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"A woman growing up in a family of Russian immigrants in the 1910s seeks a thoroughly American life. Yelena is the first American born to her Old Believer Russian Orthodox parents, who left two older daughters behind to build a life in a Pennsylvania Appalachian town. This town, in the first decades of the 20th century, is filled with Russian transplants and a new church with a dome. Here, boys quit grade school for the coal mines and girls are married...
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"'The Memory Chalet' is a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experience or remembrance of the past through the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious mind. His youthful love of a particular London bus route evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning. Memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe, before concluding that his generation 'was a revolutionary...
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In 1967, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after claiming conscientious objection to the Vietnam War and failing to report to his draft board. Joe Frazier was awarded the title in his place. In 1971, in one of the most publicized sports events in American history, Ali and Frazier met for a rematch at Madison Square Garden in New York. Although Ali lost the match, he later reclaimed his heavyweight title from George Foreman....
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The rule of King Edward VII in the United Kingdom from 1901 until his death in 1910 was characterized by a heightened British interest in leisure and fashion. Women's fashion from the Edwardian period included high stiff collars and wide hats. Copyright The WPA Film Library.
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After Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title in 1967, Joe Frazier became the new heavyweight champion. In March 1971, Ali challenged Frazier to a rematch. Frazier, under the direction of his manager, Yank Durham, trained heavily for the much-anticipated event. Copyright The WPA Film Library.
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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, more and more Americans moved from large cities on the East Coast to Sun Belt states such as Florida, Arizona, and California. California soon became the nation's most populated state. In Los Angeles, the population boom and vast system of freeways spurred the development of many affluent suburbs. Copyright The WPA Film Library.
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The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 gave the federal government new powers to regulate air and water pollution, on the grounds that these problems were shared between states. Soon after the creation of the agency, the federal government imposed new regulations on businesses such as factories that emitted smoke and other forms of air pollution. Copyright The WPA Film Library.
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The creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its subsequent oil embargo leveled on the United States dramatically changed American's oil consumption. The price of gas rose rapidly, causing gas rationing and long lines. Many gas stations were forced to close temporarily after they ran out of fuel and were unable to buy additional reserves. Copyright The WPA Film Library.
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In response to the escalating conflict between Protestants and Catholics, British troops declared martial law in Northern Ireland in 1968. British soldiers often performed random searches of vehicles and residences in an attempt to prevent shootings, bombings, and other violent acts. Copyright The WPA Film Library.
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Oliver North, the deputy director of political affairs for the National Security Council (NSC), became a household name when the Iran-Contra Affair unfolded in 1987. North and other top officials in the Reagan administration were exposed for circumventing the 1983 Boland Agreement by using money from an illegal sale of arms to Iran to fund the contras in Nicaragua. North was offered partial immunity for his testimony at the televised Iran-Contra hearings...
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Following the reform policy of Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet-controlled areas throughout Eastern Europe began to transition away from communism. Nowhere was this transition more evident than in Germany when the Berlin Wall - once a potent symbol of the cold war - fell in 1989. The Soviet Union agreed to the reunification of Germany the following year. Copyright The WPA Film Library.