there have been multiple … the same time as Procopius. He wrote about the plague in Palestine and Syria, and his narrative aligns with Procopius’ … plague died. Justinian himself caught the disease and survived. However, like all pre-modern diseases, the single …

… of the military later found expression in the Posse Comitatus law of 1878, still in force. Archaic as the title … boarding and arrest, while the Navy provided intelligence, surveillance and other facilities. The military later became … the Constitution. For 70 years, troops served in police roles, including monitoring the polls to keep drunks and women …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … a formal economy. So people are just trying to find ways to survive in a massively unequal society that is run by these … Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website at …

… anti-democratic, inefficient, and a symbol of legislative incompetence. Liberals in the earlier post-World War II period … A few liberal voices were disappointed that the filibuster survived at all. Today’s Democrats can learn from this older … Although liberal Democrats might lose some key judicial battles as a result of filibuster reform, the change proposed by …

… northern China. Amid this misery, a mysterious group that combined traditional Chinese folk culture, including martial … Fists,” though Westerners simply dubbed them “Boxers.”  Cao Futian loosely led this decentralized group. In 1899, in … court fled Beijing for  Xi’an . Western troops proceeded to commit atrocities of their own, looting much of the city and …

… America’s long-term national security. Three principles are essential for the success of peace-building … years after World War II, not a single U.S. soldier died in combat either in Germany or in Japan — in sharp contrast to … that several hundred thousand troops would be needed to ensure security in post-conflict Iraq, President Bush and …

… at the victim: another gun control bill, shot full o’ holes. In fact, most historians see the cowboy of the Old West … to bear arms, but the record puts them behind “moderate, common-sense measures” for gun control — the very kind President Clinton has …

… The upcoming millennium is not just about computers; it’s also about religion and religious extremism. … two must be the same guy; and he must be Jewish. It is no surprise that Falwell has repeated this myth, since many … The Myth of the Jewish Antichrist: Falwell Stumbles Badly …

… invaders have allied themselves with Britain, the discredited colonial power that Iraqis assumed had gone forever. Surely some will respond, but we cannot assume they will be … property, the rule of law, a willingness to make political compromises and to accept the outcome of free elections. In …

… Rio Grande on April 30, 1598, four centuries ago, a few miles downstream from their city’s modern location. It was … States. But it was still not our very first Thanksgiving. Credit for that event belongs to the Native Americans. Among … Thanksgiving.” For 136 years, Thanksgiving has been a day commemorated across America. It gives us a moment to recall …

… Soviet counter-intelligence agency, for writing derogatory comments about Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in a private … Solzhenitsyn was arrested by SMERSH for writing derogatory comments about Stalin in a private letter. He portrayed one … experience. Political prisoners in Kengir, Kazakhstan , the site of a famous prisoner revolt. Solzhenitsyn portrayed …