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The Great Depression: North America
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Great Depression, the longest, deepest, and most pervasive depression in American history, lasted from 1929 to 1939. Its effects were felt in virtually all corners of the world, and it is one of the great economic calamities in history.
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It was Ernest Hemingway who first described the subspecies of movie star that Maguire belongs to, calling them "the great American boy-men." They're the ageless, fresh-faced whippets of the silver screen — slim of build, dazzling of smile, androgynous of gender. Leonardo DiCaprio used to be one; Elijah Wood is still one. Now Tobey Maguire is breaking ranks. In his new movie, Seabiscuit, he grows up.
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Yes, the cloning of the American mind has been very successful and you can place a great deal of the blame on America’s churches and their lack of standing up for God’s word over the past 50+ years. These 501(c)(3) social houses have failed miserably in standing up to the sexual deviancy crowd. However, you can reject the message, not with hate, but with facts. You can walk away from your church if they promote that which you know is wrong. Silence isn’t always golden.
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The Migrant Experience - Although the Dust Bowl included many Great Plains states, the migrants were generically known as 'Okies,' referring to the approximately 20 percent who were from Oklahoma. The migrants represented in Voices from the Dust Bowl came primarily from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. Most were of Anglo-American descent with family and cultural roots in the poor rural South.
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Charles "Bud" Boehm established the scholarship endowment in memory of his parents, Charles and Dora Boehm, who were great advocates of higher education. Boehm was raised in Ashland and graduated with a History major from Northland College in 1936. He had a distinguished 33-year career with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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America's health care troubles largely stem from a great success: modern medicine can do much more today than it could in the past. So, what's the trouble? How to pay for it.
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