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2 days ago · Take a self-guided tour of The Breakers, a 70-room Italian Renaissance-style residence built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, or silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs' over-the-top Rosecliff, complete ...
2 days ago · These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack of both governmental regulation and the absence of a personal income tax.
4 days ago · The 1938 New York World's Fair Westinghouse Time Capsule was buried in Flushing Meadow's Park, September 23, 1939, to be opened in 5000 years in the year 6939.
1 day ago · St. Therese of Lisieux. Her sense of commitment led her to a profound experience of the love of God and of neighbor. She never had an easy life, but she did live with a great sense of peace and joy.
5 days ago · Maria Theresa proposed establishing an effective standing army of 110,000 men—60,000 more than in her father’s day and 30,000 more than the Prussian peacetime army of Frederick William I. She also tried to encourage her nobility to take a greater interest in serving in the officer
5 days ago · While Maria Theresa regarded Protestants as heretics and Jews as the embodiment of the Antichrist, Joseph respected other Christian denominations, believed Jews did good service for the state, and had at least entertained the thought of an Austrian church independent of Rome.
5 days ago · Life isn't always fair. But when having an interesting discussion with someone, it's often a good idea to explore both sides of the argument. Learn a phrase to help you do just that.
