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The agreement, unveiled at a summit in Moldova on Friday, warns that European democracy itself could be undermined unless states are able to respond more effectively to people smuggling and modern migration pressures.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Give-and-take on FDR’s centralizing proposals culminated with the Banking Act of 1935, which created the modern structure of the Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
“This is the modern bond vigilante,” said Ahn.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
How could the people who owned such rich farms, such beautiful furniture and gardens, modern bathrooms, and electricity to run refrigerators have ever needed to come take over the Soviet Union’s peasant huts?
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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