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This is a picture from an Italian alphabet book. The page we chose shows the letter L which stands for legionary.

This is a picture from an Italian alphabet book. The page we chose shows the letter L which stands for legionary.

This is a picture from an Italian alphabet book. The page we chose shows the letter L which stands for legionary.

Any attempt to comprehend the problem of contemporary Punjab should begin by first accepting the reality that a new minority consciousness has emerged. In which case neither the ethnicised history of a community, such as the Sikhs, nor the mere…

Mathematics textbook, 17th edition, published in Philadelphia, 1773

An excerpt from the 1976 Senate Judiciary Committee report on revolutionary activities within the American Indian Movement. A profile of AIM from the federal perspective.

After some setbacks and second place finishes to the Soviets, the United States successfully became the first nation to land a man on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, and astronaut Michael…

Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika onboard to test the effects of space on a living organism. At the time, Soviets reported that they…

In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national resources it deserves, and its expected results, including a bold prediction of moon exploration.