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Detail of marble sculpture of woman in veil with eyes closed and mouth open in expression of ecstasy
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United States Makes Weapons—Then Sells Them to Mexican Cartels
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Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with Monkey, Birds, and Insects (ca. 1582–1616) | Mathais Beitler / Public Domain
Democracy
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This small device has a tin case painted yellow and green on top and red around the edge. The top of the case has four wheels drawn on it, each of which has the digits from 1 to 9 drawn around the edge. The digits go clockwise for the first and third circles (marked “Cents” and “Dollars” and counterclockwise for the second and fourth circles (marked “Dimes” and “Dollars”). At the top of each circle, at the zero position, is a window that reveals a rotating disc below. The discs are rotated using thumbscrews that protrude from the back of the instrument. An arm on top of each circle points to a digit on the wheel. The discs advance when they are rotated in the direction of increasing digits and remain fixed when the arrows are moved back to zero.
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Gold nugget discovered in 1848 at Sutters Mill in California
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A Dystopian Novel for Our Times
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Black and white photograph of man with white beard talking to Russian peasants
Russia
Leo Tolstoy Salutes the Student Movement in Russia
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Bezalel Smotrich, then Knesset member for the Jewish Home party, attends an Israel Memorial Day commemoration in Safed, Israel (2017) | David Cohen 156 / Shutterstock
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