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I'm personally happy that the filibuster has never been introduced in the House of Representatives. Not because of the fact ...

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The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville never had a faculty member in the National Academy of Sciences -- until ...

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That got me thinking that Thoreau should be the fourth instalment of my Historical Heroes series wherein I take admirable ...