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5 hours ago · Mythical tales shared on Diwali vary widely depending on region and even within Hindu tradition, [85] yet all share a common focus on righteousness, self-inquiry and the importance of knowledge, [86] [87] which, according to Lindsey Harlan, an Indologist and scholar of Religious Studies, is the path to overcoming the "darkness of ignorance". [88]
1 day ago · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly in 1945 as the 34th vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1 day ago · None of the Jewish Supreme Court justices have practiced Orthodox Judaism while on the court, although Abe Fortas was raised Orthodox. [131] Cardozo was succeeded by another Jewish justice, Felix Frankfurter, but Brandeis was succeeded by Protestant William O. Douglas. Negative reaction to the appointment of the early Jewish justices did not ...
5 hours ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
5 hours ago · In the Shadow of Power Oliver Storz Michael Mendl, Matthias Brandt, Dieter Pfaff, Barbara Rudnik, Jürgen Hentsch, Ulrich Mühe: Biography: Instinct for Crime Uwe Janson: Lisa Martinek, Anja Kling, Christoph Waltz: Thriller: a.k.a. Jagd auf den Flammenmann: Jennerwein Hans-Günther Bücking Fritz Karl, Christoph Waltz: Drama
5 hours ago · Thomas Harlan Ellett: architect who designed the Cosmopolitan Club in NYC and the United States Post Office-Bronx Central Annex; Sabrina Erdely: reporter known for the discredited Rolling Stone article "A Rape on Campus" [28] Joseph Esherick: Bay Area architect; professor at University of California, Berkeley
