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The former president’s “Art of Leadership” series features portraits of Merkel, Blair, Putin and other influential politicians
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The British leader did not want the public to know about a Nazi plan to kidnap Edward VIII
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Though the new agreement is promising, the practice remains prevalent throughout China and southeast Asia
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Yep. But it was anything but frivolous
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Over half of that material was created in the last decade
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Wyke Farms is offering a reward for the return of its champion and reserve champion cheddars stolen from the Yeovil Show in Somerset
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High-tech dating of sediments at an Australian rock shelter offers insights into ancient human migration
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The author was not a fan of pink or Pekingese dogs
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New book shows the enduring power of the epic poem has made it spread across dozens of languages and hundreds of years
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Though experts were initially stumped, the substance has now been identified
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Frances Gabe, who died late last year, channeled her frustration with housework into a futuristic design to end the drudgery of cleaning
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The Surrealist artist's "pure, vertical, mystical love of cash" led him to advertising
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Like many others, Poe was certain the machine couldn't be playing chess under its own power
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London theater will adapt the iconic television series to capture "American nightmares" past and present
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Mutations in several genes linked to hypersocial behavior in people may have helped along canine domestication
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No one is sure how the handwritten scores by Gustav Holst ended up in the archives of the Bay of Plenty Symphonia
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Jude Sparks was hiking in the desert when he tripped over the ancient creature’s skull
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Contrary to past research, a new DNA study suggests fido was only tamed once
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Charlotte Woodward Pierce was a teenager at the Seneca Falls convention for women's rights. She was 91 when women finally went to vote in 1920
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Jane Grey never wanted to be queen, and in the end, she died for it
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