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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

United States electoral college map showing number of electoral votes by state.

How Does the Electoral College Work?

United States elections portal page linking to each election interactive

A History of U.S. Presidential Elections in Maps

Globe South America, map

What’s the Difference Between Hispanic and Latino?

Jackson (Wyoming, United States). Jackson Lake (also called Jackson Hole), southern end of the Teton Range (the Grand Tetons), Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

7 Wonders of America

A Better Tomorrow

film by Woo [1986]

Also known as: “Ying hung boon sik”

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In John Woo
…gangster film Yingxiong bense (A Better Tomorrow). A huge box-office success, it initiated a series of action films that won Woo international acclaim for their unprecedented mixture of expressive slow motion, nostalgia for lost codes of honour, Christian symbolism, melodramatic emotions, and hyperbolic violence. Chow Yun-Fat (Zhou Runfa) became…
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role of Chow

In Chow Yun-Fat
…Woo in Yingxiong bense (1986; A Better Tomorrow). The movie made Chow a box-office superstar in Asia and launched a series of Chow-Woo pairings that included Yingxiong bense II (1987; A Better Tomorrow II ), Diexue shangxiong (1989; The Killer), Zongheng sihai (1991; Once a Thief), and Lat sau san…
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