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Goldwater’s nomination to head the Republican presidential ticket in 1964 drew wild enthusiasm from the Hollywood Right and Republican celebrities. Yet, behind the scenes the California Republican Party was deeply divided between the hard-right and moderates.
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The decade of glitz and glamour in the City of Lights was also a period of fabulous French food. With this menu, sample recipes from Ernest Hemingway's Paris and dishes he mentioned in The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 2.
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Volcanic eruptions are among the most perilous natural disasters. So why are scores of cities nestled just beneath these dangerous giants which are poised to spew fiery rock, lava, and ash at any moment? Dangerous Neighbors takes a hard look at cities, volcanoes, and disaster preparedness.
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Leading political sociologist Sidney Tarrow reflects on his career studying the language of contention in political and social movements.
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Lewis Carroll had some insights on the complicated science and philosophy of categorizing things. Muhammad Ali Khalidi, author of Natural Categories and Human Kinds describes the challenges of taxonomy.
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In the wake of World War II, an informal alliance of movie stars, studio moguls, and Southern California business interests formed to revitalize a factionalized Republican Party. Celebrities like Ginger Rogers and Humphrey Bogart were important contributors who helped rebuild a Republican Party in California.
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We will soon know what Ernest Hemingway was writing from 1923-1925. But what was he listening to? We may never know for sure, but we'd like to bet that some of these popular tunes for the Roaring Twenties had his toe-tapping.
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As the crisis in Syria approaches a boiling point and the US determines its response, Brien Hallett, the author of Declaring War, looks back at the 2001 inception of the War on Terror and the complicated system of powers and authorizations that launched "the perpetual war."
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