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I’m a novice when it comes to Civil War history. I get lost in the details of the major military campaigns of the war, much less the smaller skirmishes, and even the geography at times. My interest in the Confederacy relates to my ancestry and my interest in Confederate currency. I had three great...
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I’m a novice when it comes to Civil War history. I get lost in the details of the major military campaigns of the war, much less the smaller skirmishes, and even the geography at times. My interest in the Confederacy relates to my ancestry and my interest in Confederate currency. I had three great...
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For nearly three years Alan Johnston, who was released today, told the world about the plight of the 1.3 million Palestinians living in the slums of the Gaza Strip. On March 12 there were only a few weeks to go before his assignment ended. But that evening he disappeared as he drove his rented car...
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There are 100,000 high schools in the United States. Twenty-five thousand have a basketball team. Each team has 15 players on its roster, which means there are 375,000 schoolchildren currently playing organised basketball in this basketball-obsessed nation. Of those, 3,600 will be good enough to enjoy the four years of free education and campus...
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For Barry McKernan and Saavik Ford, academics who live with their baby son in New York, sitting down to the television news is a nightly ritual, as it has been for generations of families. But there the tradition ends. Instead of watching heavyweight presenters dispense news from on high, the couple switch to The...
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Last week I watched the most frightening horror movie I’ve ever seen. It was about three hours long, and, incredibly, it all unfolded live. I’m talking, of course, about the inauguration of Barack Obama. Yes it was inspiring, yes it was uplifting … but it was also genuinely terrifying on a very human level,...
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Our knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is still in its infancy. There are still a lot of things that we need to understand more about autism in order to prevent it and fight it. Several years ago, infants were not known to possess or display any autism signs. Infants include children from birth...
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Our knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is still in its infancy. There are still a lot of things that we need to understand more about autism in order to prevent it and fight it. Several years ago, infants were not known to possess or display any autism signs. Infants include children from birth...
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Our knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is still in its infancy. There are still a lot of things that we need to understand more about autism in order to prevent it and fight it. Several years ago, infants were not known to possess or display any autism signs. Infants include children from birth...
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More than 80% of children under the age of five who have been hospitalized with swine flu had no underlying health problems, according to a Department of Health patient survey. Almost half of those aged 16-44 who needed inpatient treatment for the infection had also been previously healthy, it was revealed today. The figures underline the...
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