Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486--these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape.

As a metaphor, a mountain can be anything from financial issues to health issues, rebellious children, or any seemingly insurmountable thing that blocks our path. Speak Gods Word to your mountain and watch its removal.

That so many see this ancient land as nothing more than a violent backwater steeped in chaos is a travesty. This is the place where, for the first 5,000 years of human history, all innovations of worth emerged.

The unprecedented success of Nottingham Forest under master manager Brian Clough is one of the greatest stories in football folklore.

The entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today

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The Case for the Enlightenment is a comparative study of the emergence of Enlightenment in Scotland and in Naples.