Great Society
The Great Society represented Lyndon Johnson's attempt to move beyond the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt and provide a variety of social programs to uplift the nation. Out of t...
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1. History should have labeled this famed battle by its proper name as the Battle of Breed's Hill at Charlestown, Mass. What name is improperly applied to the battle site?2. Name the first African-...
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Washington (dpa) - The death of Lady Bird Johnson, the one-time US
first lady who was an ardent Democrat, champion of social justice and
conservationist, brought reaction fr...
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War On Terror: Sen. Barack Obama thinks troops should be sent into Pakistan. But he really wants to fight terrorism the same way liberals combat inner-city crime: with social programs financed by U...
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Today is Friday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2008. There are 362 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 4, 1965, President Johnson outlined the goals of his Great Society in his S...
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Seeking to dispel rivals' claims that she can't bring needed change to Washington, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton told supporters Sunday that her years in public life and willingness to seek commo...
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Education: Billions of dollars in federal funding with no strings attached. Sounds like a sweet deal. And it's what Republicans, of all people, now propose for the schools.When we hear someone beef...
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Just the other day my friend Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent me an extremely urgent message. (He must be my friend, because he addressed me by my first name.) F...
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Great Society
Where Was the Battle?
