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MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. Here’s Emma Perley EMMA PERLEY: At the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, supervisors lock their employees each day to prevent theft and unauthorized breaks. On March 25th, 1911, cigarette ash falls into scraps of cloth. As the workers fill the fire escape, the rickety structure collapses, and 20 are
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The town of Brookline, Massachusetts was probably best known for being the birthplace of US president John F Kennedy and for having what American landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing called “quite an Arcadian air of rural freedom and enjoyment” Three years ago, the authorities in this bucolic town decided that its “Arcadian Air” would henceforth be unsullied by smoking. With the stroke of a pen, the town had gone from New England idyll to pioneering national health champion. Critics of
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WORLD’s Lindsay Mast has the first of a two-part story about one of those families. Dianne Chinery and her husband Jeff have been married for more than three decades. They have four biological children and already had three more from China.
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The total US military spending, even based on the publicly available figures, dwarfs that of any possible combination of countries. The combined military spending of the US and its major allies comes to well over $1.5 trillion, two-thirds of the world total, and four times that of Russia and China. In the production of war materiel, of the weapons that can destroy human life, the United States has no peer.
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You’ve done Hamilton all over the world at this point. I made my Broadway debut playing Man Five and covering Hamilton and the Sons of Liberty. It’s just like riding a bike. I’m feeling like my feet are finally on the ground again. The reason I bring up the stage door is because they’ll let you know what they think.
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World Languages and Digital Humanities Studio to host DH Meet-Up on Izi.Travel featuring Studio FLTA Alena Shestopalova (FLTA, WLDH Studio) and Daniela D'Eugenio (professor of Italian).
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There seems to be a disconnect between the worth of the industry and its effectiveness. There is no shortage of self-help books, websites, and even scientific studies claiming that an approach or tool can improve people’s happiness. The most consistently strong effects (though only across three studies) occurred for increasing sociability.
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Eco World Development Group Berhad's (KLSE:ECOWLD) stock is up by a considerable 46% over the past three months. We wanted to have a closer look at its key financial indicators as the markets usually pay for long-term fundamentals. The company's ROE is a useful tool to assess how effectively a company can generate returns on the investment it received from its shareholders.
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The Lake family gained an internet following as they set sail for 274 days. They are everywhere from Bali to Antarctica. "To see glaciers in person is simply amazing. There’s nothing else like it," said Patricia Baines-Lake.
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Buddy Strickland was sent to Guadalcanal to fight in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, where he was killed in action. His remains were never brought home, according to his brother Roger, 86. They celebrated what would have been his 100th birthday with new hope that he would finally be found using his family's DNA.
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