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Nineteen Eighty-Four. Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, [ 1] by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. [ 2][ 3] It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and ...
Chequebook journalism ( American English: checkbook journalism) is the controversial practice of news reporters paying sources for their information. In the U.S. it is generally considered unethical, with most mainstream newspapers and news shows having a policy forbidding it. In contrast, tabloid newspapers and tabloid television shows, which ...
2,097 (1st edition) ISBN. 0-911560-02-5. OCLC. 49687706. The Urantia Book (sometimes called The Urantia Papers or The Fifth Epochal Revelation) is a spiritual, philosophical, and religious book that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States sometime between 1924 and 1955. When first published, it claimed to have been written by celestial ...
The one-drop rule was a legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th-century United States. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of "black blood") [ 1][ 2] is considered black ( Negro or colored in historical terms). It is an example of hypodescent, the automatic assignment ...
Jefferson made no public comment on the matter, although most historians interpret his cover letter from 1805 to Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith as a denial alluding to a fuller reply, which has been lost. [15] The Jefferson-Wayles descendants and most historians denied for nearly 200 years that he was the father of Hemings' children.
2021–2024 book banning in the United States; Location: Parts of the United States, including Florida, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina and Texas: Cause: Democratic backsliding, national conservatism, perceived obscenity, right-wing populism: Participants: Republican lawmakers in red states: Outcome
Warrell, Kenneth P. "Across the Yalu: Rules of Engagement and the Communist Air Sanctuary during the Korean War." Journal of Military History 72.2 (2008): 451–76. Print. Zhang, Xiao Ming (2004), Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 1-58544-201-1
July 26, 2024 at 12:49 PM. By Tom Hals. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked a Department of Labor rule from taking effect that would have expanded the types of retirement ...