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The Devil's Dictionary: Tariff
by Ambrose Bierce TALKTECHNICALITYTARIFF -n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat…2007 National Board of Review Awards
The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers, and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review…A Tenth Planet?
In recent years astronomers have discovered that our solar system is a great deal more crowded than we imagined. In 2004 alone, a dozen new moons circling Saturn were identified. Today's…2008 Intel Science Talent Search Winners
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Shivani Sud, 17, of Durham, North Carolina for a bioinformatics and genomics project that focused on identifying stage II…Women's Suffrage: The Averted Triumph
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler How the Woman Suffrage Movement BeganThat Adjective Male 1866 The Averted Triumph 1848-1860It was not until 1848 that the compact, made…Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
Feathered fossil fascinates scientists by David Johnson The fossil of this feathered, lizard-like creature is one of several disputes in the evolution of birds and their relationship…Pop Goes 1998
The Year in Music by Melinda Newman The Backstreet Boys show their solidarity at a press conference in Argentina.Pop went the music world in 1998 as teens dominated the charts and little…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment 1
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment 2Fragment 1 Prince Athanase had one beloved friend, An old, old man, with hair of silver white, And lips where heavenly smiles would hang and blend…2006 Goldsmith Prizes
The Goldsmith Awards Program encourages a more insightful, spirited public debate about government, politics, and the press. The awards are given by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,…What You Need to Know About the Civil Rights Act
By Logan Chamberlain When people discuss the Civil Rights Act, they almost universally mean the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The first thing you need to know is that this is not the only important…Trending
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