Forum: Foreign Newspapers
Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,707
The killing fields of Jammu
The killing fields of Jammu:
How Muslims become a minority in the region
What was the death toll in the killing fields of Jammu? There are no official figures, so one has to go by reports in...
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Forum: Grammar-Section
Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Replies: 22
Views: 23,905
1. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can...
1. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time.
“By working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week she managed to get the best of...
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Forum: Grammar-Section
Thursday, June 08, 2017
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Replies: 22
Views: 23,905
(1) the granddaddy of them all
Meaning: The...
(1) the granddaddy of them all
Meaning: The biggest, oldest, most impressive, or most respected person or thing of his, her, or its kind.
Sentence: I own a lot of vintage cars, but my 1926...
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Forum: International Relations
Thursday, June 01, 2017
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Replies: 39
Views: 10,130
The Fallout From Pakistan's Nuclear Test
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The Fallout From Pakistan's Nuclear Test
By Shah Meer Baloch
May 29, 2017
On May 28 each year, Pakistan proudly celebrates “Youm-e-Takbir,” which translates as the “Day of Greatness,” to...
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Forum: History of USA
Thursday, June 01, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Voting Rights Act (1965)
This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified. In those years, African Americans in the...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Social Security Act Amendments (1965)
Social Security Act Amendments (1965)
In 1965, the passage of the Social Security Act Amendments, popularly known as Medicare, resulted in a basic program of hospital insurance for persons aged 65...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced that two days earlier, U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had been attacked by the North Vietnamese. Johnson...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Civil Rights Act (1964)
In a nationally televised address on June 6, 1963, President John F. Kennedy urged the nation to take action toward guaranteeing equal treatment of every American...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Test Ban Treaty (1963)
Test Ban Treaty (1963)
In August of 1945, when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, World War II came to a conclusion.
Continued testing of atomic and then hydrogen devices lead...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)
Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)
Throughout 1962, in the midst of the Cold War, the movement of Soviet personnel and equipment to Cuba had aroused suspicions in the American...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,...
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
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Forum: History of USA
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Marshall Plan (1948)
Marshall Plan (1948)
When World War II ended in 1945, Europe lay in ruins: its cities were shattered; its economies were devastated; its people faced famine. In the two years after the war, the...
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