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81) JESUS AND JAPAN.
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Harding, Christopher
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The article focuses on the historical relationship between Japan and Christianity, examining its introduction, adaptation, suppression, and limited influence in Japanese society. Topics include the initial arrival of European missionaries, the challenges they faced in adapting to Japanese culture, the rise and fall of Christianity in Japan, and its enduring but marginalized presence in the country.
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Semmens, Kristin1
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The article focuses on the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Adolf Hitler's failed attempt to seize power, and the lessons he learned from the failed coup. It discusses the circumstances leading up to the putsch, its chaotic aftermath, Hitler's trial for treason, and how the failed coup contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party and Hitler's eventual ascent to power as the Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
83) LOUSY SAINTS.
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Harvey, Katherine
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The article focuses on the medieval practice of ascetics wearing hair shirts infested with parasites, particularly lice, as an act of piety and self-discipline. It discusses how these practices were associated with religious figures, such as Thomas Becket, and explores the cultural significance of allowing oneself to become infested with parasites in the later Middle Ages.
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Kandil, Hazem1
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The article focuses on the enduring mystery surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Topics include conspiracy theories, potential motives involving organized crime and the government, and the connection between Kennedy's foreign policy decisions and his tragic fate. It mentions 60th anniversary of the assassination has failed to put the issue to rest, and various theories and questions continue to circulate, making it a persistent...
85) At the Coalface.
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Croll, Andy1
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The article explores the complex relationship between Britons' professed concern for animal welfare, particularly the case of pit ponies in the coal industry, and the economic interests that often took precedence over animal welfare, highlighting the significant gap between beliefs and actions regarding animal welfare in history. It discusses how societal beliefs about animal welfare often fell short when economic considerations were involved....
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The article provides arguments against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) from Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and an opinion piece by Emma Waters. Topics discussed include the claim that the ERA is unnecessary as women's rights have already advanced, concerns about the ERA's vague language and potential to impact privacy and safety, and the ERA's association with abortion rights.
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The article provides statements from Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Chuck Schumer in support of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Topics discussed include the historical context of the ERA, the need for gender equality, and the removal of the deadline for state ratification to make the ERA the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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The article informs about the history of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was approved by Congress in 1972 to guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. Topic include ERA had a ratification deadline that was extended until 1982, but only 35 states ratified it, falling short of the required 38 states. Despite this deadline, recent years, Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia ratified the ERA, and the article discusses legal challenges and recommendations...
89) Ones and Zeros.
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TARNOFF, BEN (AUTHOR)
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Chris Wiggins and Matthew L. Jones's new book, How Data Happened: A History From the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms, chronicles how human beings became data. If the damaging aspects of data are due to a misalignment between new technologies and "our values and norms", as Wiggins and Jones contend, then such an approach is probably enough. Creating averages out of the information, he then developed general theories about humanity,...
90) Ancient Worlds.
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WILSON, EMILY (AUTHOR)
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Houseman insists that Hamilton's relationship with Donnelly "was likely not physically intimate", on the very meager grounds that Hamilton told her sister they slept in separate bedrooms. The family moved back to the United States when Edith was 2 months old, and she grew up on her father's homestead in Fort Wayne, Ind. Montgomery was a heavy drinker who proved unsuccessful in running his family's business, but he was eager to...
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BAYOUMI, MOUSTAFA (AUTHOR)
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But the land-mine treaty does not ban the use, stockpiling, or production of every kind of land mine - only the victim-activated antipersonnel mine. THE DECADES-LONG EMERGENCY of land-mine contamination in Cambodia has compelled the country to innovate. The Confeder-In ate States Congress allotted $100,000 to the Army Torpedo Bureau, "the world's first institution devoted to landmine warfare", according to Kenneth Rutherford, a historian...
92) IN ON PAROLE.
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GELARDI, CHRIS (AUTHOR)
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The court is considering an appeal of a class-action suit accusing DOCCS of violating state law by making life in RTFs virtually indistinguishable from normal prison life. FEATURES Jory smith was supposed to be free. his sentence had been up for five days on August 28, 2020, when officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in upstate New York where Smith had spent almost five years, summoned him to a conference room. Among other...
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Lawton, Graham (AUTHOR)
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The UPF diet delivered 81 per cent of its calories in UPF form, such as burgers, fries, canned ravioli and hot dogs. The rationale for this, says Monteiro, was because the extent and purpose of processing of foods is now more useful than the nutrient content in assessing their impact on health. NOVA (which is Portuguese for "new") divides foods into four groups: unprocessed and minimally processed; processed culinary ingredients, such as...
95) Electric dreams.
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Klein, Alice (AUTHOR)
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Features A DECADE ago, the main landmark in Port Augusta, a town in South Australia, was a 200-metre-tall chimney puffing fumes from a coal-fired power station. The state's renewable energy push began in 2002, when the South Australian Labor Party was elected to government. It comprises a network of solar panels and batteries that Tesla installed for free on more than 4000 government-owned social housing properties across South Australia. Its...
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Bothwell, Matthew (AUTHOR)
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By observing the dance of this odd couple, astronomers calculated that this world must be incredibly dense - four times denser than Earth, which is the densest planet in our solar system. Features OVER the past decade, spacecraft have beamed back reports from some truly awe-inspiring destinations within our solar system. Sculptor dwarf galaxy Witness a proxy for the early universe The Sculptor dwarf galaxy appears as a gossamer of galactic fluff on...
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Dinneen, James (AUTHOR)
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Despite planting drives, urban tree cover across the US fell by about 36 million trees per year between 2009 and 2014. Between the trees, she makes a "soil conduit" - a strip of loosened soil that should make it easier for the roots of both trees to spread. Avoid contaminating soil around trees and keep tree pits free of rubbish. Features IF YOU have ever walked down a tree-lined street on a hot day, you know the value of urban trees. [Extracted...
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MYSTAL, ELIE
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I can even make a case that the justices will be so sensitive to charges of public corruption that they'll avoid paying off their sugar daddies with a pro-billionaire ruling in the tax case, although I do think that, ultimately, money talks, and the billionaires have invested too much in the Republican justices to lose that case. FEATURES The supreme court of the united States will get back to work on October 2. Thomas, Alito, and Kava naugh have...