English teachers will have to avoid teaching almost any text by an African American author because many of them mention racism to various extents.” The laws might also be used to attack other pieces of the curriculum like ethnic studies or “action civics,” which asks students to research lo...
Calvin established an autocratic system of government in Geneva in 1541 that was directed by a group of Presbyters, morally upright men who controlled the social and cultural life of the community to the smallest detail. They ruthlessly suppressed heretics and burned dissenters at the stake. ...
On the south side of the Acropolis, there is the Pnyx where the citizens of Athens met to participate in the new experiment known as ‘Democracy’, as well as the magnificent theatre of Dionysus where the first dramas in history were performed, and the Odeon of Pericles beside the theatre ...
The figures that Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque painted at the height of Analytic Cubism (1910-11) seem completely disintegrated, and as such only nominally figures. Indeed, they have a mosaic quality, being a patchwork of tessera-like gestures, each an expressive end in itself. They look l...
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At one point, the Patriots failed to score a touchdown and, in anger, a player kicked the ball on fourth down. It soared over a crossbar between two upright posts of a partly built barn. The referees consulted and agreed the remarkable feat merited some kind of credit, so awarded the ...
Jack Miner was famous in his day for his bird sanctuary and bird banding projects. He particularly specialized in Canada Geese, which he held as being morally upright (contrasted with predatory birds of prey, which he characterized as villainous and cannibalistic).He has been quoted as saying, ...
Wonder let the crowd take over for several songs in the first set, leading the nearly sold-out arena through “You Are My Sunshine,” which segued into “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.” The crowd also handled lead vocals for a trio of Wonder’s early hits: “For Once In My Life...
Donna Gawell Dedicated to my historical novels: War and Resistance in the Wilderness, In the Shadow of Salem, The Young Partisans and History, and Travel to Europe and Australia Skip to content Home War and Resistance in the Wilderness: A Novel of WWII Poland Life in Polish Villages ...
He described them as “a piece of human flesh between two slices of paste board”. Now, with branding, we’ve all become walking advertisements. And the sandwich artists are the ones inside “creating” rolls for Subway. Share this: Tweet Email Share Loading... History Lament for a ...