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Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds

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National Intelligence Council


Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National IntelligenceCouncil’s series aimed at pr…

Report of the Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms (The Brady Report)

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Presidential Task Force On Market Mechanisms


From the close of trading on Tuesday, October 13, 1987, to the close of trading on October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ("…

U. S. Energy Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Extreme Weather

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United States Department Of Energy


This report—part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to support national climate change adaptation planning through the Interagency Climat…

Secrets of Crewe House: the story of a famous campaign

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Campbell Stuart


Campbell Stuart, a Canadian, was involved in British efforts of propaganda during the two World Wars. His most active work was done during t…

Safeguarding children: pediatric medical countermeasure research

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Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Iss and Presidential Commission For The Study Of Bioethical Iss


Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research is the response from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethica…

Case Studies, Overview

In Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments


Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…

Introduction, Part 2

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Charles Darwin


The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …

The Aqueducts of Rome, Book 1, Part 2

In The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome

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Sextus Julius Frontinus


Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on h…

Chapter 12

In Book of the Damned

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Charles Fort and Charles Hoy Fort


The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types o…