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The First Thanksgiving

November 25, 2019

History.com is one of the best online sources for history material. For example: In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.…

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Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong

November 22, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maya Salam that first appeared in The New York Times about a year ago. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep discount subscription rates, please…

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American Ulysses: A book review by Bob Morris

April 27, 2017

American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White Random House (October 2016) A brilliant examination of a U.S. hero “from the inside out” As I often do, I read this book in combination with another, James Lee…

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The Power of Walking-Around Management

August 21, 2013

“Walking around management” is one of several core competencies that are featured in Tom Peters and Bob Waterman’s business classic, In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies, published by Harper & Row (1986). They had observed it during…

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