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… affairs, repulsive as they may sometimes be to us. This will be especially difficult because a strong messianic … we should do in dealing with China is remember that it has good reason to worry about U.S. intentions. We have … who were then fighting the founders of today’s communist government, a deployment almost unknown to …

… the words “The End” on a popular, long-running American comedy named “The Roaring Twenties: The New Era of Eternal … far from unique. In “The Glass Menagerie”(1945), Tennessee Williams rightly referred to the years of the Great … Prosperity had been based on the sale of new consumer goods, particularly automobiles and radios. Mass production …

… “If our bombs are so ‘smart,’ how come they’re always hitting refugees, hospitals and … as they were in Bosnia?” He added, “We have to take a stand against genocide.” Others brought up the American record … I believe that the United States did more harm than good. The jury is still out on Kosovo. But my students …

… the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … disappeared, and Russia stopped subsidies to Cuba in 1991. Communism still exists in the world, but it is a diminishing … relations. That year Clinton signed the Helms-Burton Act, again toughening the embargo, which had been relaxed …

… reaching back to nineteenth-century Romanticism and its offspring, the Arts and Crafts movement” (82). Looking back … instance, crossed the Atlantic and settled in England, becoming members of the English aristocracy and elite British … of this elite American dream. As firms auctioned houses off, they packaged many of their parts, such as staircases, …

… As China completes its takeover of Hong Kong, it should be remembered … true that they abrogated their agreement with Tibet almost 30 years ago and that China is a very different kind of … companies buy their way into Hong Kong, worried Chinese officials are already starting to crack down on laws that …

… 11 attacks, both Republican and Democratic politicians will read aloud on television Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 … surely will be. But they are inappropriate for this coming Sept. 11, no less than a newspaper printing last … the selfishness of tax cuts more sacred than the public good, no matter what noble tasks the public might be willing …

… and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (which would later become the Pan American Health Organization) financed and … the experiments. The Guatemalan government was also complicit and received compensation for its participation. … or guardians for their participation in these tests. In order to study STI treatments, multiple rounds of “natural …

… understandings of how disease is transmitted within the community. As a general rule, respirators function by … This served to loosen the mucus membranes and provided a comforting insulation from the cold, allowing the wearer to … of lowland Bengal took a physical toll on the soldiers and officials of the East India Company. Upon returning to …

… monarchy’s obligation to watch over its subjects and impose order while at the same time receiving veneration.  By … concept of human ascent seeks to look beyond the archive in order to reveal the opinions of the mass public. Kim alludes … of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime. …

… Apple Computer, Inc. has opened an ambitious, brilliant … Rosa Parks, and Pablo Picasso. The campaign probably will and should win some awards, but it strikes one false … the needs of those who like what Apple technology has to offer. Apple means to honor “those who have changed the …

… He twice attempted to escape the tremendous financial commitment by promoting a joint lunar trip by the United … that the shuttle could pay for itself by achieving 25 to 30 missions a year, and could fly as many as 48 times a … the pockets of the wealthy. A return to the moon could offer valuable opportunities for astronomical research, …

… language distinct from Greater Russia. In Belarus, Russian officials looked for a way to “Russify” many of the Poles in … culture by the Soviet state in the 1920s. However, by the 1930s Moscow began to curtail non-Russian nationalism in favor … and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and …

… Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League in Kingston in 1914. Though Garvey was not elected to public office in Jamaica, the UNIA was responsible for many Black … labor unrest across the British West Indies in the 1930s. Workplace strikes and riots took place in Jamaica, …

… the explosion. A plant employee at work, mid-1980s. In any complex system, accidents are inevitable, but the Soviet … that the lie of the RBMK’s safety became an unquestioned official truth. The series depicts the cost of these lies in … a reminder that lies have a cost and, eventually, reality will catch up with you. …

… were an obvious denominational marker. “Part Two: Dynamics” comprises the bulk of the book. In chapters five through … hagiography to discuss sermons about the saints as well as official documents surrounding a saint’s canonization. … closes with a brief chapter on the criticisms leveled against the cult of the saints, both from older religions as …

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated … both architecturally dark and a bit forbidding, POLIN offers a space of light, openness, and reflection. In … the ruins and remains found in post-World War II Warsaw. In order to recreate this particular synagogue, POLIN …

… on faculty hires. Suddenly, new Ph.D.s found themselves competing with a hundred or even a thousand other candidates … it? — can perform it. It has happened before. During the 1930s, as every high school student learns, the federal … who created more than 2,500 wall murals in schools and post offices. For unemployed actors like Orson Welles, meanwhile, …

… United States, built on its Anglo-Saxon heritage, could accommodate large numbers of Slavs and Italians whose … Coast was the flashpoint for vehement actions and policies against Asians. Chinese immigration, which was crucial to … to the United States. Thirty-five years later, Executive Order No. 9066, signed in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor …

… from public schools. They say the books are too scary and border on the occult. Some have even accused the books’ … too crude for refined readers. Twenty years later, critics complained that the characters were poor role models. By the … the censors “have given us a rattling tip-top puff which will go into every paper in the country.” He predicted the …

… claim being made lately about the ever-advancing Computer Age. After all, cyber-data is easier to store, … the 19th century, remain to occur. For books to be dead, we will have to see many more people knowing how to use … Even so, universal cyber-literacy is still a long way off. Another major obstacle is cost. In the 19th century, …

… Although the United States has often wavered from that commitment, the tragic events of Sept. 11 compel us to … forty years. “Red, White and Blue” became the colors of a good neighbor for some but represented the ugly American … our government responds to that threat in the coming years will determine how Old Glory is viewed in the future, both …

… But pirates never give up easily. The possibility that they will capture more Americans there and elsewhere remains. And … European prisoners.   Then, as now, the United States was coming out of a long and costly war (with England). Then, … overwhelming American military might, victory in a war against Somalian pirates would be more complicated than in …

… less funny than Rogers — to describe the dilemma of the incoming Democratic majorities in both Congressional houses. … people with many agendas come together to define a common good. It is a process that involves compromise, deal-making … with weakness, and set out to destroy personally those who offered other ideas. Their legacy is a bitterly divided …