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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
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The Immortals
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...and the feared Persian Army
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Empress Theodora
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Free French Bombers Over France
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
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Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
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They know what they think.
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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