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Benazir Bhutto
Niece Mourns Benazir Bhutto Following Her Assassination

  By Megan O'Toole • July 20, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this interview with NDTV, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto is mourned by her niece, Fatima Bhutto, following Benazir’s assassination on December 27, 2007. Fatima describes how Benazir will have a lasting memory in Pakistan’s politics because she was the nation’s first female Prime Minister. Fatima reflects on how … Continue reading

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O. J. Simpson Murder Case
Larry King on the O.J. Simpson Trial

  By Robbie Faselt • July 17, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this interview with Larry King talking about the O.J. Simpson Trial, King calls Simpson “the most famous human to ever be charged with murder.” He talks about the period during the trial in 1994 and 1995 and how all of America was following the murder case. King, himself, claims … Continue reading

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Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

  By Robbie Faselt • July 17, 2014 Uncategorized
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Celebrities and politicians alike share their stories about where they were and what they were doing on July 20, 1969 when the Apollo 11 spaceflight became the first mission to successfully land humans on the moon. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent about two and a half hours … Continue reading

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Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dr. Hiromi Hasai Describes the Horror of the Atomic Bombing

  By Megan O'Toole • July 17, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this interview from 2011, Dr. Hiromi Hasai describes the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 by the U.S. during World War II. Hasai explains that he was shocked with the tens of thousands of dead bodies that surrounded him in the city and he describes how … Continue reading

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John F. Kennedy
Losing Her Virginity to President Kennedy

  By Sarah Dejak • July 16, 2014 Uncategorized
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Mimi Alfred, former intern for the press secretary’s office during John F. Kennedy’s presidential term, reveals details about her 18-month affair with JFK that occurred when she was just 19 years old. Mimi, now 68, says that she finally decided to share the secret because she wanted to unburden herself from … Continue reading

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Adolf Hitler
Colleagues of Hitler Call Him ‘A Genius of Evil’

  By Sarah Dejak • July 16, 2014 Uncategorized
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A few Germans who knew Adolf Hitler discuss his methods, affects on humanity and his personality. One describes Hitler as a meteor because he suddenly struck, and then was suddenly gone, taking with him the entire German nation in his doom. A different German involved in Hitler’s army talks about … Continue reading

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Adolf Hitler
A German Veteran’s View of Hitler

  By Sarah Dejak • July 16, 2014 Uncategorized
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Manfred Gelersen, a German soldier who fought during World War II for the Germans on Hitler: “Hitler was from the devil!” Gelersen comments on Hitler’s political agenda and the series of events that unfolded within the country that allowed Hitler to rise to power so quickly. He talks about the … Continue reading

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
[Text] Remembering JFK’s Assassination and His ‘Desired World’

  By Lloyd Stableford • July 16, 2014 Uncategorized
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Author: Lloyd Stableford “The whole thing seemed like a tremendous fairy tale, a fantasy, out of the realm of believability…” NOTE: I, Lloyd Stableford, was a senior at the College of William and Mary, pursuing political science as a major. The words that follow are the actual words I wrote … Continue reading

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2010 Copiapó Mining Accident
Relatives Await Outcome of Chilean Miners

  By Virginia Choi • July 15, 2014 Uncategorized
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During the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, relatives speak on hearing the shocking news of the cave-in on August 5, 2010 at the San Jose copper and gold mine in Chile: “I felt rage and pain and frustration. I thought, ‘How can they be trapped like that?’ They are not animals. … Continue reading

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Albert Einstein
[Text] Einstein’s Letter to Roosevelt on an Atomic Program

  By Sarah Dejak • July 15, 2014 Uncategorized
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“Some recent work …leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future…” The following is a letter authored predominantly by Hungarian-American physicist Leó Szilárd, but signed by Albert Einstein. It is known as the Einstein-Szilárd letter … Continue reading