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#1 I grew up hearing my father, who was white, say that he was just as good as anyone else, but no better. I chose to believe him, and grew up believing that I was equal to anyone.
#2 White Sulphur Springs, located in the Allegheny Mountains, was a popular vacation destination for the wealthy in the 1800s. It was there that my father met my mother, who was a waitress...
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#1 The Weimar Republic was extremely fragile, and could have easily fallen apart after World War I. However, the German people were extremely patriotic, and the government used this to their advantage to sell the public on the idea of continuing the war.
#2 The German government promised its people that victory would bring a new kind of imperial grandeur. Germany would...
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#1 The Communist solution to world problems is to use a Marxist law to predict the course of future human development. They believe that men are victims of material forces that surround them, and that they cannot choose the kind of society in which they will live.
#2 Marx and Engels believed that all historical developments are the result of Economic Determinism, which...
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#1 On the night of April 18, 1775, the British marched out of Boston with the intent of capturing John Hancock and Samuel Adams, two prominent Patriot leaders, and confiscating their guns. The next morning, eight hundred British Army regulars marched two by two through the hills toward Concord, while hearing reverberating gunfire and church bells.
#2 The Lexington militia...
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#1 The 2010 UN Security Council vote on Iran sanctions was close, and the NSA was able to help secure the vote by spying on the internal communications of some of the Security Council members.
#2 The United States and its allies have a home-field advantage when it comes to cyber operations. They are well-positioned along the key hubs and cables that connect the globe,...
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#1 I had reported from different parts of China, but this was my first time in the northeast. I could sense a connection between the Korean and Chinese cultures. The area we were in was home to millions of citizens of North Korea, one of the most isolated and repressive countries in the world.
#2 We met our guide, a Korean-Chinese man in his late thirties, at the hotel....
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#1 On March 6, Trump publicly stated that he would leave the decision about the Grand Princess to others, but added that he didn't need the infection numbers to double because of one ship. Newsom had no political capital to waste on outrage.
#2 Trump was not a president suited to bringing the country together in a crisis. He had no plan for crushing the coronavirus,...
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#1 The American global leadership that existed during World War II did not produce a long-term American engagement in world affairs. Instead, America quickly retreated into a self-gratifying combination of isolationism and idealism.
#2 The Cold War was a contest between the Soviet Union and the United States to see who could gain control of Eurasia. It was fought...
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#1 We are confronted with paranormal, supernatural, and extraordinary beliefs every day. We must be skeptical of these beliefs, and not accept them as real or true just because they feel true.
#2 Paranormal and supernatural beliefs, which are things that exist or occur outside the natural world, are not necessarily tied to intelligence or education. Most people in the...
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#1 The Iron Curtain was not just a political concept or rhetorical device, but a tangible barrier that was rising mile by mile. It was a dangerous time for those seeking to cross it, as they would face death if they were caught.
#2 The Czechoslovak army was being integrated with the Soviets, and Mašek had information on it. He was a simple man, and extracting more detail...
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#1 The future of work is being talked about a lot these days. It seems that almost every article, book, and video about the future of work focuses on the effects technology is having on all types of jobs and how artificial intelligence will eliminate many of them.
#2 It's not helpful or correct to frame the issue as job loss. It's really about job change and displacement,...
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#1 The racial narrative in America has created a presumption of guilt and dangerousness for people of color, which has been applied to the criminal justice system.
#2 The issue of racially motivated police violence or racial disparities in sentencing cannot be viewed as a consequence of bad police officers or racially biased judges. There are deep historical forces that...
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#1 The priestly class in classical Greece was not as powerful as the scientists who emerged in medieval Europe, and so the writings of Francis Bacon still have the power to startle. Bacon was the first great philosopher of science, and he wrote that science was a gateway to the sublime.
#2 While science has flourished in the modern era, it has lately come to be...
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Get the Summary of Gabriel Sherman's The Loudest Voice in the Room in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: When Rupert Murdoch enlisted Roger Ailes to launch a cable news network in 1996, American politics and media changed forever. With a remarkable level of detail and insight, Vanity Fair magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman puts Ailes's unique genius on display, along with the outsize personalities-Bill...
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Cet ouvrage présente des pratiques inclusives axées sur l'éducation, l'autodétermination et la participation sociale des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle. Des chercheurs et intervenants provenant de six pays y ont contribué en décrivant des pratiques novatrices, accessibles et fondées sur des données probantes. Expérimentées et évaluées dans des contextes de recherche partenariale, ces pratiques s'inscrivent dans les grandes...
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Your relationship isn't working. The guy you like flaked on you for the third time. You are frustrated. You are newly gay. You don't know how to date. Your friends are telling you that you're being unreasonable. You're tired of being single. You have trouble really connecting with yourself to experience unconditional love. Let this book make you laugh, make you cry, give you a few a-ha moments, and make you change the way you view dating as a gay...
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"The Flying Saucers are Real" is a book that you will not want to put down.
Donald Keyhoe captures his readers with the mystery and wonder of other life forms, and this book is filled with investigations of numerous encounters between United States Air Force fighters, personnel, other aircraft, and UFOs between the timeframe of 1947 and 1950.
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#1 John Roberts, the future Chief Justice of the United States, had a clear plan for his life at age 13. He wanted to attend an elite boarding school in Indiana. The school had been created by wealthy businessmen who wanted an academy in the tradition of the elite boarding schools of the East Coast but with a lay Roman Catholic character.
#2 The first draft lottery...
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10 ensayos de comunicación institucional trata algunos de los temas esenciales de la comunicación de las organizaciones, como las relaciones con los medios de comunicación, la gestión de las crisis o la comunicación interna, y repasa los principios básicos de la dirección estratégica de esas tareas. Los autores han procurado integrar la dimensión teórica con la vertiente práctica, desde una perspectiva internacional.
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