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‘Games of the Century’: 7 of College Football’s Most Epic Clashes

For at least the first half of the 20th century, college football was more popular than the professional version. So, ...
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5 Miraculous NFL Touchdown Passes

Thousands of touchdown passes have been thrown in NFL history. But only a few—each tossed in the waning seconds of ...
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Jesse James and the Gads Hill Train Holdup

By Ronald H. Beights Five armed riders wearing U.S. Army overcoats stopped to have their horses shod at a village ...
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Jesse James’s Assassination and the Ford Boys

By Ted P. Yeatman The house at 1318 Lafayette St. in St. Joseph, Missouri, was a one-story white wood cottage ...
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The James: A Florida Museum Looks West

The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art brings the Old and New West to St. Petersburg, Fla ...
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US Air Cavalry Trooper Versus North Vietnamese Soldier Review

Military historian Chris McNab compares the men, equipment, strategy and tactics of soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the ...
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‘Das Boot’ Provides an Unvarnished Look at the Battle of the Atlantic

Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 film conjures something that every veteran knows about military service: it sucks ...
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Crossing the ‘Rubicon’ into the North

A “High Private” relays his experiences on the march from Manassas, Va., to Sharpsburg, Md ...
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Milk enabled massive steppe migration

The long-distance migrations of early Bronze Age pastoralists in the Eurasian steppe have captured widespread interest. But the factors behind ...
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New insights on date palm evolution using 2,200-year old leaf found in ancient Egyptian temple

Using a leaf uncovered from the archaeological site of an ancient Egyptian temple, researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's (NYUAD) Center ...
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