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Daily Excerpt Subject
americans are no longer the tallest -- 4/29/16
julie andrews says goodbye to her mom -- 4/28/16
a massive demographic upheaval in the united states -- 4/27/16
andrew johnson opposed railroads -- 4/26/16
an octopus's favorite arm -- 4/25/16
roman generals were slow and careful -- 4/22/16
keeping an ally in office -- 4/21/16
cannabis in ancient africa -- 4/20/16
europe controlled 84 percent of the world -- 4/19/16
spain in flames -- 4/18/16
the u.s. buys japanese support for the vietnam war -- 4/15/16
the subversive spirit of pinocchio -- 4/14/16
the mounting pension crisis -- 4/13/16
president andrew johnson, "white trash" -- 4/12/16
changing the king's name -- 4/11/16
the plural of octopus is not octopi -- 4/08/16
spring training -- 4/7/16
the rise of the taliban -- 4/06/16
why is it called a "bachelor's" degree? -- 4/5/16
moving the capital to st. louis -- 4/4/16
technology creates the nation-state -- 4/01/16