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...department has already made two senior appointments—one from within the department and one from outside—and is pursuing two more, in addition to three new assistant professors in 20th Century Studies...
Ferguson argues that Britain’s imperial development and its subsequent legacy are more complex. By applying late 20th century values to 19th century imperialism, historians distort the growth and advancements that came under Britain’s rule...
...hardly matters whether he means the 20th Century—with genocides in Europe, Russia, Cambodia, and Rwanda—or the 29 months of this century. This looting was not even the crime of the week. (That dubious award might go to the slaughter of three hundred and fifty people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.) Hundreds of Iraqi civilians died in the invasion of Iraq, not to mention the thousands who disappeared under Saddam Hussein’s despotic rule. Crime of the century? There is nothing poetic about this hyperbole; it is an outright insult...
...Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle, 54, describes how he passed through suicidal depression to spiritual bliss. Imagine his bliss when he discovered that his book had been endorsed by Oprah. Her relentless touting has helped Tolle's book build a cult following since its publication four years ago. Now in its 20th printing, with 800,000 copies sold, it has spent four months on the New York Times best-seller list...
...larger discussion Powers hopes to inspire is one reflecting upon the flaws of U.S. foreign policy in the 20th century, she says...