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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 ...
This is a list of notable musical artists who have been referred to or have had their music described as post-hardcore.. Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock.
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 ...