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Pan Am Stewardesses Recall Last Flight Out Of Vietnam, 40 Years After Fall Of Saigon
Via: kavika
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
Pan Am, the iconic airline that served American for decades and covered the world with their flights. The Pan Am Clipper is iconic in aviation history. This is the story of thre most fareful...
What Truck Drivers Think About Autonomous Trucking
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
So this week , I've been visiting (and sleeping, eating and showering in) truck stops in Nevada, Utah and Idaho, to hear what truck drivers themselves have to say about the future of their...
In the future, will the English language be full of accented characters?
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
We've included accents in some words for a long time; after all, we like to steal words from languages such as French, Italian, and German. But they're not an official part of the English...
Who Can Adopt a Native American Child? A Texas Couple vs. 573 Tribes
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
The 3-year-old boy who could upend a 40-year-old law aimed at protecting Native American children barreled into the suburban living room, merrily defying his parents’ prediction that he...
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Took Charge
By: john-russell
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
There were setbacks at Utah, as on every beach. Of the 360 United States bombers sent just before the land ings to bomb the German beach defenses at Utah, 67 did not release their bombs:...
In western France, a village remembers D-Day's 'secret massacre'
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
After four years under German occupation , 12-year-old Marthe Rigault, awoken by the roar of aircraft overhead, watched as her parents warmed the foreign soldier with a flask of coffee. By...
Single Mothers Are Surging Into the Work Force
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
Single mothers in the United States can face many barriers to employment, like finding affordable child care and predictable work schedules. For many, a sick child or a flat tire can mean a...
Seriously, Meryl Streep? 'Toxic masculinity' doesn't hurt men – it kills them
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
#NotAllMen, says Meryl Streep Meryl Streep isn’t a big fan of the phrase “toxic masculinity”, apparently. During a recent panel discussion about the new season of Big Little Lies the cast...
Decrypting the Alt-Right: How to Recognize a Fascist
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
required for all website administrators About once a week, the inestimable Fred Clark posts " Smart people saying smart things ", a short collection of worthwhile reading. This week...
Here’s Why the Birth Rate Is So Low in the United States
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
Millennials are blamed for a lot of things. They killed landline phones. They destroyed movie rental stores. They even get flack for the decline in bar soap use. Now they might be getting...
Name of Thrones: Parents are naming their kids after favorite 'GoT' characters
Via: perrie-halpern
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
By Joe Murphy For the 319 baby girls born and named Lyanna last year, “Game of Thrones” will never end. More parents are bestowing “Game of Thrones” character names on their children than...
Why the Bay of Pigs Invasion Went So Wrong
Via: kavika
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
Before the break of dawn on April 15, 1961, a squadron of eight B-26 bombers piloted by Cuban exiles roared down a Nicaraguan airstrip on a secret mission. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency...
'Senseless hate': the far right's deep roots in southern California
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
The murderous attack on the Poway synagogue in San Diego last weekend may have shattered some people’s image of southern California as a sunny, liberal enclave. But the region has for...
These Japanese-American Linguists Became America's Secret Weapon During WWII
Via: kavika
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
In February 1942, a small group of members of a top-secret military language school defied orders. They slipped out of their headquarters in San Francisco and snuck toward their...
There Were American Nazi Summer Camps Across the US in the 1930s
Via: krishna
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History & Sociology
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5 years ago
During the latter half of the 1930s, a surprising number of Nazi-themed summer camps sprouted across the United States. Organized locally and without the support of Germany, these summer...
