Scientists have reported finding what they say is the oldest piece of cloth ever discovered. It is believed to be about 9000 years old. That is at least 500 years older than any other ancient cloth f
Flanders had grown to be the industrial center of northern Europe and had become extremely wealthy through its cloth manufacture. It could not produce enough wool to satisfy its market and imported wo
In the early 1960s, the U.S. began to fight a war in Vietnam. During the first few years, the war was ignored by the majority of Americans. Then the American public began to learn more about the war f
After the late 17th century, the interests of the North and the South began to become different, especially in coastal areas. The Southern emphasis on export production contrasted sharply with the Nor
The United States of America is probably one of the most ‘mixed’ populations in the world. This is why it is often called ‘a melting pot’.
The first Americans were the Native Americans—there are ab
A young French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin is given credit for the revival of the ancient Olympic Games in its modern form and was key to the foundation of the International Olympic Committee (
The last English colony founded in the New World was Georgia. It was established in Seventeen-Thirty-Two, under King George the Second. Georgia was the idea of a man named James Oglethorpe. He wanted
HOST: American singer Bobby Short died last week in New York City of the blood disease leukemia. Bobby Short was eighty years old. Gwen Outen tells us about him.
ANNCR: Bobby Short performed all ove
Winter of Discontent
George Washington's troops could easily be followed as they trudged through Pennsylvania in late December 1777. The soldiers, many of them ragged and shoeless, left bloody foot
Woman: Getting the Gram Parsons story to the screen has really been a labor of love for you, hasn't it?
Man: I started working on this in 1993 or 94 at the BBC. We worked on it for at least six month
The host: Mr. Secretary-General, welcome to Berkeley.
Annan: I’m happy to be here.
The host: Reform and peacemaking are two complex projects in your portfolio. Both depend on the kind of person yo
