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The woman attacked and killed by a shark while vacationing with her husband in the Bahamas was a University of Pittsburgh alumna.
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The ambiguities voiced by the college presidents before Congress might be a bit more explainable with this little fact: Carnegie Mellon has received $750 million--MILLION--from Qatar. Arabic countries have given at least $8 billion to elite and Ivy League universities in America over the past few decades.
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A Pearl
After Pearl Harbor, the country was terrified, especially along the West Coast. The proximity of the attack was exaggerated by the large presence of the American Japanese in California. Since there was no evidence of any Japanese-American involvement in the attack, the argument was made that the Japanese were lying low, waiting to pounce.
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A Pearl
After Pearl Harbor, the country was terrified, especially along the West Coast. The proximity of the attack was exaggerated by the large presence of the American Japanese in California. Since there was no evidence of any Japanese-American involvement in the attack, the argument was made that the Japanese were lying low, waiting to pounce.
Thus, the absence of something was proof it existed.
Executive Order 9066, ordering the forcible removal of Americans of Japanese descent from the Pacific coast, was signed by the liberal President Roosevelt in 1942. 120,000 American citizens--Americans--were moved out of their homes into squalid camps and ancient Indian reservations.
This is another example of a rule in politics that should caution anyone expecting government to do the right thing: "When the going gets tough, everyone loses their principles."
This is another example of a rule in politics that should caution anyone expecting government to do the right thing: "When the going gets tough, everyone loses their principles."
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