Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations.
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Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
His presidency also was buffeted by domestic crises — rampant inflation and high unemployment, as well as interminable lines at gas stations triggered by a decline in the global oil supply exacerbated by Iran’s Islamic Revolution.
In recent months, the Kennedy Center has been besieged by performance cancelations both voluntary and involuntary.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
At the start of the invasion, Russian troops besieged the city, forcing residents to endure harsh winter conditions without electricity or water under constant shelling from Russian artillery, missiles and drones.
For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
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Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
Villagers plundered the shrine and sold the bronzes to antiquities dealers like Robert Hecht, who faced allegations of smuggling before his death in 2012.
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Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
Their testimonies—detailing missing relatives, murdered family members, homes looted then burned—should shake us to our core.
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Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
And he’s been attempting to help retrieve the Benin Bronzes, intricate sculptures looted in the 19th century from the Kingdom of Benin, today’s Benin City.
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