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#1 The launch director of the shuttle Columbia was one of the people who would welcome her home when she landed at 9:16 AM. But instead of hearing the customary booms, he heard silence. Something was terribly wrong.
#2 In the midst of a spaceflight contingency, the administrator of NASA made a difficult decision and declared a spaceflight emergency.
#3 I was the eighth...
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#1 The case for the use of fire being the decisive transformation in the fortunes of hominids is clear. Fire was mankind's oldest and greatest tool for reshaping the natural world. It was used to clear old vegetation and encourage a host of quick-colonizing grasses and shrubs, many of which bore desired seeds, berries, fruits, and nuts.
#2 The use of fire to clear land...
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#1 On September 19, 1972, police officer Donald Schwerdt was patrolling the streets of suburban Springfield, New Jersey, when he received a call about a woman who had found an arm on the lawn of her apartment complex. He thought the woman was the victim of a prank.
#2 The rear of the Baltusrol Gardens apartment complex. The arm was discovered by the building's...
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#1 The path to disaster was laid on October 15, 1842, when the Sharon arrived at Ascension Island in the tropical northwest Pacific. Twelve men escaped while the ship was anchored in the lagoon, an almost unprecedented number. Norris had no choice but to steer for the Bay of Islands to try to recruit more men.
#2 The story of the recapture of the Sharon is often told...
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#1 Nick was a technician, and he would stalk his victims, following them and learning as he watched them move. He would figure out how to kill them, and then disappear.
#2 Nick was in the mob, and he was afraid to quit. He was a quiet man, and the mob appreciated that. He was given a job, and in a Chicago lunch-bucket kind of way, it got done.
#3 The Chicago...
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#1 The war was won by a coalition of countries that were already at war with one another ideologically and geopolitically. The victors would have to cease being who they were or give up much of what they had hoped to attain by fighting the war.
#2 The American and Russian armies, which met in 1945 on the banks of the Elbe River, had similarities in their birth in revolution...
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A chance meeting that changed lives...By July of 1780, the American War of Independence under the command of General George Washington had been raging for more than five years. And, at long last, aid from the French arrives in the form of troops led by LeComte de Rochambeau. Rochambeau chooses as his bodyguard an Italian mercenary, Major Jean Canossa, who has volunteered to fight in America so he could rise in rank. This appointment has a profound...
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#1 Snow can be a beautiful thing, but it is also the mayor's mortal enemy. One day's bungled plowing is all that stands between a mayor and political disaster.
#2 The Blizzard of '78 was a major snowstorm that occurred in 1978. It was so severe that it brought the city to a standstill, and it was still being discussed decades later.
#3 By midafternoon on January 6,...
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#1 The town of Ada, Oklahoma, is a mix of small-town southerners and westerners. The people are friendly and welcoming, and the quarter-horse bidness is a source of local pride.
#2 Ada, Mississippi, was a small town with a large county surrounding it. The town was home to many nightclubs and bars, and it was here that Debbie Carter, a local girl, spent much of her time.
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#1 In 2008, two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were waiting for the go-ahead to arrest a priest for lying to a grand jury. The priest they were waiting for was Father Joseph Sica, the resident chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Scranton.
#2 Ralph Periandi was a lieutenant colonel and deputy commissioner with the Pennsylvania State Police. He had his finger on the pulse...
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Mayan ideas spread via broadcast and influenced divergent cultures and languages. It is possible to trace the influence of the Mayan civilization far beyond its confines (400 to 600 A.D.). One or two of these lesser civilizations may have existed contemporaneously with the great Mayan civilization, but most were at their best long after the great culture had declined. This chapter will emphasize the ties between these lesser civilizations and the...
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#1 On a cold February evening in 1829, Captain Charles Hawkins returned home to his wife, who was having an affair with his attorney, William Allison McRea. He shot McRea, but it was too late. The young man had escaped.
#2 The next morning, the sun temporarily turned the island's warehouses and wharves pale shades of rose and tangerine. Captain Charles Hawkins was impatient,...
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#1 The first female native Timucuan leader was named princess of the island for her strength and courage. In the 1700s, the British and Spanish fought for control of the island. The British built two forts to defend against the Spanish navy.
#2 Oglethorpe secured Cumberland Island and the Georgia coast in the Battle of Bloody Marsh in 1742, which marked the end of the...
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#1 During the 1950's, anti-intellectualism became a common part of American vocabulary. The term was used to describe the fear that the critical mind was at a ruinous discount in this country.
#2 During the Eisenhower administration, the country seemed to be turning away from anti-intellectualism. The launch of Sputnik by the Soviets in 1957 brought about a period of...
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#1 You cannot discover lands already inhabited. That process is known as stealing, conquering, or colonizing. The fact that America celebrates Columbus Day reveals the implicit racial bias of the country: Native Americans are not fully human.
#2 The Doctrine of Discovery is a set of legal principles that governed the European colonizing powers, particularly regarding...
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#1 The Texas Rangers are a special force of law enforcement officers who patrol the Texas Frontier. They are led by a Sergeant, and each man is responsible for a specific task. They are professional but not urgent.
#2 The young man Brooks leaves Kentucky for Texas in 1876. He finds work as a cow pugger, miner, gold speculator, and ranch hand, but nothing sticks.
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#1 Hemingway was a resident of Key West in 1935. He had completed a manuscript of The Green Hills of Africa, which he considered his best writing since Death in the Afternoon. He was excited to see if the public's approval matched his own.
#2 In the 1920s, Hurricane Hernan was approaching Florida. It was a minimal hurricane with winds hovering in the 75 mph range....
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Thousands of years ago, people settled in the part of the world called Mesoamerica. This region consists of southern Mexico and most of Central America as it stretches between what is now called the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Although many different countries now exist within this space, it was the original home to just one civilisation: the Olmec. As time advanced, other well-known groups became dominant in the area. These were primarily...
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#1 The Kansas Territory was formed in 1854, and in 1855, the settlers there voted to allow slavery. This became known as Bleeding Kansas, as the territory was constantly being threatened by pro-slavery settlers from Missouri.
#2 The violence between the Jayhawkers and the Bushwhackers continued to escalate, and it was not uncommon for towns like Fort Scott to be raided...
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