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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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The Diversity Paradox.
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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I talked to Terry Gross!
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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The "New" Ancient City
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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The World's First Computer
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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A Brief History of Chile
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
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“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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The world that created Caravaggio
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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In...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Tolkien and the Classics
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Zangbeto: Get to Know Voodoo’s Whirling Spirit Dance
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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JamesHoare
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Trying to Understand...
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There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Summary of changes for April
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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