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This week in 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the U.K., a post she held for the next 11 years. The Thatcher quote most applicable to these times

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing: 0%
A Problem with our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than about thoughts and ideas: 0%
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly personal because it means they have no political argument left: 0%
They‘ve got the usual Socialist disease — they’ve run out of other people’s money: 0%
The facts of life are conservative: 0%

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This week in 1977, Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) was released in theaters – the first of an 11-film franchise. The Star Wars-related line most applicable to these times

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This week in 1977, Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) was released in theaters – the first of an 11-film franchise. The Star Wars-related line most applicable to these times

This week in 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris in 33 hours. The next Lindy-like leap for humankind

This week in 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the U.K., a post she held for the next 11 years. The Thatcher quote most applicable to these times

This week in 1924, the American poet Robert Frost received the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes. The Frost poem most applicable to these times

This week in 1985, the world’s tallest sand castle – 4,000 tons of sand and 37 feet high – was completed near St. Petersburg, Florida. The current structure “built on sand” and most in danger of crumbling

How will the world look at China after the coronavirus pandemic?

This week would have marked the running of the 125th Boston Marathon, but now the marathon has been moved to September. The greatest “marathon” – and test of endurance – facing America at this moment

April 15, this year, did not include the IRS breathing down your neck. What else should government be doing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

This week in 1963, Winston Churchill became the first honorary citizen of the US, an honor bestowed upon only a handful of men and women — all since deceased. The next “honorary American” should be

On this, the first week of the fourth month of the year, the biggest “April Fool” would be