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In a wonderfully rich account of the Pahlavi regime’s collapse, “The Fall of Heaven” (2016), Andrew Scott Cooper describes a telephone call that Iraq’s President, Saddam Hussein, placed to the Shah in... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Book Review 🏷️ History

Simplified: Andrew Scott Cooper describes a telephone call that Saddam Hussein placed to the Shah in August 1978 in The Fall of Heaven

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In May, 1978, long after the first unrest in Qom, Farah seemed not to have even heard of the ayatollah who was fomenting rebellion from Iraq. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Book Review 🏷️ History

Simplified: In May 1978 Farah seemed not to have heard of the ayatollah fomenting rebellion from Iraq

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In 1971, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, right, staged an expensive celebration to honor twenty-five hundred years of monarchy in Iran. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Book Review 🏷️ History , Politics

Simplified: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi staged an expensive celebration to honor twenty-five hundred years of monarchy in Iran in 1971

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On the left, they’ve never forgiven the U.S. for winning the Cold War. 0.950

👤 Gregory Alegi 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History

Simplified: The left has never forgiven the U.S. for winning the Cold War

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The bridge is named after Gordie Howe, the Canadian hockey legend who played largely for the Detroit Red Wings and often went “elbows up” on opponents. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Sports , History

Simplified: The bridge is named after Gordie Howe the Canadian hockey legend who played largely for the Detroit Red Wings and often went elbows up on opponents

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Published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell, the book is divided into two volumes rich with meaningful doubles. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Movie Review 🏷️ Literature , History

Simplified: Book published in 1847 under name Ellis Bell is divided into two volumes

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Like Samuel Goldwyn, who produced the swoony, highly polished 1939 Hollywood version, Fennell (whose movies include “Saltburn”) has also added quotation marks around the title, a move that underlines... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Movie Review 🏷️ Movies , History

Simplified: Fennell added quotation marks around title like Samuel Goldwyn did for 1939 Hollywood version

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In 1996, Mark Vijay Chahal shot and killed his ex-wife and eight of his in-laws in Vernon, British Columbia, before killing himself. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , History

Simplified: In 1996 Mark Vijay Chahal shot and killed his ex wife and eight of his in laws in Vernon British Columbia before killing himself

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2 months ago
In 1989, Marc Lépine shot 14 women dead in a misogynistic attack on an engineering class at a university in Montreal, Quebec. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , History

Simplified: In 1989 Marc Lépine shot 14 women dead in misogynistic attack on engineering class at university in Montreal Quebec

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The attack in Tumbler Ridge was the fourth deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , History

Simplified: Attack in Tumbler Ridge was fourth deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history

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Historically, the law has been used to prosecute police officers or prison guards who mistreat people based on their race, religion, sex, or national origin. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , History

Simplified: Law has been used to prosecute police officers or prison guards who mistreat people based on race religion sex or national origin

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After 250 years of republican rule, it can be hard for many Americans to imagine what happens to a country when its government goes rogue. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Government

Simplified: It can be hard for many Americans to imagine what happens when government goes rogue after 250 years of republican rule

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The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Polling , History

Simplified: The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades

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The last U.S. explosive test of a nuclear weapon was in 1992. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Nuclear Weapons , History

Simplified: The last U.S. nuclear weapon test was in 1992

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President Trump would be the first president since Ronald Reagan to increase them again, if he chose to do so. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Nuclear Weapons , Politics , History

Simplified: President Trump would be first president since Ronald Reagan to increase nuclear weapons if he chose to do so

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After The New York Times revealed the company’s intentions and funders in 2023, California Forever was born, and Mr. Sramek began selling his plan. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Real Estate , History

Simplified: After The New York Times revealed the company's intentions and funders in 2023 California Forever was born

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Walking through the 19th-century downtown, past historic brick buildings with boarded-up windows and a redeveloped park where homeless people sleep, you see a city with good bones that wishes to be mo... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ City , History

Simplified: Walking through 19th-century downtown you see a city with good bones that wishes to be more

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Just a year ago, Josh and Merle were living on air mattresses as they began turning that ranch into reality. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Proto-Town

Simplified: Josh and Merle were living on air mattresses as they began turning that ranch into reality a year ago

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The idea was born from the experiences of founders Josh Farahzad and Merle Nye, lifelong friends who met at Duke University. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Founders , History

Simplified: The idea was born from experiences of founders Josh Farahzad and Merle Nye

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Historically, the census has counted all U.S. residents regardless of their immigration status, a process that helps determine both the allotment of congressional seats and billions of dollars in fede... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Immigration

Simplified: Census historically counted all US residents regardless of immigration status

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