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- From Death Ship to Cruise Ship
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Among its oceangoing sisters, the S.S. Stockholm has always been infamous as the ill-fated vessel that struck and sank the Italian liner Andrea Doria in dense fog off Nantucket 50 years ago. The collision — on July 25, 1956 — resulted not only in 51 deaths and the daring rescue of hundreds from the swells of the Atlantic; it also assured a name for the Stockholm as “the death ship” of the high seas.
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- Spies fashioned messages in drawings of models
  Posted by Billbar from CNN
  German spies hid secret messages in drawings of models wearing the latest fashions in an attempt to outwit Allied censors during World War Two, according to British security service files released on Monday. Nazi agents relayed sensitive military information using the dots and dashes of Morse code incorporated in the drawings. They posted the letters to their handlers, hoping that counterespionage experts would be fooled by the seemingly innocent pictures. But British secret service officials were aware of the ruse and issued censors with a code-breaking guide to intercept them.
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- History of the Lebanese-Israeli Conflict
  Posted by Billbar from Live Science
  A brief history of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict
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- New letters reveal mysteries of Einstein's love life
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  Albert Einstein had half a dozen girlfriends and told his wife they showered him with "unwanted" affection, according to letters released on Monday that shed light on his extra-marital affairs.
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- Immigration — and the Curse of the Black Legend
  Posted by Billbar from New York Times
  If Americans hit the books, they'd find what Al Gore would call an inconvenient truth. The early history of what is now the United States was Spanish, not English, and our denial of this heritage is rooted in age-old stereotypes that still entangle today's immigration debate.
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- Hitler slept here.
  Posted by Billbar from Slate
  The too-secret history of the Third Reich's most famous place. Interesting piece.
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- Rolling Stone : The Worst President in History?
  Posted by Damianmann from Rolling Stone
  George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace. Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be little the administration can do to avoid being ranked on the lowest tier of U.S. presidents. And that may be the best-case scenario. Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history.
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Rolling Stone : The Worst President in History?
"Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again" that line is chilling. Why give them ideas?
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12:25 pm 4/29/06

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