With just a few hundred miles of ocean between us and a long history that binds us together, Haitians are neighbors of the Americas and here at home.
As well as a compelling portrait of an often obnoxious genius, he gives us a lively history of the development of consumer technology over the last three decades in which two very different philosophies, open and closed, battle for supremacy in a contest which is still undecided.
The bench could also examine Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act - a provision that forces nine US states with a history of electoral discrimination to have all changes to voting rules first approved in Washington.
"The site is completely unique, showing 1, 500 years of history, giving us a complete picture of how people lived, " says George Papathanasopoulos, former director of the Acropolis Archaeological Site.
But it's a heck of a read for those of us who still believe that history should recount the great events and great people in politics, economics, religion and secular thought.
He added that such towns offer a glimpse of US history that cannot be found elsewhere.
"He should be remembered as one of the most effective legislators in the history of the US Senate, a symbol of the strength and independence of the US legislature, " said the party's leader David Cameron.
And in so doing, already they have written a new chapter in the rich history of their island, a chapter of resolute courage that inspires us all.
"I do believe the community is willing to embrace the justice of this campaign because Australians understand that indigenous culture and history are a source of pride for us all, " Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.
Singer, a student of financial history, reminds us of the 1970s experience when inflation was in the high single digits but repressing it required 20% interest rates and a meltdown of the bond market.
The movie is cheery, convivial, and swift: for ninety minutes, stunning images, drawn from all eras of movie history, pass before us, and we listen to a couple of dozen veteran cinematographers speaking about what they do.
Though I did know the basics of this from my college days as a US history major (before I turned to biochemistry), I found the similarity of the rhetoric quite surprising.
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Steven Malanga takes us through a short history of state financial shenanigans in the most recent issue of City Journal.
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You must read this book if you want to understand the history of personal data and get a glimpse of what the future has in store for us.
Tuesday brings a series of keynotes beginning with Richard Boly, Director of the Office of eDiplomacy in the US State Department talking about how a governmental organization with a history of risk aversion and bureaucracy is moving from a need-to-know culture to a need-to-share one.
Next year, Ireland will gather her global family to herself in a year-long celebration of the ties of heart and hope and history that bind us and allow us to imagine together a better, brighter richer future.
The researchers, from the University of Washington and University of California Berkeley in the US and the Natural History Museum, re-examined a number of bones that were first collected from what is now Lake Malawi in southern Africa.
Because history tells us, truth has a life of its own once it's told.
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The Powerball jackpot, which was the second-largest in US history, triggered a frenzy of ticket sales.
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"Mr Hinckley has a long history of deception and misconduct, " assistant US attorney Sarah Chasson told the judge.
As for labor difficulties, they will no doubt be part of an airline merger, but the conflict between the two groups of US Airways pilots resulted from a controversial seniority ruling that, in the history of the airline industry, has been a unique event.
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However, the market is most nervous about a downgrade and the global ramifications of the US losing its triple A status for the first time in its history.
And history reminds us of our obligations as a nation at moments like this.
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So listen, before we get talking about that, tell us a little bit about the history of where you guys came from.
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You're a part of us trying to make some more history.
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"Nokia has a long history of innovation and their partnership with Microsoft allows us to extend the core academic and community resources of the University into the pocket of our students, " noted David Middleton, Executive Director, Center for Mobile Research and Innovation, and Assistant Vice President of Administration at Seton Hall University.
History has shown us that it takes a special kind of leader with unique competencies and skills to successfully build great companies and teams.
Thomas Bender, a professor of history and humanities at New York University, wants us to focus instead on what makes the United States the same.
It's also highly different from any other recession in that we already had a pipeline of the most aggressive fed stimulus in history working for us, and fiscal stimulus.
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