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After World War II, IBM worked to influence the new balance of power by locating facilities for the production of its electric typewriter across Europe.

Many Native American communities were consensus democracies that survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power.

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The Hellenic inspiration for the 26.2-mile races which draw over a million runners yearly worldwide had nothing to do with sport—but everything to do with war.

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As her extensive body of work shows, Ulmann felt the loss of an imagined simpler time and tried to preserve it with her camera.

In the 1920s, Chicago became the greyhound racing capital of the country, thanks in part to the power of mobsters like Capone, who was a big fan.

In 1812, a burst of anti-Luddite panic law-making in Great Britain added to an already confusing series of statutes that addressed property crime.