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Force, Order, and Diplomacy In the Age of Louis XIV
… through “ceaseless negotiation.” By the time Richelieu died, in 1642, France had fostered a new class of … and weeping for the passing of his guardian, Louis commenced his 63 years of personal rule—the longest in … was an expensive exercise in Bourbon propaganda. Versailles also served to keep some 2000 troublesome nobles—the bane of …
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Norfolk, 1969
… as if the possibility of going to war was nothing compared to the certainty of calling this place home. They … of hair and the delicacy of wrists, these become melodies missing all their notes. When he read her letters, they … hours maneuvering around merchantmen, fishing boats, and points of land, who had often late at night calculated …
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Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979
… enormous yellow eyes, bleeding red into a Lima gutter. He died, whimpering, but not without a struggle. It was foggy, … There were ten of us, maybe eleven. Names? We shared one: compañero. All of us, except me, whom they sometimes called … street lamps, covered them with terse and angry slogans, Die Capitalist Dogs and such; leaving the beasts there for …
A Product of This Town: Jena, Louisiana-January 2008
… a warning of approaching tumult. We pray for the people who come to Jena. God loves them no matter what their agenda, … 30 a wing of the high school was destroyed by a fire; officials suspected arson. Tensions spilled out of the schoolyard … “I’m not really that angry at the nogs—they are just soldiers in an undeclared race war. But any white that’s in …
Criticism, Inc
… of trained performers who would appear to have some of the competence that the critic needs. The first is the artist … matter whether we call them sciences or just systematic studies; the total effort of each to be effective must be … enterprise might be seriously taken in hand by professionals. Perhaps I use a distasteful figure, but I have the idea …
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Notes From the Dream Factory
… With the purchase of Lucasfilm by the Walt Disney Company for $4.05 billion in stock and cash in 2012, one can … with our readers, we need to tackle these questions. Our website now attracts more than 300,000 unique annual viewers … deliver our stories in the formats that best match our audience members’ reading preferences. Where our readers are, …
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