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With Warrick, It's Not That Simple

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With Warrick, It's Not That Simple By Michael Wilbon Friday, October 15, 1999; Page D01 I'm finding it difficult to get real worked up over Peter Warrick's felony grand theft charge for paying $21.40 for $412.38 worth of clothes. With Warrick set to be suspended for a second game Saturday, it surely will start another round of moralizing. Far from ready to take the pulpit, I'm conflicted. Read More...

'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' Victor Hugo's novel, saved a cathedral in ruins

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Notre Dame has gone through a lot in its 856 years. It has endured ill-advised remodeling, revolutionary ransacking and pollution-induced decay. Hitler once had it slated for demolition. On Monday, fire raged through the cathedral, consuming its roof and causing its central spire to collapse. The full scale of “colossal damage” is being assessed, but French President Emmanuel Macron vowed that the Paris landmark would be rebuilt, and donations to do so began pouring in from some of France’s richest families. Read More...

America After the Civil War

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Corporate support for RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR is provided by Johnson & Johnson. Major funding is also provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Ford Foundation; The Gilder Foundation; Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky, CBE; Lloyd Carney Foundation; and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7sa7SZ6arn1%2BssrWtjqucnKeeqMGzwcKtoKimXw%3D%3D

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