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World War II December 21, 2004 David Lee	Great Britain's Forgotten Commandos In World War II the Royal Navy Commandos spearheaded British amphibious assaults in Europe and Asia. Although little known today, these commandos were vital to the success of many of the most important Allied landings, among them the July 10, 1943, invasion of Sicily.
Science News December 18, 2004	From the December 15 & 22, 1934, Issues No Martian Men... Substitute for Morphine Found After Long Search... Human Behavior Too Complex to be Studied Statistically... Ice and Snow Now Seen as Causes for Rejoicing... Science Strides Forward...
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Hardy Green	When The Blues Had A Baby For a short book, Rich Cohen's 'Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll' has a surprising number of layers. Most intriguing is an engrossing tale of the intersecting of two immigrant groups: African Americans and Eastern European Jews.
Military History Quarterly December 15, 2004 Joseph E. Persico	Wasted Lives on Armistice Day Did American commanders needlessly send doughboys to their deaths during the hours before the 1918 armistice went into effect?
American History December 14, 2004 David J. Garrow	The Once and Future Supreme Court The last four decades have witnessed a fundamental transformation in the types of men, and now women, who exercise the broad and untrammeled judicial power of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Civil War Times December 13, 2004 Sandra Weber	John Brown's Family: Living Legacies of Harpers Ferry For decades after John Brown swung from the gallows in 1859, his family lived in the long shadow of the notoriety he had generated.
AskMen.com Bernie Alexander	Absinthe: The Forbidden Drink The word absinthe comes from the Greek word apsinthion, which means "undrinkable." And that characteristic may be its strongest lure -- along with its exotic history.
Science News December 11, 2004	From the December 8, 1934, Issue Goose Barnacles Exist, Though Not Hatching Geese... Elements in Earth's Crust Caused by Cosmic Rays... Cosmic Rays Deflected in Strong Electric Fields...
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Christopher Farrell	Skirting the Disaster Ahead In Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, author Jared Diamond offers a fascinating excursion into the great mysteries of once-thriving societies that disappeared, leaving behind tantalizing monuments of achievements that continue to excite our imagination.
InternetNews December 9, 2004 Jim Wagner	A Look Back at the IBM PC Big Blue's first commercial success in PCs redefined the workplace, and the world, 23 years ago.
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