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Grandparents, Great-Uncles, And The Titanic

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 04.15.2012

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In February, the grandson of a violinist hired to play on the Titanic shared a David and Goliath story with readers of The Huffington Post. While rese...

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WATCH: Titanic Jamboree's Missing Story - Bruce Ismay Not the Villain?

David Tereshchuk | Posted 04.12.2012

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David Tereshchuk

Chairman of the White Star Line Ismay notoriously managed to escape into a lifeboat along with women and children. But was this simply an example of brutish, unmanly selfishness? Or was there some other explanation for his survival?

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Titanic: Why It Still Matters

Robert Sullivan | Posted 04.02.2012

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Robert Sullivan

Titanic had a thorough mix of humanity, traveling together toward whatever fate awaited. That fate, everyone figured, was a docking in New York. But an iceberg intervened and here is where the question "Why do we still care about Titanic?" gets more interesting.

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Titanic Sank Due To Steering Blunder, Claims New Book

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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With its dramatic twists and massive loss of life, the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic remains one of history's most fascinating tragedies. And in yet a...

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