delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject
dna can store an astonishing amount of information -- 4/24/19
japan closes its doors to the world -- 4/23/19
henry clay's children -- 4/22/19
john lennon and the fbi -- 4/19/19
the war of the worlds -- 4/18/19
the small chapel at the end of the world -- 4/17/19
for churchill, war did not mean forgoing comfort -- 4/16/19
the great native american warrior black hawk -- 4/15/19
beethoven's late string quartets -- 4/12/19
don't stare at a macaque -- 4/11/19
capturing an octopus -- 4/10/19
the portuguese foil napoleon -- 4/09/19
u.s. grant's famed world tour -- 4/8/19
paint is colored glue -- 4/5/19
the ratio of negative to positive behavior in relationships -- 4/4/19
the spanish flu devastates DC -- 4/3/19
the vikings -- 4/2/19
the terrors of a lynch mob -- 4/1/19
andy warhol and pop art -- 3/29/19
harvard college -- 03/28/19
the quest for immortality -- 3/27/19
venezuela seized eighteen corn flour plants from private companies -- 3/26/19
the legend of the 54th massachusetts -- 3/25/19
billie holiday and lady sings the blues -- 3/22/19
the adverb is not your friend -- 3/21/19
the extraordinary phenomenon of musical savants -- 3/20/19
china overtaking the u.s. in scientific research -- 3/19/19
the mexican-american war of 1846-- 3/18/19
church edicts to destroy the violin -- 3/15/19
niccolo machiavelli -- 3/14/19
confronting a tiger -- 3/13/19
one origin of "a line in the sand" -- 3/12/19
wyatt earp's three rules -- 3/11/19
"some magnetic quality which sets them apart" -- 3/8/19
beatrix potter -- 3/7/19
the battle for dinosaur bones -- 3/6/19
the horrifying global famines of the british empire -- 3/05/19
teddy roosevelt and j.p. morgan -- 3/4/19
philadelphia was a cultural mecca -- 3/1/19
the hook -- 2/28/19
a legendary pilfer at apple -- 2/27/19
opium and the shah -- 2/26/19
the invention of the "four hundred" -- 2/25/19
young beethoven -- 2/22/19
washington gets a letter -- 2/21/19