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What Is an Injunction?

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Are There Laws on the High Seas?

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What Is the Difference Between Criminal Law and Civil Law?

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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Flags That Look Alike

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What Comes After Terabyte?

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Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

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Timeline of the 1990s

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

Vietnam War Timeline

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

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