delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject
j.r.r. tolkien's mother -- 8/31/17
the rape of nanking -- 8/30/17
from Guatebad to Guateworse -- 8/29/17
al pacino was homeless -- 8/28/17
because of china, britain did not enter the american civil war-- 8/25/17
be simple and slow in speech -- 8/24/17
the japanese begin to eat meat - 8/23/17
what are reasons for? -- 8/22/17
"when johnny comes marching home" -- 8/21/17
war and criminals -- 8/18/17
writing the script for animal house -- 8/17/17
"east berliners romped through the newly porous wall" -- 8/16/17
the perils of overreach -- 8/15/17
lincoln tries to recruit garibaldi -- 8/14/17
crows have a pr problem -- 8/11/17
jules verne was never that interested in science -- 8/10/17
almost all of us are a lot better than average -- 8/09/17
filming star wars was a disaster -- 8/08/17
very few wanted to enlist for world war I -- 8/07/17
u.s. grant's humiliation -- 8/04/17
math is the world's dominant language -- 8/03/17
the most successful mammalian predator in Africa -- 8/02/17
her monthly allowance greatly reduced from $12 million to $8,000 -- 8/01/17