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They would be greeted as liberators
The State and Revolution The Sword and the Shield
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Why they called him "Tricky Dick"
The 1952 [presidential] campaign also saw what [Earl] Warren considered his "betrayal" by Richard M. Nixon. [Nixon] had, like all the California delegates, signed a pledge to support [Warren] at the [Republican National] Convention. Despite this, Nixon worked, both in and outside the delegation, to obtain support for
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
Most discussions in the United States about France and the French are more heat than light, which makes this enlightening book especially welcome. The authors are two Canadians who moved to France for two years (1999-2001) in order to understand how the French are different from North Americans. Some of
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President's character questioned by mourning parent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (AP)--A father of two sons killed in Korea said today he refused to accept the Medal of Honor on the ground that President Truman is unworthy to bestow it "on my boys or anyone's boys." The 65-year-old father, Halsey McGovern, said he
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Unpopular war blamed on President
Blame for the "wanton spilling of American blood in Korea" was placed upon the shoulders of the Truman Administration by the delegates to the State convention of the California Republican Assembly yesterday. In the concluding session of the convention at the Hotel St. Francis [in San Francisco], the
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Tradition and the Roman Catholic Church
Before Albino Luciani took the name "John Paul I" upon his accession to the Holy See in 1978, the last time a Pope had chosen a name that no Pope had chosen before was in 913. Before the two John Pauls, the last Pope whose name ended in
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No, no...literally...
The Houston Chronicle for October 12, 1932 had this front-page, five-column top headline: Movie Director Kills Himself After Texas Woman Spurns His Love The second subhead for the article: Beautiful Former Actress Tells Police That Film Ex- ecutive Nailed Her in His Room. That's Hollywood! But it'
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On gathering intelligence
During [the Teheran conference of 1943], Roosevelt had a private talk with Stalin and Molotov for the purposes of putting them in possession of certain essential facts concerning American politics. It was a cause of wonderment to the President that the Russian leaders appeared to be so inadequately informed as
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The pleasure of history
I am inclined to think that history pays its way largely in the personal satisfaction of sitting on the fence and enjoying vicariously the trials and tribulations of men and times now ended; of enjoying the rare privilege of taking sides in their quarrels without in the least bearing responsibility;
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Missibama?
The states of Mississippi and Alabama have both had voting rights in 44 federal elections (Alabama had voting rights a 45th time, in 1868, while Mississippi was still under a Reconstruction government). The two states have cast their electoral votes for the same presidential candidate in 42 of those 44
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The British aristocracy
Did you know that the British hereditary aristocracy is still around? I had thought it had mostly died out, since the British government has handed out so few important hereditary titles during the last 75 years (and so few of any kind during the last 40). But, no, the hereditary
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Where I Was From
Joan Didion's latest book is an extended reflection on California, seen through the eyes of a native Californian; a musing at length about how the mythology and promise of California differ sharply from its reality. Come to think of it…every Joan Didion book I've read