History and My Story

While most people don’t expect a lot of change…remember you learned in class that Boris Yeltsin was once considered Mikhail Gorbachev’s protégé.  Vladimir Putin was Yeltsin’s protégé once upon a time.  History is unpredictable.
Video:Here is a link to today’s ceremony.  Not sure how to embed this because it came from BBC and not YouTube…feel free [...]

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  Here is a link to a webpage about this little girl and her famous letter to Yuri Andropov and his response.
Nightline covered her letter in 1985:

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Here is Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail talking about terms that you will see on your final exam….since you now know what she is talking about (you know, because you have taken my class) do you agree with the points she is trying to make? How are each of the terms above referenced in [...]

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