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The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives - and we now know that the number of people who will die… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
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The first slave came to Florida in 1526. The first one we know by name, Esteban, which means Stephen, came a couple… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
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21st century is the century of knowledge and the world has always looked at India whenever knowledge finds prominence. Emergence of knowledge… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
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History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years,… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
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The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
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