William Howard Taft: The president who succeeded Roosevelt may be best known for his policies of "Dollar Diplomacy," aimed at promoting security and influence abroad in the interest of American commercial ventures.
“wave goodbye to selling into the wonderful u.s. economy” if they pursue a policy of looking to move away from the u.s. dollar for international trade. brics countries have said they want to be less dependent on the dollar, but the group has taken littl...
1909, and March 4, 1913. His time in office was known for his use ofDollar Diplomacyto help American business interests overseas. He also has the distinction of being theonly president to later serve on the US Supreme Court.
Washington took his role of emissary during the engagement seriously. He soon found that the local Native American populations were equally skeptical of British plans for settlement in the area as they were of the French’s own plans. George Washington’s image adorns the one-dollar bill. After...
Nor was he known for political sensitivity: He built a multimillion-dollar mansion on the fringe of a Luanda shantytown while millions of Angolans were fighting starvation during the civil war. He was considered a sure loser against Savimbi in the country’s first democratic elections in ...
“Orange Is the New Black” actor Uzo Aduba excelled in two dramatically different ways during her time at Boston College: as an opera singer and as a track star. Since then, she has found ways to keep both these passions alive. She still sings (even performing with Taylor Swift), and...
During my tour of the Darfur exhibits this morning, I was shown a photo of a one-year-old girl who had been shot as her mother fled the Janjaweed. Although the mother had tried to protect her baby, it was to no avail. When the photo was taken, an observer nearby began to shout:...
This is compounded by the new public health problem created by the bans and shutdown; all the non-COVID patients who delayed or were denied care during the near 2 month ban on treating them are all now in desperate need of care, and they are sicker. The hospitals now have more COVID...
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