Articles with keyword "United States"
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Impertinent Questions with Edwin L. Battistella
On the self-help career of grammarian Sherwin Cody.
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Portrait of the Artist Before and After
Thomas Hart Benton was famous when he wrote his autobiography, forgotten when he updated it.
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American Zenophilia
Our fascination with Buddha goes well beyond power drinks and movie stars.
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Whaling the Old Way
Life on a nineteenth-century whaler was thrilling, tedious, and often disgusting.
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That's Amore
Three women in novelist William Faulkner’s life affected his storytelling profoundly through their own literary and artistic abilities. Additionally, one of the three transformed his notions of race.
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Telecommunications Triumphs
Staying up all night working on his code and such for the glory of France, Napoleon still had time for other long-lasting achievements—namely, his optical telegraph.
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The Great Escape
New Hampshire remembers the authors of Curious George and their escape from Paris.
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The War 150 Years Later
As the sesquicentennial nears, a selection of past, present, and future humanities projects.