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| Shows a tense struggle between two equals. How Khrushchev and Kennedy brought us on the brink of a Nuclear War |
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| Depicting hopelessness in solving problems with Soviet Russia |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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  Copyright Act of 1790 Signed into US Law (1790)After the US Constitution was ratified in 1788, one of the first issues that the fledgling government faced was the lack of a copyright law. Without it, Congress would be swamped with individual petitions for protection from piracy. Modeled on Britain's Statute of Anne, the Copyright Act of 1790 was soon signed into law by President Washington. Instituted to encourage learning by securing US authors the sole rights to their work for 14-year periods, it drew what complaint from Charles Dickens? More... Discuss |
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