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Choice architects (such as Carolyn the cafeteria director) have many opportunities to choose defaults, and they can do so in ways that are self-serving or welfare enhancing.
Cass R. Sunstein • Nudge: The Final Edition
Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
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Alon’s plan, unlike Resolution 242, drew an important distinction between occupying territory and occupying populations.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
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A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
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About a mile away from the Orleans Ballroom, on St. Charles Avenue, stands the old headquarters of the United Fruit Company. There they traded in bananas, shaped the history of Central America, and provided the template for the modern multinational corporation. The heyday of United Fruit can be traced to Samuel Zemurray. In 1877, he was born to a J
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Just before 3 p.m., the judges retired to consider their verdict. A few minutes later, they returned to unanimously declare Zafar guilty “of all and every part of the charges preferred against him.” Normally, noted the president, such a verdict would have resulted “in the penalty of death as a traitor and a felon.” Thanks, however, to Hodson’s guar
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