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A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept at planning their…

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Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in…
In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York…
The most spectacular anti-lava effort in history occurred on the Icelandic island of Heimaey in 1973.
A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept…
Most of the American skyjackers who fled abroad eventually elected to return to the United States, having tired of life on the…
Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963,…
Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a…
The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and…
Monorails have their own fan club, which claims more than 2,500 members who swap monorail toys and trinkets. Modern light rail can…
Mystical groups such as the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucians turned tarot into an American fad during the early 1900s. Many American…
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending…
Sea-Monkeys are hybrid brine shrimp and the brainchild of the mail-order entrepreneur Harold von Braunhut in 1957. When their crystallized eggs are…

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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. — Jean de la Bruyere
All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously-and we must stop them before their crimes can… — George W. Bush
It is obviously good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. On the other hand,… — Unknown Author
For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who… — Khalil Gibran
Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes. — Lord Chesterfield
What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on… — Fatou Bensouda
I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to… — Kamala Harris
"Should I comfort those who do not mourn?" Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners… — John William Fletcher
The worst crime committed by totalitarian mind-sets is that they force their citizens, including their victims, to become complicit in their crimes.… — Azar Nafisi
When people say, "I've told you fifty times," / They mean to scold, and very often do; / When poets say, "I've… — Lord Byron
Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire, and thank… — Charles Dickens

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