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  1. Laird Cregar -- Philadelphia
    Laird Cregar( 28 July, 1914 - 9 December, 1944 ) was an American actor. Cregar was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and died of a heart attack in Los Angeles , California. His funeral eulogy was delivered by Vincent Price .
  2. Accordion -- Types
    The accordion is a wonderfully versatile musical instrument. It is used in nearly all types of music, from the obvious polka to zydeco to jazz and even rock. Two great examples of the latter are They Might Be Giants and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
  3. Diplomacy Game -- Variants
    COLONIAL DIPLOMACY is a variant of the all-time classic DIPLOMACY game. This time it involves the colonial powers in the far east of the 1890s. The game is pretty basic, but the strategy and tactics are rich with possibilities. There are only two types of pieces, armies and navals. They can only move, support a defending unit, or support an attacking unit. The richness of the game comes from the interaction and diplomacy between the players.
  4. Congo -- Worlds
    The Chinese deal was signed at a time when an IMF mission landed in Kinshasa to review progress towards the resumption of budget support for Congo. IMF, World Bank and African Development Bank officials seem to have been caught offguard by the scale and timing of China’s plans.
  5. Imperialism in Asia -- Century
    The transition to formal imperialism, characterized by Queen Victoria being crowed "Empress of India" in the 1870s was a gradual process. The first step toward cementing formal British control extended back to the late 18th century. The British Parliament, disturbed by the idea that a great business concern interested primarily in profits was controlling the destinies of millions of people, passed acts in 1773 and 1784 which gave itself the power to control company policies and to appoint the highest company official in India, the governor-general. (This system of dual control lasted until 1858.) By 1818 the East India Company was master of India. Some local rulers were forced to accept its overlordship; others were deprived of their territories. Some portions of the subcontinent were administered by the British directly; in others native dynasties were retained under British supervision.
  6. 1896 -- World
    Founded in 1896, Bradley University ranked sixth among Midwestern comprehensive universities in the 2005 edition of America’s Best Colleges published by U.S. News and World Report. The university offers undergraduates more than 100 programs of study in five colleges, and 14 graduate degrees in 31 academic areas.
  7. Temecula -- Old Town Temecula
    Old Town Temecula is one California's earliest examples of a true Western Frontier Towns. In the late 1800's the Butterfield Stage Stopped in route in Temecula. Gunfights, robberies and hangings took place in this true wild west town!
  8. Jim Crow -- Laws
    Many of the discriminatory Jim Crow laws were enacted to support racial segregation in everyday life. They required black and white people to use separate water fountains, public schools, public bath houses, restaurants, public libraries, buses and rail cars—although, even without legal segregation, the desire of the white majority to use the frequently inferior facilities set aside for black use was admittedly limited.
  9. Susan B. Anthony -- Woman
    In the late 1870s Anthony, along with Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage, began to undertake the difficult task of writing the massive History of Woman Suffrage. Anthony did not consider this the most pleasant task she ever faced -- she said she would rather make history than write it -- but ... the first three volumes were published by 1886. (The History of Woman Suffrage eventually was six volumes long.)
  10. African American -- South Africa
    In 1910, about 90% of African Americans lived in the South, but large numbers began migrating north looking for better job opportunities and living conditions, and to escape Jim Crow laws and racial violence. The Great Migration, as it was called, spanned the 1890s to the 1970s. From 1916 through the 1960s, more than 6 million black people moved north. But in the 1970s and 1980s, that trend reversed, with more African Americans moving south to the Sunbelt than leaving it.
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