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V-E Day

May 8 marks the day of victory for Allies in World War II The London Daily Mirror, May, 8, 1945 On Mar. 7, 1945, the Western Allies—whose chief commanders in the field were Omar N. Bradley…

August 2003

WorldNorth Korea Agrees to Multilateral Talks (Aug. 1): Regional session on North Korea's nuclear weapons program to also include U.S., China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea.Truck Bomb…

July 2005

WorldDiplomats Kidnapped in Iraq (July 3): Ihab al-Sharif, who was to become Egypt's ambassador to Iraq, is seized by gunmen in Baghdad. (July 7): Militant group al-Qaeda in Iraq says it has…

2018 Year in Review: U.S. News

Top events for the nation in 2018 Logan Chamberlain Prev Next #MeToo #MeToo   The #MeToo movement remained a driving force in the cultural and political worlds. The preeminence of the…

Fighting Words: An Iraq War Glossary

Collateral damage:A military euphemism for civilian deaths. Decapitation strike:To remove a regime’s leadership and thereby curtail warfare. The U.S. military attempted a decapitation strike…

plutonium

(Encyclopedia) plutoniumplutoniumpl&oomacr;tōˈnēəm [key], radioactive chemical element; symbol Pu; at. no. 94; mass no. of most stable isotope 244; m.p. 641℃; b.p. 3,232℃; sp. gr. 19.84 at 20℃;…

student movements

(Encyclopedia) student movements, designation given to the ideas and activities of student groups involved in social protest. Historically, student movements have been in existence almost as long as…