| Title | What have the Americans ever done for us?
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| Category | History |
| Article | From the article: "Monty Python and the spirit of inquiry", by Stephen Evans - BBC correspondent.
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About this time of year, I always think of the Monty Python film, "The Life of Brian".
You may remember that in it, a rabble-rousing, anti-imperialist agitator (by the name of Reg) asks a crowd, "What have the Romans ever done for us?"
But the crowd of oppressees sees things differently. The down-trodden start answering: "sanitation", says one man; "medicine" says another. And so it goes on: "education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health".
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"When it comes to scientific inquiry, the Americans dominate the Nobel Prizes."
"Since World War II, American universities - although not invariably American academics - have accounted for 60% of Nobel Prizes."
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"Ah well, it is easy for the Americans to dominate the Nobel prizes because America has the money to spend on research".
That, it seems to me, is to do the Americans an injustice.
A culture of research and inquiry is also necessary. Overall, the US spends 2.7% of its gross domestic product on research and development, compared with 1.9% in the European Union.
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Read the full article at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3734402.stm |
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| Title | Yalta Agreement |
| Category | History |
| Article | From the article: "Bush: U.S. Had Hand in European Divisions" by TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent (7 May 2005)
Second-guessing Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Bush said Saturday the United States played a role in Europe's painful division after World War II — a decision that helped cause "one of t |
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| Title | Religious Restrictions or Religious Censorship? |
| Category | Society & Culture |
| Article | From the article: "Religious Restrictions or Religious Censorship?"
"Burning the flag is considered free speech; erecting crosses as roadside memorials is not."
"The FCC allows the "F-word" on television, but thanking God at a high school graduation is a no-no."
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| Title | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. |
| Category | Government & Politics |
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From the article:
From the article: Genocide book reveals West's failure (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/h |
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| Title | It Is The Soldier |
| Category | Arts & Entertainment |
| Article | "It is the Soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us Freedom of the Press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the Freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer,
Who h |
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| Title | Ode to America - the Power of Freedom |
| Category | Government & Politics |
| Article |
- An ode to America
- by Cornel Nistorescu
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