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How the South Became Republican
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https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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