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Quaker Efforts Against Slavery and War

Quakers, or Friends, are members of a family of religious movements which collectively are known as either the Friends Church, or the Religious Society of Friends. Friends' central doctrine is the priesthood of all believers...

Even all the Research in the World Can Lead to a Hollywood Bust: John Carter
DVD cover: John Carter

John Carter (2012), science fiction adventure film directed by Andrew Stanton, has become known a  box office bust,...

Exhibition Highlights Evolution of Modern Architecture, Especially Libraries
Bibliothèque nationale, vue de la salle de lecture

Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light, the first solo exhibition of Labrouste’s work in the United States, highlights his work as a key...

Great Movies: David Lynch's 'Mullholand Drive'
DVD cover: Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive ( 2001) is an American neo-noir film, written and directed by David Lynch (b. 1946) and starring Justin...

Bollywood Films Influence such Movies as 'Moulin Rouge'
Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; however, it is only a...

Great Movies: 'Judgment at Nuremberg' and the Message Movies of Stanley Kramer
Screenshot: Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) deals with the Holocaust; with non-combatant (e.g., crimes committed in violation of the Law of Nations; or the Laws of War, against a civilian population) War Crimes, and the Post-World War II geo-...

Increase in Lethal Suicide Attacks
USS BUNKER HILL burning after a Japanese suicide attack. Near Okinawa, May 11, 1

Recently, a suicide car bomber attacked police headquarters in northern Iraq. At least 36 people were killed 105 wounded. Three other suicide attackers who tried to enter the police headquarters after the blast were killed by the police. The...

Superman and the Men Who Created Him
"Action Comics #1" at The Grand Comics Database.

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of the first Superman story.

Over the years, the character has enjoyed super success. He has been translated into a variety of media, including radio, television and motion pictures...

Cocaine: Making of a Global Drug
Coca leaf, in Bolivia.

Between 2006 and 2010, domestic cocaine use declined 37 percent, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Workplace drug tests proving positive for cocaine went down 65 percent in the same time frame, according to...

Controversial School Reformer Albert Shanker
Albert Shanker

"Public schools played a big role in holding our nation together. They brought together children of different races, languages, religions, and cultures and gave them a common language and a sense of common purpose. We have not outgrown our...