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84Huckleberry Finn: One Word Does Make A Difference
An English professor is collaborating with an Alabama publisher to reprint both Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer in a single volume. The announcement sent tremors through the publication world when it heard the new edition will replace the words "nigger" and "injun" with other terms more acceptable in today’s society. Unfortunately, the intense hoopla swirling around these two words is diverting attention from another serious liberty being taken. A sizable section of the original manuscript is be
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85Illegal Immigration and the Economy
A major national debate rages over U. S. government control of immigration and the impact foreign workers exert on the country's economy. While conversations range from bland indifference to outright hostility, the loudest and most incendiary opinions drown out the more moderate voices and dominate the tone and tenor of the dialog.
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84Irena Sendler, A Heroine of the Holocaust
Four 9th graders captured the spirit of one woman’s courage and compassion. Their project inspired their community and, ultimately, attracted global attention. This is the life of Irena Sendler in Poland and the students in Kansas who told her amazing story to the entire world.
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83CENSORSHIP IN THE USA
Have you ever seen a chameleon in action? This tiny lizard can blend with the surrounding environment just by changing the color of its skin. Isn’t it amazing how these fascinating little creatures can...
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81WHY ELLIS ISLAND WAS THE GATEWAY TO AMERICA
About 40% of all Americans alive today have at least one ancestor who entered this country through this 27.5-acre portal in New York Harbor know as the "Gateway to America."
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87Voter Ignorance:The Enemy Within
Thomas Jefferson warned that an uninformed electorate would destroy the freedoms of a republic: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, ...it expects what never was and never will be." His words are a chilling reminder that the United States...
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66Are Altruistic Acts Truly Unselfish?
Altruism is an unselfish concern for the welfare of others: a mother for her children, a soldier falling on a grenade to protect his comrades, Mother Theresa, Mohamad, etc. People do feel the pain and misery of others and they respond in a way that provides some comfort.
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79Where To Find The Most Snow In America
When Old Man Winter comes to town, he is usually nasty and rarely very nice. I really hate winter. But what I hate the most about winter is the snow.
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76THE TEARDROP MEMORIAL FROM RUSSIA
One of the more controversial of all the 9/11 memorials is a Russian sculpture originally entitled "Tear Of Grief", a forty-foot stainless steel tear drop suspended within a 100-foot-tall, 175-ton, bronze-clad tower that is now officially entitled "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism". This extraordinary work is a gift to the United States from the people of Russia and from its creator, renowned sculptor Zurab Tsereteli.
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90The Last Train To Key West
The remarkable, tragic events before, during, and after the horrific hurricane that devastated the middle Keys of Florida on Labor Day in 1935. A rescue train dispatched by the Florida East Coast Railroad was swept off the tracks by a huge storm surge. Hundreds of lives were lost and the famous "Overseas Railroad" was destroyed. Many of the holiday passengers on the railroad's last train to Key West were stranded in the wake of the storm and had to endure an arduous return to the Mainland
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