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On a January night in 2002, a truck backed up to a statue in front of Union Missionary Baptist Church, north of Mobile, Alabama. One or two people got out, cut through parts of the heavy bronze bust, ripped it from its brick base, and disappeared with their loot. The theft shocked and angered the congregation of pastor A. J. Crawford, Sr.
Former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson wondered publicly why a “childless spinster” should be worried about how pesticides might affect future generations. He concluded that she was “probably a Communist.”
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Anatoly looks at the origin of the word “cocktail.”
A look at the architecture of Raphael.
It’s Coming…
Ben’s Place of the Week is Murgab River, Turkmenistan.
For me, Arthur will always stand for a finer way to be a scholarly citizen.
shh…it’s a secret!
An excerpt to help parents whose children suffer from anxiety disorders.
A look at PTSD in the news.
How to write arguments.
For Women’s History Month we turn to the AASC to englighten us about Women in Africa.
A closer look at The Departed.
The opening line of William MacNamara’s story “Publishers seek to play Google at its own game” ominously portends “Publishers are racing to digitize their books as they seek to counter the threat posed by the internet giant Google.”