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U.S. Universities Raised a Record $40.3 Billion Last Year
image fromimage from[JB note -- Nothing wrong with generosity from rich people; but how it is applied is important, including to them.So benefactors to USA institutions of higher learning could bear in...
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University Professors of the World Unite under Dr. Reich! (his [2014] salary...
image from[JB note: My (granted picayune) efforts to get direct information from Professor Reich and his assistant (s?) on his salary were unsuccessful (however an initial cyber search did disclose...
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An hereditary meritocracy: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
discover.economist.comThe children of the rich and powerful are increasingly well suited to earning wealth and power themselves. That’s a problemAMERICA’S ELITEJAN 24 2015 | ECN“MY BIG fear,” says Paul...
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БОРИС ГАСПАРОВ: «РОССИЯ ФАКТИЧЕСКИ НЕ ВИДЕЛА ХХ ВЕКА»
НИКИТА БЕЗРУКОВ, booknik.ruЛингвист, филолог, музыковед, в прошлом — коллега Юрия Лотмана в Тарту, сейчас — профессор Колумбийского университета Борис Гаспаров — об эмиграции как опыте отчуждения, об...
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From USA Today (2/1/2016):A solider at the scene told the AP three female suicide bombers blew themselves up as part of the assault, but there was little information about the sequence of events that...
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Markerspace ... (once known as a "library")
http://spaces.makerspace.com/What’s a Makerspace?To describe them simply, makerspaces are community centers with tools. Makerspaces combine manufacturing equipment, community, and education for the...
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Wilson and Russia
Ivan Kurilla shared Российско-американские сюжеты's post.Just now · (via Facebook)США вступили в Первую мировую войну, ссылаясь на революцию в России как на событие, сделавшее это...
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The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus...
slate.comimage (not from article) from 315 years. 20,528 voyages. Millions of lives.By Andrew Kahn and Jamelle BouieInteractive by Andrew Kahn. Background image by Tim Jones [JB - connect to above link...
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Усадьба БОГОРОДИЦК, Тульская область, Богородицкий район (часть 2)
http://deadokey.livejournal.com/170670.htmlFIND MORESHOPHELPLOGINJOINENGLISH (EN)DEADOKEY — 982 POSITION IN COMMON RATING deadokeyЛетопись Русской УсадьбыAdd to...
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Hell in a Handbasket? Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
via FacebookKen Rynne shared Doug Ferrari's photo.February 1 at 6:54pm · LikeCommentShare
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ПИСЬМО К АМЕРИКАНСКИМ РАБОЧИМ
Via IK on Facebook Российско-американские сюжеты11 mins · Сегодня небольшой текст в тему "Ленин и США". Мы уже читали с вами его статью "Русские и негры". Еще немного в продолжение (извините, сегодня...
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President Obama's inability to integrate a divided America -- Note for a...
Erin Aubry Kaplan, latimes.comPresident Barack Obama waves before boarding Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 13. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)Erin Aubry...
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В Музее Фаберже открывается первая в России ретроспектива амазонки мексиканского авангарда Фриды Кало (1907–1954). Живопись, фотографии и народные костюмы привезут в Санкт-Петербург из собраний Музея...
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Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United" -...
Mark Swed, latimes.com; via USC Center on Public Diplomacyimage (not from article) fromThe announcement that Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct members of Youth...
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If you want to make big bucks, make sure you major in skakeboarding ...
from Facebook:John Brown FYI, skateboring (sorry, skakeboarding) has been elevated to a venerated USA academic activity, thanks to the University of Southern California ... God knows at what cost to...
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How 43 Giant, Crumbling Presidential Heads Ended Up in a Virginia Field
Image from article, with caption: George Washington seems to be crying as he stares at FDR. By Jennifer Billock, smithsonianmag.comIn Croaker, Virginia stands a sight that would make just about anyone...
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What better way to spend President's Day weekend! Check out Interel's new...
Jason C. Jarrell, linkedin.comimage from entryThe Interel Washington Group (IWG) is pleased to announce the launch of the Interel U.S. Elections 2016 microsite, www.interelinsight.us, an informational...
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The earth is the center of the universe: and why not? :)
In all honesty, I understand little or nothing about black holes, time/space, the "proofs" of Einstein's theory of relativity. [For the literally-minded, the below is meant to be to be tongue-in-cheek...
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Death, the Prosperity Gospel and Me: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
image from articleBy KATE BOWLER FEB. 13, 2016, New York TimesDurham, N.C. — ON a Thursday morning a few months ago, I got a call frommy doctor’s assistant telling me that I have Stage 4 cancer. The...
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