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The Truth About Lies in Vietnam

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In an excerpt from What It Is Like to Go to War, author Karl Marlantes lays out his rationale for lying in Vietnam

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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the sale of alcohol. This act provided for its enforcement.

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The 1913 show of modern art in New York was officially the International Exhibition of Modern Art, but was more familiarly known by this name.

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The Yap Treaty of 1922 established Japanese ownership of Yap in the Caroline Islands, which had previously been a possession of this country.

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Emma Lazarus, best known for her poem "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, was active in this cause.

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The "Church of the Presidents" is located in this state.

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This 1922 book is credited with being the first published among the African-American literature and writers that comprised a literary movement that became known as the Harlem Renaissance.

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By the mid-1950s, this group was as much a threat to South Vietnam’s government as were the Viet Cong.

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Maria Mitchell was the first woman in the United States to become a professor in this field.

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The Molly Maguires, supposedly a secret terrorist organization comprised of Irish immigrants, was first reported and named by a newspaper editor in this state.

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