by Toby Luckhurst BBC In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras fought a four-day conflict that cost thousands of lives and displaced thousands more – a bloody struggle still remembered as the Football War. It was 2-2 after 90 minutes at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. This was the third game between Honduras and …
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My Pledge: Allegiance To Constitution
by Kevin Burton Some things have changed since the time I spent all day and night watching Walter Cronkite anchor bicentennial coverage for CBS. Some things have stayed the same. I was close to turning 13 then. You can say that the USA depicted on television July 4, 1976 has disappeared. You can …
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