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State approves the protection of 85,000-plus acres of working Florida farms and ranches
The purchased conservation lands cover 134 square miles, the largest increment of conservation land and easement purchases ...
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Victor Brombert, preeminent scholar of French literature, celebrated WWII Ritchie Boy and 'a teacher of the highest order,' dies at 101
Victor Brombert, the Henry Putnam University Professor of Romance and Comparative Literatures, and an authority on French ...
Opinion - Europe’s increasingly volatile industrial doom loop
What is behind this industrial discontent with its very serious political ramifications are several factors, all of which ...
Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary ...
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Sure, “Paradise Lost” Is Radical, but Did You Know It Was Sexy?
A new study charts John Milton’s influence on revolutionary thinkers but misses the sheer seductiveness of his masterwork.
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The Hidden Story of J. P. Morgan’s Librarian
Designed by the architect Charles Follen McKim, of McKim, Mead & White, the building, which was adjacent to Morgan’s home, ...
How the ‘Studio 54 of Paris’ Gave Birth to One of the World’s Coolest Cologne Brands
Les Bains Guerbois started as a thermal bath, but has transformed since 1885 into a five-star hotel with a uniquely stellar ...
Syria: A turning point that doesn’t turn? | STAFF COMMENTARY
Post-Assad Syria is most likely to prove a turning point that doesn’t turn. The Assad family dictatorship reigned for 50 ...