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#1 In the 1970s, Baron Empain was the head of an industrial empire that comprised 174 companies and employed 136,000 workers in fields ranging from mining and metallurgy to banking, heavy construction, shipbuilding, armaments, and nuclear energy.
#2 France was experiencing a decade of political transition. The turmoil caused by the Paris-centered student uprising of...
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#1 I had come with backup, a low-ranking cop formerly assigned to the Anti—Organized Crime Task Force in Saitama Prefecture. Chiaki Sekiguchi. He was a little taller than I, almost as dark, thickset with deep-set eyes and a 1950s Elvis haircut. He was mistaken for a yakuza a lot.
#2 I was ready to leave my job, but not like this. I had only enough information to have gotten me into...
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#1 The night before Cook's voyage, James and Elizabeth Cook spent their last night together. They were married six years and were devoted to one another. They ached for those passionate, frantic nights of homecoming, but knew that his profession was one of the most dangerous on earth.
#2 The British were eager to explore the Southern Hemisphere, which included Antarctica....
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#1 The Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano had been sent to Japan to spread Christianity. He had brought along a large amount of guns and Catholic artifacts, which he believed would save millions of souls.
#2 The voyage was not all bad for Yasuke. He had gotten on well with the sailors and would miss their company. He had also eaten better than most aboard.
#3 The...
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#1 Eugenia's mother, Devi, was a Russian aristocrat who was constantly on the move. She was never tied to a place or a religion, and she taught Eugenia the importance of independence and pursuing your passion.
#2 When Eugenia's mother disappeared, that was agonizing. Sasha had always dreamed of becoming an actress, but her father found the idea of his daughter...
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#1 The Great War, which saw two and a half million Germans die and four million wounded, left a discernible line in the sand between the victors and the vanquished. For Germany, the vanquished, losing the war left the turmoil of economic uncertainty, unbridled violence, and boiling resentment.
#2 In the 1930s, the German government passed increasingly harsh laws against...
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#1 The Borja family, which originated from the remote hill town of Borja, Spain, had royal blood. They believed that the Borgias were the descendants of kings and were destined to become kings once more.
#2 Alonso de Borja was the king's secretary and was in charge of overseeing his affairs and duties. He was also required to undertake diplomatic missions, which he did...
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#1 The Woolsthorpe farmhouse was the home of Newton's ancestors for just twenty years. It was a manor, and the fatherless boy was its lord with seigniorial authority over a handful of tenant farmers in nearby cottages.
#2 When Isaac was old enough, he began to walk to the village dame school, where he learned to read and study the Bible. He was small for his age, lonely,...
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#1 Arrest is a shattering point in your life, a bolt of lightning that has hit you. It is an unassimilable spiritual earthquake that can cause people to slip into insanity.
#2 The traditional image of an arrest is the sharp nighttime ring or the rude knock at the door. The insolent entrance of the unsleeping State Security operatives. The frightened and cowed civilian...
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#1 Lee Auchincloss, the daughter of Janet Auchincloss, came to visit her mother at her new job at Harper's Bazaar. She was assistant to fashion icon Diana Vreeland. Lee was elegant and smart, and she had a way about her that was elegant and smart.
#2 Lee Auchincloss was hired as Diana Vreeland's assistant. She never felt the warmth of her mother's approval, as she was...
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#1 In the jungle-clad hills of Northwest Burma, Billy Williams, delirious with fever, began to regain consciousness. He was riding an elephant through the raging Yu River, and he had never been sicker. He was grateful and believed in Bandoola, his elephant, who could navigate the crossing safely.
#2 The order Hmit! was given, and Bandoola sank down, back legs buckling...
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#1 I have experienced similar defeats in my attempts to respond to other searches for unique identification. I have never been able to answer the question what is your favorite food. because I love them all, but I would not like to live on any one of them as my only food.
#2 My family was living in the city of Dhaka when I was born in 1933. I was not born there, but...
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#1 The Englishman born to rule, George Nathaniel Curzon, epitomized this concept. He was the eldest of four brothers and six sisters, and he was born in 1859. He was passionate about Kedleston, and he sought to improve it.
#2 George's back pain affected his entire life, and it was reflected in his stiff-necked attitude and prejudices. He was a member of the coterie...
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#1 Augustus was an icon and a mystery. He ended a century of revolution and brought down the Roman Republic, and replaced it with the empire of which he was the first emperor. He found the perfect number two: a partner to serve as his general and administrator without threatening his power.
#2 Octavian was born in 63 BC. His father, Gaius Octavius, came from a family...
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#1 I love having no clothes on me. I feel everything better that way. I feel a shivery-good sensation in my legs. I come up out of the sand and walk out of the way by the naupaka bush to pee.
#2 I loved swimming. I would spend hours in the ocean, and when I was done, I would lie in the sun and feel warm fingers all over my skin. I would help my mom dig a hole in the...
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#1 Three individuals, all from different civilizations, but all living in the same century, insisted that the distinction between their civilizations and the surrounding barbarism must be reinforced by moral education.
#2 Socrates was a philosopher who lived in Athens around the time of Ezra. He was the first classless person in history, and he believed that education...
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Book Preview: #1 In 1945, the American heavy bombers came to German city of Straubing and destroyed a third of the city. The Americans then handed out food stamps to the German citizens, who were mostly silent.
#2 As Franz walked down the street, he saw people standing in line to get work. The brickyard was farther down the street, and the veteran he had seen every day for the past...
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Book Preview: #1 The New Woman was a woman who wanted independence and liberation from everything that weighed her down. She could be seen pedaling down the street in her bloomers and billowing shirtsleeves on the way to somewhere.
#2 Molly Brown was a survivor of the Titanic disaster, and she used her status to raise money for the survivors. She had separated from her husband, J....
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#1 The girls were taken to meet the Empress of Japan, who was seated behind a bamboo screen. They knelt and placed their hands on the tatami floor, bowing until their foreheads touched their fingertips.
#2 The girls were told that when schools for girls were established, they would be examples to their countrywomen. They had no idea what they were getting into, but they...
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#1 Christmas wreaths are hung up in Arlington. But it will be a difficult Christmas for Frank. His brother-in-law, Harry Gray, worked at Olmsted-Flint, and last summer he made a model of a boat for his young son.
#2 Harry's father died in December of heart failure. His family was able to put aside a little money, but not much, and after that was gone, they were on their...
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