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61One Idea Can Change the World
...The thought here, the idea, is that one thought, one idea, a simple notion or random concept of the mind, can change the world.
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74US History: The Great Depression
Much occurred in US History before and during the Great Depression. 4,000,000 people were left wandering the country, still looking for work in 1939. The New Deal did bring some relief.
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75The Great Depression
After World War I, in the 1920s the United States entered a period of great prosperity. During this decade the American people became very optimistic. This trust in the future was suddenly shattered one day,...
65Consumer Rights cut by Conservative Supreme Court
I turned the radio to NPR this morning and heard Nina Totenburg say, "Abortion and gay rights may ring people's chimes and fuel political campaigns. But the fact is that Supreme Court decisions determining...
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60A Century Minus 1
At 4:30 this morning I was informed that my grandmother had left us. She would not be in pain any longer. She would not be alone any longer. And she wouldn't live long enough to have Willard Scott...
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69Barack Obama's Placebo Effect on the U.S. Economy
MedicineNet.com defines placebo effect as, “…a remarkable phenomenon in which a placebo -- a fake treatment, an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution -- can sometimes improve...
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55Goebbels and Nostradamus: fool the people with Prophecies
In 1940, Krafft was summoned to Berlin by Goebbels to look through the prophesies of Nostradamus and translate any of them that could be used as propaganda against the Allies. It was felt that these, if...
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72Teddy Roosevelt: A Popular, Progressive Hero
Theodore Roosevelt was a professional historian, learned naturalist, explorer, hunter, woodsman, author of thirty five books and numerous essays, a member of the board of police commissioners in New York...
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651932 Attempt by the DNC to Stop FDR Being Used Against Hillary
There was apparently a lot of the backroom "wheeling and dealing" going on in the smoke-filled Chicago Stadium, where the Democratic convention was held in 1932. According to encyclopedia.com, even though...
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52Presidents
Some interesting things about our U.S. Presidents. In light of the upcoming elections I did a little reading on some of our past presidents. First let's start the ball rolling with the other time we had a...
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