Tag: education
group name: historylovers
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April 22, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
Eighth Grade Final Exam, Salina, Kansas, 1895 – Reposted as a Prelude
Remember when grandparents said that they only had an eighth grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed . . .
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April 18, 2006 01:39 PM EDT --
One hundred years ago today, the most powerful earthquake to ever strike the continental United States hit the San Francisco Bay Area, jolting cities up and down the California coast as two tectonic plates . . .
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May 16, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --
I had just assumed that upon the death of the last WWI combat veteran there would have been some mention of him in the major media, after all World War One was our official coming out party as a great . . .
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September 23, 2006 12:46 AM EDT --
A few years ago while searching for original sources of men who had made the entire journey across Eurasia I bought Cathay and the Way Thither by Sir Henry Yule. This is a wonderful collection of a few . . .
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December 08, 2006 04:09 PM EST --
This is the first in a series of articles about the riots in 1968 Baltimore and Gov. Spiro T. Agnew's response.
Around 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, 1968, a black teenager tossed a brick through . . .
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March 27, 2007 09:34 AM EDT --
The Story We’re Told vs. The True American Story
You’d swear Bill Bradley was running for office or dashing down court for a breakaway three-pointer. This one-time presidential contender and . . .
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December 17, 2006 03:52 PM EST --
Come on, management, you know what was in these articles:
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http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976863128 . . .
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February 10, 2007 04:20 PM EST --
http://patriotfiles.org/civilizationcalls.htm
http://www.aish1.com/videos/obsession512.swf
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November 16, 2006 01:59 AM EST --
And the charges of war crimes roll in...
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New York Times
November 15, 2006
12 Detainees Sue Rumsfeld in Germany, Citing Abuse
By MARK LANDLER
FRANKFURT, Nov. 14 — . . .
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March 20, 2008 01:59 AM EDT --
Sun Tzu's classic treatise on military strategy is among other things great example of Taoist literature. It may seem that classifying Sun Tzu's Art of War, as Taoist literature is an interesting . . .
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May 18, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
Greetings! I am the author of a free online e-book, Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal.
This article serves as an introduction and table of contents for that website.
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July 04, 2007 05:03 PM EDT --
I have been reading a lot of best wishes for the 4th of July. I know many United States celebrate the 4th of July by grilling out with family. It is also a very popular time to have family reunions as . . .
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September 25, 2006 12:12 PM EDT --
On Friday, 22 September, an earthquake of 3.5 magnitude struck near Blenheim, South Carolina. That's in the northeastern part of the state. Although uncommon, it's not unheard of for an earthquake . . .
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October 20, 2006 08:47 PM EDT --
If a man broke into another man's house and killed his family, then the immediate capture and prosecution of this criminal could be the only just policy. There is little disagreement with this point; . . .
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September 23, 2006 01:12 PM EDT --
Starting off as a sacred place to Native Americans, the Warm Springs Valley in Bath County, Virginia, is known globally for its springs' healing properites.
The Jefferson Pools are located at the . . .
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February 04, 2008 09:35 AM EST --
"It's a movement in which black people and white people, women and men, rich and poor, Protestants, Catholics and Jews, come together to accomplish a major social change.
John Burt, Esq., . . .
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November 06, 2006 09:15 AM EST --
What was the judicial system like in Medieval times? Living in a castle, or in the village surrounding it?
Most medieval communities held hearings which were much speedier than today's lengthy trials. . . .
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October 24, 2006 02:01 AM EDT --
How credible do you think is the likeliness of a coup in North Korea? Would this ensure peace, and should we hope for it?
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'Coup Possible in Pyongyang' . . .
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October 20, 2007 06:31 PM EDT --
I actually hadn't heard of this one until it was pretty much over. New York Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats, had inserted a $1 million earmark into a health and . . .
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January 30, 2008 01:56 PM EST --
In my novel, "Eleanor vs. Ike," Eleanor Roosevelt runs for President because of her deep convictions about the importance of a strong democracy. Here are some of her own words about . . .
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