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John Fitzgerald is elected mayor of Boston and throws out many people in order to give his friends jobs. Many of those friends are saloonkeepers and bartenders.

Quadrennial pledges to make government smaller and more efficient are rarely fulfilled. Taxpayers need to pay more attention to why there is little real change.

The Italian painter whose career demonstrates that artists of the Late Gothic period had begun to employ ingenious strategies to build their professional status.

Chagos Islanders have won the right to return to their native lands, from which they were once expelled by the British to make room for the American military.

Tthe destiny of Ghana is now placed in the hands of Professor John Evans Atta Mills, current president of the resource-rich country.

In custody for leading a 2003 mutiny, Trillanes was elected to the Senate last May, then led the Nov 29th coup attempt. His escapades have precedents in the Philippines.

Abraham Lincoln's first foray into politics featured a strict adherence to destructive Whig Party economic policies and minimal attention to the slavery issue.

The economic recession hit California particularly hard, and state government is unable to fix the problem. Is a new constitution the only way to save the Golden State?

The latest furore over expenses has projected the British Parliament into a unique new members' club.

There are several holidays on the American calendar bearing religious origins. Thanksgiving is the only one that specifically calls us to pray.

Twain is esteemed by many. His writings provide an honest, sometimes cynical, often comical view of American life. His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.

In his book, Auden Schendler of Aspen Skiing Company says climate crisis requires businesses to lead sustainability revolution. Efficiency, new energy sources needed.

Elizabeth I's Coronation was a grand spectacle intimately involving her subjects where she combined grandeur with the common touch. It was also a personal success.

The British Parliament passed four acts in response to the Boston Tea Party and other American actions. Called the Intolerable Acts, they further angered the colonies.

It was logical that the first religions to arise in the world involved the worship of Nature. To prehistoric peoples Nature was a mighty, often terrifying power.