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90The 10 Most Important Moments and Events in History, An Illustrated Guide
Choosing the top ten most important events in history is one of the most difficult and controversial things to do. Why? Because history is more than a few hundred years long and there is way too much bias in most lists. I’ve attempted to create a list without that bias and that manages to touch on the major events in history that in the end shaped the world. Some of the events were huge yet impacted only a continent or two. Others literally touched every culture and brought them into a whol
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90The Bay of Pigs: An American Embarrassment
As a country grows more powerful, it becomes ever more fearful of its potential demise and will often go to great lengths to eliminate potential threats. The Bay of Pigs operation was one such example of this mentality. Prompted by the desire to...
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90Ronald Reagan - The Actor In The White House
Now that the United States of America is economically less powerful than it once was - many of our citizens look back to a time when the US was thought to be more strong with longing and far away eyes. Some put forth the notion that America was...
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89We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young
Between November 14 and November 18, 1965, U.S. 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary and the 2nd Battalion, 5th Calvary fought against the forces of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) around the X-Ray and Albany...
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86Why the fall of the Berlin Wall had an Affect on Me
I leaned against the Wall and an “aha” learning moment began… I began to realize the importance of freedom, how we take for granted our choices and actions; how man’s inhumanity is cruel and dangerous if focused for the good of a few, rather than the good of the many…
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88Analysis of "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller
Based on a screenplay by Arthur Miller from his 1953 play and 1967 film, this 1996 adaptation by Miller's son Bob focuses on the power of manipulation and of choosing who lives or dies...
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85Old Fort Niagara – A Historic Tourist Attraction
On the south shore of the Niagara River, right at the point where the river flows into Lake Ontario, sits Old Fort Niagara. Strategically placed to defend the entry into the interior of the North American Continent, the fort for years played a key...
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86Coworker Complaints and Employees' Rights
What do you do if an employee complains about her work being disrupted by another employee's loud voice? Asked by hlinane. This is a very interesting question, because during my first full-time job in a major downtown company, employees were...
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86How To Maximize Your Money – Horror Stories and Hail Marys
This article discusses the lack of money and the saving money in ineffective ways. Before you can maximize your buying power and investment return, you have to have some money in the first place...
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84Cold War Caped Crusaders and the Women Who Loved Them: The Birth and Maturation of Silver Age Superheroes
This is intended as an overview of the infusion of Cold War ideology into contemporary comic book superheroes and the maturation of the medium over what is now referred to as its Silver Age. This focuses mainly on Marvel's cast of regulars, as they were the ones first born of this period, and also contains a brief discussion of Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns.
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