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...Christian, their idea was to use that common ground to find common ground on other issues, such as race. Paris, 43, spends a few minutes telling a heartfelt story about his Jewish great-great-grandfather, who escaped European persecution in 1859, landed in Mississippi and became a successful merchant in an economy built on slavery. "He went from persecution and obscurity to a place of prominence in the postbellum South. I am a son of that," Paris says. That same man fought on the Confederate side, and his battlefield mementos were passed down through the generations to Lee Paris...
...squad was actually split this weekend, with the rest of the team competing at the Admiral's Cup, hosted by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. The Crimson placed sixth overall out of 19 teams at that regatta...
...English merchant Robert Thorne first proposed the idea in 1527: sail from Western Europe across the top of the continent to the Far East. This northern passage would be far quicker than the one then used, around the southern tip of Africa. But few sailors dared risk the Arctic Ocean's freezing temperatures, ice-clogged seas and blinding fog. Now, though, Thorne's idea is being taken more seriously, owing to global warming. The sea ice along the northern coast of Siberia is retreating, and last year a team of international scientists reported that ice-free routes have emerged during...
...were forced to give in by the Chinese imposition of a total trade boycott and an impressive show of force. After a long delay while instructions were sought and eventually received from Beijing, the gunner was executed by strangulation. Trade resumed, but the cost was high: as one foreign merchant wrote, the choice they faced had been a grim one. They were forced to regain Chinese favor either by "a submission that must be disgraceful; or by the use of force, which however successful, must be productive of very serious calamities...
...search mission to be quick on the trigger. Three days after the DC-4 downing, U.S. Skyraiders patrolling near Hainan shot out of the sky two LA-7s that showed signs of hostile behavior. Radio Beijing announced that two American fighters had made piratical attacks on two Polish merchant ships and one Chinese escort vessel, but failed to mention...