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The muscle that built the rail: to complete the transcontinental railroad, two companies hired cheap immigrant labor and raced to lay the most track.		Sep 1, 2003	1425
The first United Nations: "a tragedy of disappointment": after World War I, President Wilson helped create the League of Nations to avoid future wars. Then the U.S. all but doomed it. (times past).		May 9, 2003	1587
"Barbarians" open up Japan: Commodore Perry broke through Japan's secret world 150 years ago. (times past).		Apr 18, 2003	1388
Secret warriors: female soldiers in the Civil War: eager for adventure, or to accompany their husbands, hundreds of women assumed male identities and marched into battle. (times past).		Dec 13, 2002	1359
"Sink the Bismarck!" It was one of the most fearsome ships afloat. Its mission: force Britain's surrender. London, desperate, put every ship to sea. (time past).		Nov 22, 2002	1802
When is a war not a war? The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to "declare war," but modern Presidents have dispensed with the formalities. (time past).		Oct 18, 2002	1807
"Remember Wounded Knee" American Indians have twice battled the U.S. government near a little creek in South Dakota. (times past).		Sep 27, 2002	1395
The tax we love to hate; good or bad? American or un-American? The federal income tax has provoked intense debate, but it has paid for wars and funded America's rise as a superpower. (times past).		Apr 8, 2002	1317
The strange Odyssey of John Walker Lindh: like many teens, he was searching for a spiritual connection. But his journey led to radical Islam -- and charges that he betrayed his country. (National).	Biography	Mar 11, 2002	1808
Justice delayed: four black girls died in a 1963 bombing in racially divided Birmingham. Now the last suspect is about to go on trial. (times past).		Feb 25, 2002	1292
The Olympics of Terror: at the 1972 Games, Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, bringing terrorism to the world stage. (times past).		Feb 11, 2002	1624
Infected with fear: talk of biological and chemical terrorist attacks has some Americans fearing the worst is yet to come. How safe are you?		Nov 26, 2001	1882
Bias of war: recalling the racial hysteria of world war II internment camps, Japanese-Americans try to stop history from repeating itself.	Brief Article	Nov 12, 2001	486
Those Crazy Rockin' Teenagers.		Apr 30, 2001	1701
Secrets for Sale.	Brief Article	Apr 2, 2001	813
When Confidence Failed.		Mar 19, 2001	1177