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The Germans protested that the terms were too harsh, that the continuing blockade would lead to famine and anarchy in Germany. The War to End All Wars: World War I

On the night of November 7, 1919, Palmer launched his campaign of rounding up suspected anarchists and Communist agitators for the purpose of deporting them from the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America

Burnham was a talented artist and architect in his own right, but his greatest strength lay in his ability to win clients and execute Root’s elegant designs. The Devil in the White City

If architecture is “the art of shaping space to human needs and aspirations,” then Stonehenge more than meets the test. History of Art, Volume 1

But Professor Moriarty—the archenemy of Holmes—was the greatest villain. The Mona Lisa Vanishes

In the hierarchy of the school, where girls and partying and clothes and fancy cars were as important as academics, being a football player opened doors that other students could only dream of. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream

For example, common chimpanzees have a genetic tendency to live in hierarchical groups headed by an alpha male. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Ants fascinate me, with their matriarchy, industry, and powerful sense of smell, which they use to recognize the caste of other colony members.The New Yorker

These whales, which are in fact a species of dolphin, organize along matriarchal lines and speak in distinctive dialects.Salon

Not so many years before, the French monarch, Louis XVI, had sent money, ships, and soldiers to aid the struggling Continental Army’s fight against the British. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Families struggled to put food on the table, while the royal family spent hundreds of millions of dollars on parties to celebrate the monarchy. Americanized

Adams saw no way to prevent the consolidation of wealth and power by American oligarchs, but he did believe it could and must be moderated — regulated — by a strong national government.The New York Times

It’s not hard for me to believe that the Bureau would do bad things, because every government I’ve ever known has done bad things, even the Abnegation oligarchy, of which my father was the head. Allegiant

“Dekalog” is not a miniseries in the customary sense, meaning that it doesn’t tell a single overarching story about the same set of characters.Salon

If there's one person in our family who deserves the credit for the close-knit relationships between us cousins, it's Dayee Mehrdad, otherwise known as the true patriarch of our massive brood. Americanized

"Barbie," meanwhile, achieves the wonderful and uncommon feat of making a properly tangible villain out of patriarchy, depicting it as unnecessarily obstructive and divisive.Salon

"I'm not even sure I want to get married. It's such a patriarchal institution. This is exactly why I'm never going back to India!" You Bring the Distant Near