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… , or Hawaiian ruling class. Children, the elderly, and non-combatants could also find peace and shelter within a … o Hōnaunau, established around 450 years ago, is one of the best-preserved examples of these sanctuaries and features … traditional Hawaiian architecture and sacred structures.  Visitors to the Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau can view …

… This presentation commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster … disaster, the immediate and ongoing health repercussions for the people of Bhopal, and their global legal and activist fight for justice and corporate accountability. Dr. Madhumita …

… European Languages and Cultures and Director of the Center for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies. This lecture is a part of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies' … 1929-1941, which won the Ohio Academy of History award for best book in 1995, and Stalinist Values: The Cultural Norms …

… even have gorilla enclosures in the first place? It should come as no surprise that zoos make headlines. According to a 2013 report, U.S. zoos attract more than 160 million visitors annually, more than do all NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB … commodities. To their eyes, exotic creatures from faraway lands appeared luxurious and spectacular. No king would …

… in putting the nation on display on the global stage. And coming up, Brazil : about to host to the 2014 World Cup and … that's sort of when the tradition took in such a way that it became a permanent sort of model.   Leticia … Whereas nowadays, it's hard for me to admit you know, the best we got was that people, you know, NBA teams wore their …

… often called revolutionary.  And so it is, but not in the way most people assume. The reason it is revolutionary is … in the first five books of the Old Testament.  It was common throughout ancient India, the Middle East, Africa, … sin, but he argued that staying single and celibate was the best way to serve the Lord. In the medieval European …

… will see, the development of the US drug war was deeply informed by experiences abroad...and to understand why the War … Beverly Hills 90210 series. And I love to read, so I was always reading. I read this one story about this, like, … fear is quite real. American anxiety about drugs is best understood within this context. And it explains why …

… someday, the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way can be added as a symbol of the great Negro players that … glaring, because many people considered Paige the best pitcher who ever played. Throughout most of his career, … At a young age, to make money for his family, Paige carried visitors’ bags at the train station. As the story goes, he …

… is then recorded, reconfigured, and redistributed in ways that few people really understand. Did you know that … face of wondrous technological marvels. Figuring out how best to balance our technological golden age with the … they don’t, change is much more likely. We can, in effect, buy our way to a more private society. We’re not there yet, …

… Barack Obama experienced what was once regarded as the best weekend of any politician in living memory. President … may well be fundamentally different moving forward, and in ways that will be difficult to predict. Candidate Donald … and Samar Islands in November 2013, then-Mayor Duterte visited within days and coordinated his own aid effort, …

… France is rejoining military NATO, the United States is becoming more distant. This may be the best way the United States can lead the Alliance.   In March … History News Service … A European Future for NATO? …

… stalled; his inner circle had begun to show indiscipline by way of embarrassing leaks; and foreign leaders from Nicolas … cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, or worse: incompetent. Well, health care legislation has passed, the … Future historians of today’s zeitgeist will note that the best-selling presidential biographies are now of Polk and …

… choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human health and the health of our planet. Solutions … and freezing methods so meat could be shipped this way globally instead. This was a large system. A quick note … It was blamed on the diet and gut. Books like "Gut," a bestseller from a few years back, say things we've discussed …

… power broker, used insider knowledge to organize corporate buyouts that produced millions for himself while leaving … investments broadly through risky buyouts of disparate companies. Often they stuffed their pockets with cash while … the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration found a way to deal with these troublesome Gordon Gekkos of …

… documents written to persuade the public, Whalen uncovers a communications battle between the papacy and the Holy Roman … Jerusalem and the Holy Land, they often disagreed on how best to accomplish these goals. Because they agreed on so … conflict, although various contingent factors got in the way. A manuscript image of Pope Innocent IV excommunicating …

… All of those meanings are now reflected in the Jewish community’s ambivalent view of the Middle East conflict. … generally saw Yom Kippur (like all Jewish holidays) as a way to reinforce sentiments of national solidarity. The … that an occupying power at war can never be secure. The best way for Jews to help Israel’s quest for secure peace is …

… Political corruption developed in consequence. The only way Chicagoans could exert influence in the legislature … Chicago can operate in the legislature at all is to try to buy it." Despite these political deformities, the social, … there are so few truly swing districts in the state. The best way to do that in Ohio and across the country generally …

… Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at The Ohio State University. … the Q&A function at the bottom of your screen. We'll do our best to answer as many questions as we can, with several … discovered gospel is like.  Judas does know the truth in a way that no one else in the gospel does, and he does cause …

… Over the past months, the news media has presented dramatic scenes of desperate people … own economic vulnerability, or simply turn their eyes away. Join guests Theodora Dragostinova , Robin Judd , and … I am going to talk about the part of Europe that I know the best, that is Eastern Europe, and Eastern Europe has a long …

… Nigerian economics minister, made sure his son had the best of everything. His was "a gilded life," according to … contempt for the village. Their basic identities dissolved away in the transition to affluence, young people like Mr. … memo and instructed its agents to play nice. You can hardly buy a doughnut these days without filling out a …

… elicited dozens of replies. A few of his friends suggested ways to take care of the problem, including loan … to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … and Georgia's HOPE Scholarships are perhaps the best known of these programs, but similar programs exist …

… SARS it could not in 2009. Pandemic influenza, a frequent visitor in the past, was back again. As the threat of the … people around the globe continue to worry and wonder how best to prepare for, perhaps even prevent, the next … virus—how contagious and how virulent or fatal—and the ways that human societies act or structure themselves that …

… and potential wealth of his nation to enrich himself, to buy off potential foes and to run the army as his own … came to believe that rampant power and kleptocracy were the way of things. The only way to survive, never mind prosper, … own independence from tyranny. But before 9/11, astute commentators warned about grandiose calls for democracy to …

… by any other intelligence agency,” especially as telecommunication technology advances. Perhaps surprisingly, … not issued in the wake of the cache of documents leaked by former civilian security contractor Edward Snowden to the … in his wake. Nixon’s relationship with Hoover began the way it had with other presidents: Hoover fed Nixon useful …