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Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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

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

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait. Oil on canvas, 1887.

Rediscovered Artists: 6 Big Names That Time Almost Forgot

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

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Globe South America, map

What’s the Difference Between Hispanic and Latino?

The Contender

film by Lurie [2000]

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Bridges

In Jeff Bridges
…nomination, for his role in The Contender (2000) as an American president whose vice presidential nominee (played by Joan Allen) becomes embroiled in a sex scandal. His subsequent films include Seabiscuit (2003), Stick It (2006), and Iron Man (2008), which was based on the Marvel Comics comic strip. In 2009…
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Oldman

In Gary Oldman
…as a corrupt senator in The Contender (2000). In the Ridley Scott-helmed Silence of the Lambs sequel Hannibal (2001), he disappeared under layers of prostheses to play Hannibal Lecter’s former patient and nemesis, whom the cannibal induced into cutting off his own face after drugging him.
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