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American History
August 9, 2004
William F. B. Vodrey |
George Washington: Hero of the Confederacy? The cost of political greatness, it's been said, is to be forced to campaign long after your death. That's certainly true of George Washington, whose name, image and legacy were appropriated by the Confederacy.   |
American History
August 9, 2004
John Ferling |
1796: The First Real Election When George Washington announced that he would retire from office, he set the stage for the nation's first two-party presidential campaign. |
American History
August 9, 2004
Phil Scott |
1864 Attack on New York Manhattan proved an irresistible target for Confederate saboteurs who wanted to set the city ablaze and settle some scores with the Union. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
Nanette Byrnes |
Birth Of An Info Tech Miracle David Owen's book Copies in Seconds describes Chester Carlson's quest to create the Xerox Machine, one of the biggest communication breakthrough since Gutenberg. |
Science News
August 7, 2004 |
From the August 4, 1934, Issue Stratosphere Hop Experience Suggests Use of Robots... Midwest Drought Shows up in Water Levels of Rivers... Experiment with Chemical for Dissipation of Fog... |
Reason
September 2004 |
30 Years Ago in Reason David Brudnoy, "A Libertarian Critique of the Military"... John Hospers, "The Life and Death of New York"... "Taking on the Mind Killers: An Interview With Peter Breggin"... Lynn Kinsky, "Libertarians and the ERA"... |
Military History Quarterly
August 4, 2004
Edward J. Drea |
Gulf of Tonkin: 'Received Information Indicating Attack' Forty years after North Vietnamese patrol boats reportedly attacked U.S. destroyers, the sequence of events surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident is finally coming into clearer focus. |
Military History Quarterly
August 4, 2004
John S.D. Eisenhower |
Birth of the American Expeditionary Force Retired French Marshal 'Papa' Joffre helped shape the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in World War I. |
Military History Quarterly
August 4, 2004
John M. Taylor |
Fateful Voyage of Lusitania The Cunard liner's captain expected a safe Atlantic crossing, but a German U-boat would bring Lusitania's journey to a devastating end. |
Geotimes
August 2004
Megan Sever |
Soils Influenced Hawaiian Chiefdoms After fleshing out the basics of Hawaii's agricultural history, scientists now believe the reason certain crops were only cultivated in select areas was due to the diversity in the soils, which may also have led to the rise of powerful chiefdoms. |
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