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New Exhibit Lifts Lid on Watergate Cover-up The gift shop at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, run by stalwart supporters of the 37th president, sells a mug that asks “What Would Nixon Do?” It has been joined recently at the Yorba Linda, Calif., facility by a Watergate exhibit, put together by the National …
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Paris Under the GunWhen a large explosion rocked the Quai de la Seine in northeast Paris at 7:18 on the morning of March 23, 1918, no one at first knew what had caused it. No German air- craft were v… Read MoreHonors for MercyDuring World War II the war- ring air arms generally used women in auxiliary roles, in their most active roles serving as test or ferry pilots. A notable exception was the Soviet a… Read MoreThe Lion’s Last Roar: Marshal Michel NeyNapoléon’s beloved Marshal Michel Ney went down swinging a broken sword for France—only to face a firing squad of his countrymen. Napoléon Bonaparte called him “a lion” and amid an… Read MoreFrom Crac des ChevaliersCrac des Chevaliers (in present-day Syria) remains a standout among surviving Crusader castles. In 1142 the Knights Hospitaller occupied the hilltop fortress, which protected the s… Read MoreCrags of TumbledownThirty-three years ago this spring Argentina and Britain waged war over a contested patch of tundra in the bitter South Atlantic—and many still wonder why. For weeks the soldiers o… Read More
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