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But Netanyahu, and many other Israelis and their supporters abroad connected the October attacks to the centuries of persecution Jews suffered in Europe, which culminated with Nazi Germany killing six... 1.000

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Simplified: Netanyahu connected October attacks to centuries of persecution of Jews in Europe

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Bialik wrote it as a young man in 1903, after he had visited the scene of a pogrom against Jews in Kishinev, a town then in imperial Russia and now called Chişinǎu, the capital of present-day Moldova. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Culture

Simplified: Bialik wrote it in 1903 after visiting the scene of a pogrom in Kishinev

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The latest version, the fourth, was formulated and adopted after World War Two to stop such slaughter and cruelty to civilians from ever happening again. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , War , History

Simplified: Fourth version of Geneva Conventions was formulated after World War Two

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The National Portrait Gallery didn’t start commissioning original works until 1994, when it hired Mr. Sherr to paint George H.W. Bush. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Art , History

Simplified: National Portrait Gallery didn’t start commissioning original works until 1994 when it hired Mr Sherr to paint George H.W. Bush

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Separate portraits of first ladies are also commissioned. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Art , History

Simplified: Separate portraits of first ladies are also commissioned

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The only president besides Mr. Trump to have served a nonconsecutive second term was Grover Cleveland, decades before the Portrait Gallery was established. 1.000

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Simplified: Only president besides Mr Trump to have served a nonconsecutive second term was Grover Cleveland decades before the Portrait Gallery was established

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An 1884 painting of him by Eastman Johnson was given to the Smithsonian in 1971 by Cleveland’s family. 1.000

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Simplified: An 1884 painting of Grover Cleveland by Eastman Johnson was given to the Smithsonian in 1971 by Cleveland’s family

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It is often hung a year or two later in a special exhibition, “America’s Presidents.” 1.000

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Simplified: Official portraits are often hung a year or two later in a special exhibition America’s Presidents

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The National Portrait Gallery displays painted portraits of all U.S. presidents after they leave office. 1.000

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Simplified: National Portrait Gallery displays painted portraits of all U.S. presidents after they leave office

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In real life, Alcott was equally put off by readers’ demands after the first half of “Little Women” came out, writing that she wouldn’t “marry Jo to Laurie to please anyone” (although she didn’t keep... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Book Review 🏷️ Literature , History

Simplified: Alcott was put off by readers' demands after the first half of “Little Women” came out

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Bhaer might not have liked it, but Alcott got her start writing thrillers as tightly plotted as “Little Monsters” and “Beth Is Dead” — check out “A Whisper in the Dark” and “The Abbot’s Ghost.” 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Book Review 🏷️ Literature , History

Simplified: Alcott got her start writing thrillers as tightly plotted as “Little Monsters” and “Beth Is Dead”

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Onscreen, however, Heathcliff has largely been played by white actors, including Timothy Dalton, Ralph Fiennes and, perhaps most famously, Laurence Olivier in William Wyler’s 1939 version opposite Mer... 1.000

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Simplified: Onscreen Heathcliff has largely been played by white actors including Timothy Dalton Ralph Fiennes and Laurence Olivier in William Wyler’s 1939 versio...

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(Oberon actually was South Asian but hid that to ascend in Hollywood at the time.) 1.000

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Simplified: Oberon was South Asian but hid that to ascend in Hollywood at the time.

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Her father, Patrick Brontë, was associated with the abolitionist politician William Wilberforce, who, according to the Parsonage Museum, helped pay for Patrick to study at Cambridge. 1.000

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Simplified: Patrick Brontë was associated with the abolitionist politician William Wilberforce who helped pay for Patrick to study at Cambridge.

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The first online prediction markets emerged in the early 2000s. 1.000

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Simplified: First online prediction markets emerged in early 2000s

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Bill Clinton met only 6 times with Fed officials during his 8-year presidency. 0.950

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Simplified: Bill Clinton met only 6 times with Fed officials during his 8-year presidency

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Richard Nixon had 160 meetings during his 6 years in office. 0.950

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Simplified: Richard Nixon had 160 meetings during his 6 years in office

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Researchers have documented evidence from the Nixon tapes that President Richard Nixon pressured then chairman of the Federal Reserve, Arthur Burns, to engage in expansionary monetary policies in the... 0.950

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Simplified: Researchers have documented evidence from the Nixon tapes that President Richard Nixon pressured then chairman of the Federal Reserve Arthur Burns to...

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Political pressure shocks mainly occurred during the 1970s, as well as in the 1960s during the Johnson administration. 0.900

👤 Thomas Drechsel 📋 Research Paper 🏷️ History , Politics

Simplified: Political pressure shocks mainly occurred during 1970s also in 1960s during Johnson administration

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Fed chairs William McChesney Martin and Alan Greenspan were both in office as long as 19 years. 0.950

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Simplified: Fed chairs William McChesney Martin and Alan Greenspan were both in office as long as 19 years

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