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9 cities abolish Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Note for a...
rt.comPublished time: 10 Oct, 2015 04:49Edited time: 10 Oct, 2015 16:48Get short URL© Adrees Latif / Reuters25.7K1Nine cities in states across the US have pressed for resolutions to recognize October...
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Количество россиян, пытающихся получить вид на жительство в США, за годы...
via MT and HS on Facebookznak.comКоличество россиян, пытающихся получить вид на жительство в США (гринкарту) через лотерею госдепартамента, в последние годы существенно выросло. Как рассказал Znak.com...
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70 maps that explain America - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
via KK on Facebookimage fromby Max Fisher and Dylan Matthews on July 1, 2015, vox.comThe United States of America is many things. It is the world's most powerful country, and one of the largest. It has...
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Сегодня давайте поговорим о появлении американской темы в русской поэзии....
See Translationfrom Российско-американские сюжетыImage from, with caption: (Those Russians love him too!) A commemorative stamp of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics issued in honor of Benjamin...
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Николай Ромадин. Последний романтик русского пейзажа
theartnewspaper.ruНа выставке в Русском музее покажут его известные и малоизвестные работыЕлена Федотова 2В экспозицию вошло более 70 работ разных лет из собрания Русского музея, семьи художника и...
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«Мы уже начинаем возвышаться, и мы возвысимся окончательно» - on the Putin...
Via Facebook[JB comment -- a bit unfair to the new Russian generation?]Валерия Касамара о том, каким представляет будущее России первое «путинское поколение»Виктория Волошина, gazeta.ruЧасть студентов...
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The American Dream
Peter Van Buren, "Better Understanding Trump, A Man of His Times," We Meant Well Blogimage fromExcerpt:The American DreamThe myth of the American Dream has been the dominating factor in keeping most...
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A tragic piece of Americana: the Texas 1966 Whitman shootings
Image from, with caption: A protest is underway right now at the University of Texas, San Antonio against guns on campus. Great to see these folks out there calling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to...
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A tragic piece of Americana: the Texas 1966 Whitman shootings
Image from, with caption: A protest is underway right now at the University of Texas, San Antonio against guns on campus. Great to see these folks out there calling Texas Governor Greg Abbott to...
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Military-to-Military Sports Diplomacy
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgUncaptioned image from articleOct 15, 2015These days, many countries favor international cooperation. However, according to Ian Bremmer, the world is largely at war, and many...
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The Future of History
Via IK on FacebookBy Robert Zaretsky ,OCTOBER 14, 2015, chronicle.comimage from"NO PHD."So announced a license plate I glimpsed the other day — nestled, it so happened, in the rear end of a sinister,...
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If you can bear it ...
via SW on facebookJohn FieldsSeptember 23 at 1:20pm · Yogi Berra -1915-2015Famous Yogi-isms1. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.2. You can observe a lot by just watching.3. It ain’t over...
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Ukrainian-Americans in Ohio: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
See also: John Kasich, America must stand strong with Ukraine. image fromNumerous Ohioans are descended from Ukrainian ancestors.Today, Ukrainian Ohioans continue to enhance Ohio's cultural and social...
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Hey, buddy, can you spare $81,634 for an MA degree in public diplomacy?
Do public diplomacy professors in Southern California "make" more than USA ambassadors overseas?Image from, with description: $18.99 public diplomacy studen [sic] Kids Light T-Shirt In stockFrom:...
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The U.S. Foreign Service (Circus?) at its best ....
image fromOr should I say -- Charlie Chaplin at his best [video, scene from The Circus (1928)] ...
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What happened to Lavrov?
Syria's Assad Meets With President Putin in MoscowSyrian President Bashar Assad visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday evening for a working visit, the Kremlin press office...
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Goodbye Middle Class: 51 Percent Of All American Workers Make Less Than...
via PVB and MA on FacebookPosted on October 21, 2015 by WashingtonsBlogBy Michael Snyder, End of the American Dream.We just got more evidence that the middle class in America is dying. According to...
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Массовое чтение в XVIII веке
arzamas.academyimage from article[JB Note: Am surprised this interesting piece does not mention A.T. Bolotov -- an eighteenth century provincial noblemanBolotov image from(about whom I wrote my...
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‘America’s Bank, ’ by Roger Lowenstein: Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
nytimes.comImage from, with caption: Map of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts, with the twelve Federal Reserve Districts enumerated in black circles and the twelve Federal Reserve Banks marked as...
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