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Bill McKibben - award-winning author, activist, educator - is fiercely curious. "I'm curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity." Like so many of us, McKibben grew up believing - knowing - that the United States was the greatest country on earth. As a teenager, he cheerfully led American Revolution tours in Lexington, Massachusetts. He sang "Kumbaya" at church. And with the remarkable...
4) The end zone
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Olivia is fast, strong, and can catch. She loves flag football, but the boys won't let her play. With a little luck, Olivia might find herself in the end zone.
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I am glad to be here in this International Year of the Woman on the eve of the bicentennial when government of, by, and for the people that were men is becoming of, by, and for the people that are also women. -Betty Friedan Items in this compilation include, * Eleanor Roosevelt's address to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, given on 7/18/40 * Speeches given at the Women's Centennial Congress, held in 1940 at the Astor Hotel in New York City...
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When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, seventh-graders Anne, José, and Henry, all descendants of the Silver Jaguar Society, pursue suspects on airport carts and through baggage handling tunnels while stranded at a Washington, D.C., airport during a snowstorm.