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… staff, I am alarmed by this news. As their administrations come to a close, presidents establish foundations to raise … estate has the right to file objections to planned disclosures, but scholars have no mechanism to appeal improper … that I had voted for Nixon. None of this bodes well for the future. How a library handles public access depends not on …

… bears noting that the "history" it tells has been wholly discredited by several generations of American  historians . … whites create chaos and disorder in Piedmont, while “helpless whites look on,” frozen in horror. Even Union soldiers … An actor wears an authentic Confederate jacket, one of the surplus uniforms still available in 1915. While the …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.” Well before Armistice Day was … need not politicize the Veterans Day services of the future. Wartime writing reveals an enormous range of …

… 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). …

… Europe's domination began with clocks.   The power to measure time helped turn the backward ninth-century tribes of … 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 …

… been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … as devastating as the 1783 eruption of the Laki volcanic fissure, a system of craters near present-day Vatnajökull … doubled between 2000 and 2010, when half a million people visited the island. At this rate, Iceland’s Tourism Board …

… Yes, your Royal Highness, Everybody!” — Hanau People’s Commission to Prince-Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, 1848. On … 9, 1848, the twenty-three members of the Hanau People’s Commission—leading citizens of the small German city on the … the Confederation on a path toward a more unified national future, perhaps with the King of Prussia as the head of …

… been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … including the newly secularized Christmas. “Santa Claus visited the East Side last night,” the New York Tribune noted … chocolates, games, books and LPs. Parents could now assure children that Hanukkah wasn’t a poor man’s Christmas …

… thirty-year conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. By the time the violence ended in the late 1990s, the … Catholic Republic of Ireland, an utterly unacceptable outcome. They therefore fiercely fought the civil rights … their response to the crisis. It was clear that a resurgent IRA would play a central role, but the delegates …

… put Canada at the top of his list. Thus far, however, the incoming administration’s message to Canadians has been … who support the military’s efforts in Kandahar, nevertheless promised to end Canada’s Afghanistan mission in 2011.   … a history of reacting unpredictably when placed under pressure by great-power allies, and their support must be sought …

… crimes." 1 Partially as a result, the name Krupp has become synonymous with war profiteering, armaments and the … its legacy. Where Manchester's work heavily emphasizes the company's arms sales, James presents a more balanced account of the company's …

… to which men will go to take it away from them, and to the complicated politics of one’s immortal soul. Director Josie … but her role never disappoints. Her constant internal struggles with marriage, motherhood, and her mortality drive her … in her execution at the hands of the English. Elizabeth survives but “relinquishes [herself] fully to the throne.” …

… The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone. But in celebrating its achievements we have … equality, they’ll be well served to look at previous battles for equal, quality public school education outside the … upheld through the inaction of school boards. It was hardly surprising that the list of northern communities with de …

… enact this substantial change to Title I. This 35-year-old compensatory education legislation has failed to reach its … and the conservatives, the proper federal response was less federal involvement. This line of reasoning did not … and the editor of the Federal Education Policy History website. He is the author of "Failing Grades: The Federal …

… to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter’s speech? Some … was out of step with the national mood.   Barack Obama, by comparison, inherits a country with greater problems. He … infrastructure, but Americans must choose to consume less oil and use more public transportation.   After decades …

… to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter's speech? Some … was out of step with the national mood.   Barack Obama, by comparison, inherits a country with greater problems. He … infrastructure, but Americans must choose to consume less oil and use more public transportation.   After decades …

… such power and influence? He will if he can set aside future political ambitions, work behind the scenes, and become an extension of his president. Ryan’s power will be …

… After opening a few small holes in the U.S. embargo of Cuba, President Clinton has taken … the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … from around the Third World and tried to spawn Marxist insurgencies wherever possible. Kennedy responded with a …

… jeopardize the process of integration. He was, by nature, a combative individual, so he had to struggle to restrain … "Then I could walk away from baseball and never become a star. But my son could tell his son what his daddy … behavior of its multimillionaire stars. They could use a lesson from Robinson. Unlike the great Dodger infielder, who …

… Charles Russo’s Striking Distance distinguishes itself from the … after Lee challenged anyone who doubted his word to come to his studio in Oakland. Russo makes his case by … an impressive set of personal interviews conducted with the surviving members of the West Coast martial arts scene. …

… What happens when the world’s largest Communist country launches its first cosmonaut into orbit … the Taiwanese people feel closer to China, increasing pressure on that island’s government to unite with mainland … will correctly argue that cooperating with China is less expensive than competing with it. Cooperation is not …

… into thinking that an aggressive move would relieve the pressure it is now under to rid itself of nuclear weapons. By … Pearl Harbor. But rather than backing off the United States committed itself to war. In the case of North Korea, though, … the SARS crisis in China? North Korea’s Taepodong II missiles might be able to reach Hawaii or the Aleutian Islands, …

… April 24, 2015 marks the commemoration of the 100 th anniversary of the Armenian … The result was the physical annihilation of the Armenian communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for … of the legal and historical label “genocide,” and why coming to terms with mass atrocities is so difficult today. …