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The Future Of The Special Relationship

Posted 05.24.2012

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Epilogue by H. Edward Mann, excerpted from The Queen and the U.S.A. (Dementi Milestone Publishing, $35) In 1946, Sir Winston Churchill spoke of a ...

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PHOTOS: Where The Wild Things Are

Kensington Tours | Posted 04.03.2012

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Discovering the Acropolis, seeing the Mona Lisa, walking on the Great Wall and watching the sunrise over the Taj Mahal are all undeniably spectacular travel experiences, yet nothing can compare to encountering the spellbinding magic of meeting Mother Nature's majestic creatures up close and in person.

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Churchill Library To Be Created At GWU

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON — An international group seeking to preserve the legacy of Winston Churchill announced plans Thursday to create the first U.S. resear...

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The Eye of the Beluga

Judie Fein | Posted 10.16.2011

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Three words made me want to go to Churchill in the summer: snorkeling with belugas. Three words made me terrified of going to Churchill in the summer: frigid Arctic waters.

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Royal Wedding Prep: 7 Books To Help You Know The Difference Between A Duchess And A Dustman (PHOTOS)

Peter Steinberg | Posted 06.18.2011

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Can't tell a Duchess from a dustman? A banger from a biscuit? With the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton just 2 weeks away, it's a good thing blogger Amy Dawson contributed the following book list to Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations to help you prepare.

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I Like Ike

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

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How those two figures -- Eisenhower and Nixon -- have resurfaced in the news over these past few days!

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Churchill's Dentures Sold At Auction

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill – described as the teeth that saved the world – s...

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

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How will news editors and government officials translate the lessons from the Sherrod case into better ethical decision making?

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'Hitch-22': 6 Juicy Celebrity Bites From Christopher Hitchens's New Memoir (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Gideon Pine | Posted 05.25.2011

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In recent years, Christopher Hitchens's personality has almost always overshadowed his prose. So, it seems fitting that the 61-year-old rhetorical pug...

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Terrorism and Technology: Strange Bedfellows in the Digital Age

James D. Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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So what fate awaits us behind the opaque portal of technology, the lady or the tiger? Is the Internet our salvation or our undoing now that terrorism has become the Achilles heel of Western civilization?

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Beer Metaphor Becomes Frosty-Cold Reality

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama is the first president to not just accept the premise of the "having a beer" test, but to embrace it and turn it into reality.

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