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… led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that none of Begin’s opponents, previous Labor Party prime ministers, had seriously … theme the denunciation of Democrats as being soft on communism, opened up relations with the People’s Republic of … Can Sharon Too Become a Peacemaker? …

… bingo games in the town of Jasper to providing for the compensation of the Judge of Probate in Barbour County. As a … is a bad idea. Backlash is a sorry reason for doing it, one unlikely to yield good constitutional law. Ralph E. …

… surface of this dispute is a fundamental clash between the competing claims of national sovereignty and universal human … in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, East Timor and Sierra Leone. Throughout the 1990s, the basic distinction between soldiers and civilians all but disappeared in places such as …

… revolutionary journal of record, The Royal Society embodied modern scientific principles. Gresham College, where … to elevate them to an esteemed position in the eyes of competing Oxbridge scientists, derisive Anglican clergy, and … tradition and embraced modern scientific inquiry: take no one’s word for it. Gresham College as it appeared before it …

… believe the bomb's use was justified often label their opponents "pacifists," "1960s radicals," "bleeding-heart … indefensibility of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is becoming a part of the national conservative creed." But times …

… it by insisting on pursuing a foolish go-it-almost-alone invasion of Iraq, thereby transforming almost universal … available military forces and be a bottomless pit for the money of American taxpayers for years to come. •  Failed to follow through in Afghanistan, where the …

… the American people that the federal courts would not become oppressive, the framers of the Constitution argued that … who would become chief justice and do more than anyone to make the Supreme Court a co-equal branch of … granted to unpopular individuals that it came within one vote of preventing the Supreme Court from hearing cases …

… immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … Reagan left office. Great presidents are also effective communicators. Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in … and Truman promised social justice. Woodrow Wilson envisioned eternal peace. Reagan too had a clear vision for his …

… even at the risk of confrontation with the international community. In persuading the Iranian government to be more … to be a friend of democracy by using the threat of force alone. Rather, it must help other nations achieve their … months have shown President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the ayatollahs playing a dangerous game of jingoism and …

… to restart the auto industry.   Here's how it can be done:   Use already appropriated Federal government bailout … the next four months.   Require banks receiving bailout money to use 10 percent of the "aid" — $4 billion to date — … growth. If he fails to do this, President Obama will repeat one of Roosevelt's greatest economic mistakes. Even worse, …

… interest in China's future place in the international community has grown. Odd Arne Westad explores China's … and workers, are examined and considered as the crucial components of historical heritage that shape the views and … fostered a complex feeling towards foreigners. On the one hand, they felt victimized by imperialism and at the …

… in time, their shamans painted and chiseled images on stone, petitioning their spirits for fertility and abundance. … appliances, and new opportunities in electronics, telecommunications, and aerospace. In the United States the … century. Carl Abbott is a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University, Ore., and a …

… and diverse crowd led an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical … freedom fighters “through Seneca Falls , and Selma, and Stonewall.” The Stonewall Inn, 1969. In Stonewall’s wake, a … Milestones …

… enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political … formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants petitioned for compensation, recognition, and material support, … terms, such as “redress, compensation, indemnification, atonement, repayment, and restitution,” to convey the same …

… of foreign occupiers. I learned that today's Israeli soldiers, like the Maccabees, were fighting for Jewish … Surely they know that nothing brings people together like a common enemy. But in the United States, the "rally round the … will bring real peace. That number is bound to grow as the toll of dead Palestinian youth grows. Already, some Jews …

… career home runs and his 1,119 RBIs place him in the same company as such Hall of Famers as Yogi Berra, Roy … cannot be fully explained as an expression of prejudice alone. Racism is a much broader cultural phenomenon, … by the sportswriters in the Hall of Fame voting. Cap Anson, one of the earliest inductees, was a major force in creating …

… Munich conference of 1938, where Britain and France abandoned Czechoslovakia to Nazi aggression, taught the lesson: … invasion, the Iraqi military could engage in house-to-house combat or terrorist attacks against U.S. troops in Baghdad … warfare. “We’ll be home for Christmas!” shouted the soldiers as they boarded trains for the front. The blinkered …

… Board of the President’s Initiative on Race in June, commentators greeted the news with low expectations. Fifty … which are more complex and not entirely the burden of one race. Sooner or later the country must confront such problems. …

… capital city, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Emperor was accompanied by battle-tested companies of Patriot guerilla fighters (the Arbanyoch). British Colonel Orde Wingate led Gideon Force and an assorted mix of … which would lead to a Civil War that would cost more than one million lives and result, in 1993, in Ethiopia’s loss of …