delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject

the open war between father and son -- 10/31/16

cia trains egyptians in psychological warfare -- 10/28/16

halloween -- 10/27/16

the exodus of the winton children -- 10/26/16

the tangled confusion of the habsburg empire -- 10/25/16

slaves' value exceeded the value of rail­roads and factories -- 10/24/16

william the conqueror's leniency cost him -- 10/21/16

unexplained events have a big emotional impact -- 10/20/16

j.j. shubert ruled broadway with an iron fist -- 10/19/16

flyers or liars? the wright brothers' achievement was ignored -- 10/18/16

savagery in the american west -- 10/17/16

life is not about avoiding suffering -- 10/14/16

the bigger the brain, the more they will cheat 10/13/16

how to recruit a spy -- 10/12/16

the miracle of bird flight -- 10/11/16

african americans colonizing mexico -- 10/10/16

america's first student rebellion -- 10/07/16

kings forgive loans -- 10/6/17

elaborate networks of carrier pigeons -- 10/11/16

the origins of the mafia -- 10/04/16

joseph smith has his founding vision at age seventeen -- 10/03/16