delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject

nat king cole's father was a preacher -- 11/29/19

charles darwin's cousin and the beginnings of big data -- 11/27/19

the early years of the world bank -- 11/26/19

gold, silver, and the american civil war -- 11/25/19

hemingway's for whom the bell tolls -- 11/22/19

orwell versus huxley -- 9/21/19

global warming in the paleocene epoch -- 11/20/19

heroin moves from turkey to afghanistan -- 10/29/19

the first women's conference -- 11/18/19

opening day at disneyland -- 11/15/19

kind of blue -- 11/14/19

the wonderful world of insects -- 11/13/19

spain and mexico's silver curse -- 11/12/19

the most scandalous victorian institution -- the "french ball" -- 11/8/19

having nothing to lose -- 11/7/19

vikings in north america -- 11/06/19

hernán cortés, slaves, and the encomienda -- 11/05/19

andrew jackson, america's seventh president -- 11/4/19

a real fashion influencer -- 11/01/19