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#1 I have carried this spirit with me my entire life. I was imbued with the strength and moral fiber of the Jewish people, as well as the physical strength and wisdom of my grandfathers.
#2 The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 was the beginning of the violence between Palestinians and Jews in Palestine. I was a child on the kibbutz during this period, and I remember watching...
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#1 I remember the feeling of fear I had when the doctor pulled my gown up to check for injuries. I was seven at the time, and had no idea what had happened, but I knew something was very wrong.
#2 I was taken away by the sherriff, and I don't remember talking to Dr. Boudreaux. I was eventually led away by the sheriff, holding Lecia, who had pretended to be asleep.
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#1 The Jack the Ripper murders, which took place in London in 1888, were the first serial killings to shock the public. They were also the first crimes to be concentrated in a small geographic area and directed at a specific type of preferred victim.
#2 The Jack the Ripper case, which was the first time I had ever worked on a criminal case, was a two-hour television...
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#1 We will never see the thing coming that can change our lives forever. We can never predict the decisions, innovations, and influences that will change the course of our lives.
#2 I was always different than others, and I felt that way throughout my life. I was always trying to fit in, but I never felt like I did. I was always learning about the fashion industry through magazines...
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#1 I was born in an eighteen-room house owned by my mother's sister Rose and her husband. After a couple of weeks, my mother took me back to her place in Jamaica, Queens, where we lived with my four-year-old sister, Marion, my mother's mother, her three sisters, and a Swedish carpenter named Mack.
#2 I was raised by my mother, who was very cold. I never got a kiss, a...
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#1 In 1969, Delta Company was conducting combat operations in the southeast outskirts of the city of Hue, the third largest city in South Vietnam. The former capital of Vietnam with its imposing Citadel along the Perfume River was preparing for its annual celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year which began on 23 February.
#2 The Tet Offensive was a major turning...
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#1 The seductress is a scarlet inkblot, a Rorschach of our deepest sexual fears and fantasies. She's the blond bimbette in a string bikini, the stacked vamp in Spandex, the Chanel-suited nymphobitch of Sullivan Cromwell. But we've been gulled by chimeras, and we need to demystify and rehabilitate this lost tribe of sexy potentates.
#2 The seductress is a modern-day...
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Book Preview: A lot has been written about World War II: the triumphs, the
tribulations, and the horrors. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down
(2021) includes all three, as he covers the incredible story of
Joseph "Joe" Moser, an American pilot who survived his stay
at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Buchenwald is one of the most infamous German
concentration camps, not for its sheer...
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#1 I had a memorable experience in 1964, when I was an eager assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. I was excavating skeletons in the ancient hilltop citadel of Hasanlu, in northwestern Iran.
#2 I was invited to Iran in 1964 to help excavate ancient graves at Hasanlu. I found the skeletal remains of three men who had died while at...
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#1 I was told the water could be dangerous at this time of year. It was extremely cold. When I got in, I took a long breath out.
#2 I was afraid of the cold, so I took an outdoor swim in one of the coldest days of the year. I was not afraid of the cold, but I was afraid of doing things that would get me arrested. I was going to spend January picking up the phone.
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Book Preview: #1 The Tews were among the first to venture into the then-uncharted wilderness around Lake Chautauqua in New York. They bought 3,337 acres on the north side of the lake.
#2 Jamestown was the first American settlement, and it was founded by the Prendergasts in 1811. It was a difficult start, but the pioneers were young and determined, and they rebuilt their tiny village...
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#1 I have written this book for many reasons. I wanted to answer the questions of adolescents, and help parents and carers understand them better. I also wanted to help professionals understand the many people who are similar to me.
#2 There are many talented people in my family. Rachel is very sociable and popular, but she can also sing and draw. Sarah is a brilliant...
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#1 Whiteness is celebrated in Mexican culture, so I aspired to have the beauty of white Mexicans on my face and skin. The media I consumed also shaped how I viewed myself and those around me.
#2 The song of the colonizers plays on, constantly erasing and disrespecting the Indigenous and Black Mexicans who have survived all these years.
#3 Even when you can't erase or...
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Book Preview: #1 The first person to receive the Prophet Muhammad's message was a woman. He often turned to Khadija for advice. She knew him well and he trusted her. With her backing, he committed himself to good deeds and for a month at a time immersed himself in contemplation and devotional practices.
#2 The start of Muhammad's mission as God's messenger was the mab'ath, when he...
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#1 John Wayne Walding, a medic who was born in Texas, was medevaced in from Shok Valley, Afghanistan, after a horrendous firefight. He had a big problem: his leg was folded over, hanging by an inch of flesh. He had to fix it.
#2 John Wayne Walding, founder of the Special Forces Sniper School, was also the first amputee to become a Green Beret sniper. He served in the...
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#1 The creation of the mortgage-backed security allowed Wall Street to scoop up loans made to people who were buying homes, and then resell the bundle to investors.
#2 The American Dream is synonymous with homeownership. Government policy has long encouraged homeownership, and it has been a statement about values as well as upward mobility.
#3 Fannie Mae and Freddie...
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#1 My mother, Cloerinda Jean Johnson Porter-Ford, was born with a degenerative neurological condition that no doctor or specialist could name. She had to wait until the civil rights movement to sue for medical malpractice, and even then, the courts did not care about black lives.
#2 My mother was born with a disability, and she was treated like a outcast throughout her elementary...
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#1 On January 26, 1977, Melanie Flynn, a part-time referee, called her father to ask for a directory of Kentucky high school coaches. She never arrived home for dinner that night. Two days later, her boss called her family to find out where she was.
#2 In 1975, Melanie had decided to embark on a singing career. She hooked up with an older, married man who paid...
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#1 The world was covered in darkness, and there were no sun or stars. The perpetual night had no moon or stars. The two tribes of creatures were the birds and the beasts. The birds wanted light admitted, but the beasts repeatedly refused. The birds made war against the beasts, and the beasts were armed with clubs.
#2 The boy was hunting the dragon one day, and when his...
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