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#1 In 2002, President George W. Bush ordered the U. S. military to go to war in Afghanistan to retaliate for the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people. The war transformed Bush's political standing. Although he barely won the presidency in the disputed 2000 election, polls showed 75 percent of Americans now approved of his job performance.
#2 When the war began, it was clear...
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#1 I grew up in South Philadelphia, and as a young boy, I was tasked with helping feed my family. I would go around the neighborhood and sell coffee for a nickel to people at the garages. I would make a quarter, and give it to my mother.
#2 I grew up in a family of gamblers, drinkers, and card players. I was a good kid, but a devilish one. I was exposed to alcohol at...
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Get the Summary of Scott Galloway's Post Corona in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: The COVID-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old, and widened the gaps between rich and poor, red and blue, the mask wearers and the mask haters. Some businesses-like home exercise company Peloton, video conference software maker Zoom, and Amazon-woke up to find themselves...
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Get the Summary of Jerrold M. Post's Dangerous Charisma in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Offering an in-depth psychological and political portrait of what makes Donald Trump tick, Dangerous Charisma combines psychoanalysis with an investigation into the personality of the current American president. This narrative not only examines the life and psychology of Donald Trump, but will...
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Get the Summary of Fareed Zakaria's Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World in 20 minutes.
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Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social,...
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#1 The response to the election of Donald Trump has been extreme, visceral, and loudly vocal on all sides. The supporters of Trump have often been nasty and mean in their triumphal attitude, while the anti-Trump side has been, if possible, even more vocal.
#2 Green, the stage of development that emerged from the 1960s onwards, was initially driven by positive and...
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#1 The Roe v. Wade ruling made it legal for a person to obtain an abortion until the point of fetal viability, which was assumed to be at around twenty-eight weeks' gestation. But state and federal legislators quickly began restricting abortion access, and the biggest impact was on poor people of color.
#2 The Supreme Court decided in 1992 that states cannot outright...
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#1 The modern Republican Party has become a post-policy party. It is indifferent to the substance of governing, and it is disdainful of expertise and analysis. It is hostile toward evidence and arithmetic.
#2 The GOP's post-policy attitude has been embraced by many of its supporters. As long as Republican candidates can win elections while being lazy about policy...
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#1 Q is a cryptic figure claiming to be a military intelligence officer who posts purposely vague and cryptic messages on imageboards about an upcoming great purge of the deep state. It has a cult-like following, and is a conspiracy theory, but it also touches on aspects of cultic movements, new religions, Internet scams, and political doctrine.
#2 QAnon is...
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Get the Summary of Devin Leonard's Neither Snow Nor Rain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin's days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post...
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#1 I went to an anime convention in Baltimore thirteen years ago. I didn't like anime, and I felt too old for the event, but I went out of curiosity. What I saw was the same kids in costumes.
#2 4chan. org, the website that Poole founded, was used to trade pictures of anime girls with his friends. It was eventually used by millions of people to trade pictures of anime...
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#1 Use your StoryBrand BrandScript on social media to open the story gap, move your followers up an engagement ladder, and then close the story gap with a call to action.
#2 Learn the practical logistics of how to post your content, such as when and where to post, and how many accounts you need on each platform.
#3 Your social media marketing should be about...
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#1 The author knew Fred well, and he was a highly successful young man in a lucrative field. But even though he had everything, he didn't have a wife or long-term girlfriend. He was surrounded by beautiful women, who had no interest in marrying or dating him.
#2 The post-marriage, post-partner world is one where the opposite sex is no longer the primary objective of...
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#1 Germany is a country that has overcome a long history of horror, war, and dictatorship. It has developed a maturity that few others can match.
#2 The British government's response to the coronavirus was a case study in how not to deal with a crisis. The country had the highest death toll in Europe, and the prime minister was considered one of the worst leaders in...
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#1 I have decided to write something about aging and the elderly. I have always admired the way that Scipio and Laelius handled this subject. They seemed to me to be examples of how a person should handle old age.
#2 Senectus, according to Cato, is the art of living a life of virtue. It is a difficult art, but one that can be mastered with time. It is a pleasant...
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#1 The epic Mahābhārata presents each of the two arguments for doing your duty with much care and sympathy. However, the tragic desolation that the post-combat and post-carnage land seems to face towards the end of the book can even be seen as a vindication of Arjuna's profound doubts.
#2 The Gita's univocal message requires supplementation by the broader...
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Get the Summary of Miranda Devine's “Laptop from Hell” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: When a drug-addled Hunter Biden abandoned his waterlogged computer at a Mac repair shop in Delaware in the spring of 2019, just six days before his father announced his candidacy for the United States presidency, it became the ticking time bomb in the shadows of Joe Biden's campaign.
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#1 The ice was covered with five-year-old boys. The goalies were immobilized with padded equipment, weighted like firs under heavy snowfall. The others, like Derek, glided in slow-motion packs, cautiously and unsteadily following the puck.
#2 In 1981, Joanne, a tall woman with sad eyes, was married to Len Boogaard, a sturdy and stern policeman. They had met at a Regina...
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#1 Fatima, a Muslim girl, had posted something online that her brother, a Christian, took seriously. She was locked in her room for hours, and feared for her life. She had to repent, but she didn't know how.
#2 Rania was a Saudi Arabian woman who was born into a devout family and took her Islam very seriously. She began to outstrip her family in religious zeal,...
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