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Why Turning 60 Is a Good Time to Start a New Career
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Dickinson and Donne on Death
Two poets personify death as a figure that encourages acceptance of the passage and is viewed as a victory.
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The White House Bride Who Won a Nation’s Heart
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‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’: The Song That Became Baseball’s National Anthem
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James Bowie: Frontier Honor, Hard Reality, and a Last Stand at the Alamo
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Meet the Woman Behind the Italian Budget
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Lake Charles Is Part Louisiana, Part Texas and All Unique
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Final Call to Duty: Inside the Nurses Honor Guard
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Timeless paradoxes—social media’s tolerance dilemma, democracy’s ‘inevitable’ decline, the search for universal beauty—continue to shape how we think and live.

Meet the Woman Behind the Italian Budget
Since childhood, Maria Rosaria Marino has been interested in economics, and graduated from La Sapienza, a renowned university in Rome, Italy.

The Timeless Triangle—Aristotle’s Ancient Key to Effective Communication
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Meet Thomas Willing, ‘The Banker Who Made America’
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The Best War Movies to Watch This Memorial Day (and Why)
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Fathers Say Economic Pressure Stopping Them Being the Parent They Want to Be
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Dear Graduates: These 4 Choices Make a Rich Life
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The Identity Trap of Childhood Labels
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