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#1 The Battle of Actium in 31 BC was the culmination of events that had been building for decades. It was the result of a civil war that started in 49 BC when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River into Italy.
#2 In 44 BC, five men and women met in Rome. They were all ambitious, and they all wanted to be the next ruler of Rome. They could never have guessed how much drama lay ahead.
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#1 Donata Genovese died in 1931 after suffering from a virulent form of tuberculosis. She had one child with her husband, and neighbors said she had been doing philanthropic work for the families of the unemployed Italians in the city.
#2 Donata Genovese was a philanthropist who died from tuberculosis in 1931. Her death certificate stated that she died from acute miliary...
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#1 Roosevelt and Churchill were both very intelligent and ambitious individuals, but they also had their weaknesses. Churchill was stubborn and sure of himself, which could be good, but he was also pig-headed in his own way.
#2 The dinner at Gray's Inn was a glittering occasion, with high British officials paying homage to Roosevelt as the representative of their American ally. Roosevelt...
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#1 The United States developed a superpower military under Marshall, and it has remained that way for the past seven decades. His concept of what makes a good general still influences the promotions today's leaders give to younger officers.
#2 George Marshall was the chief of staff of the US Army, and he was born in 1901. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute...
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#1 The world has dropped out from under me, so I am relieved and euphoric. I can just be, not do anything, and not have to go on tour.
#2 I can finally stop doing anything, and I feel relief, euphoria, and guilt.
#3 I have an utterly ruthless relationship to my words.
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Get the Summary of Jason Wilson's Battle Cry in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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For decades Jason Wilson was losing the war within- the internal battle that many men wage daily, but were never taught how to win. As a result, he could not combat his toxic thoughts and emotions. Instead, he was conquered by them and communicated without composure- hurting those he loved and himself....
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#1 I was going to Vietnam as duty and honor demanded, to fulfill a military rite of passage and my trial by fire. But buying space in one of those caskets just couldn't be my destiny.
#2 As a young Air Force pilot, I was eager to get into combat before the war ended. I was certain that I would see my share of the fighting as a forward air controller.
#3 The final leg of my journey...
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#1 The world was covered in darkness, and there were no sun or stars. The perpetual night had no moon or stars. The two tribes of creatures were the birds and the beasts. The birds wanted light admitted, but the beasts repeatedly refused. The birds made war against the beasts, and the beasts were armed with clubs.
#2 The boy was hunting the dragon one day, and when his...
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#1 I was playing a hooker in a porno. I was getting paid to portray a woman who got paid to have sex. It was like a Russian dolls of sex workers. As Monica's body twitched, I walked in front of the camera and cupped my hand over her mouth. I gave her one last chance to gasp for air before clamping down on her face.
#2 A porn set is like Vegas: what happens there, stays...
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#1 I remember the feeling of fear I had when the doctor pulled my gown up to check for injuries. I was seven at the time, and had no idea what had happened, but I knew something was very wrong.
#2 I was taken away by the sherriff, and I don't remember talking to Dr. Boudreaux. I was eventually led away by the sheriff, holding Lecia, who had pretended to be asleep.
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#1 I was told the water could be dangerous at this time of year. It was extremely cold. When I got in, I took a long breath out.
#2 I was afraid of the cold, so I took an outdoor swim in one of the coldest days of the year. I was not afraid of the cold, but I was afraid of doing things that would get me arrested. I was going to spend January picking up the phone.
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#1 I was born in Lewiston, a small town in western New York, to conservative, devout Catholic parents. I was at the hub of the town because I worked in my father's drugstore from the age of four. I was labeled eccentric by my mother.
#2 I worked at a drugstore as a child, and I was exposed to situations that were unusual for a child. I never had a meal at home, and I...
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#1 Whiteness is celebrated in Mexican culture, so I aspired to have the beauty of white Mexicans on my face and skin. The media I consumed also shaped how I viewed myself and those around me.
#2 The song of the colonizers plays on, constantly erasing and disrespecting the Indigenous and Black Mexicans who have survived all these years.
#3 Even when you can't erase or...
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#1 John Wayne Walding, a medic who was born in Texas, was medevaced in from Shok Valley, Afghanistan, after a horrendous firefight. He had a big problem: his leg was folded over, hanging by an inch of flesh. He had to fix it.
#2 John Wayne Walding, founder of the Special Forces Sniper School, was also the first amputee to become a Green Beret sniper. He served in the...
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#1 The FBI's Behavioral Science Unit has studied aberrant crime, and I spent 16 years examining these crimes as part of that group. I chose to focus on previously unexplored or poorly understood deviant behaviors. There are no boundaries to what a particular individual might do to other people or to themselves.
#2 There is a wide variety of human behaviors when it comes...
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#1 Alois Podhajsky was a classical dressage rider who competed in the 1936 Olympics. He was born with a shadow, as he was severely wounded in the neck while serving in the trenches in Flanders in 1918, and he suffered from shell shock. His love for horses brought him back slowly, but the deep stillness of a defeated warrior never left him.
#2 The Austrian tradition of...
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#1 I was 15 years old when I called my father from boarding school. He told me that he would have his secretary get on sending me antiwar material, but I never received it. I felt distant from my peers after that.
#2 I had four and a half years of high school at Sidwell Friends School in Washington. It was a Quaker school, and the only organized religion that has...
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#1 I have written this book for many reasons. I wanted to answer the questions of adolescents, and help parents and carers understand them better. I also wanted to help professionals understand the many people who are similar to me.
#2 There are many talented people in my family. Rachel is very sociable and popular, but she can also sing and draw. Sarah is a brilliant...
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#1 In 1916, Arno Dosch-Fleurot, a seasoned journalist working for a popular US daily, had arrived in Petrograd fresh from a grueling stint covering the Battle of Verdun. He was excited to be in Russia, but he had preconceived ideas about Russia that were based on reading Dostoievsky's Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy's Resurrection, and George Kennon's Darkest Siberia.
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