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In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
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In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:22
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George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:28
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The pair of crawler-transporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have been delivering shuttles to their launch pad since the Apollo missions...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The rise of exotica, a mysterious musical genre of the '50s and '60s.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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For more than fifty years ... an unbroken streak of more than 4500 games, Bob Sheppard was the voice of Yankee Stadium. As Reggie Jackson said, "t...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Custer's last flag sold at auction for 2.2 million

  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
An ancient obese female doll may represent a mother goddess worshipped by Stone Age people

  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: :54
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can live on less. Others can't.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Those who know history are often amused.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Thanks to Coolidge and his friends, subsequent presidents have learned the danger in giving banks a free rein.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: :55
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Having an affair wasn’t bad. Getting caught was bad.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:09

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: :50
  • Purchases: 1
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Myth blends in with facts to create history

  • Added: Oct 18, 2008
  • Length: :47

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: :20
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Electricity is habit forming

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 01:52
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Some Gee Whiz Facts About Lindberg

  • Added: Jun 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
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This is not a remarkable quote ---

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: :20
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Is is ok to lie if you're not under oath?

  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 01:17
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Margareta Matsson was the only person ever tried for witchcraft in Pennsylvania.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:38
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A commentary about the supporting roles played by me and my teen and pre-teen buddies on the World War II Home Front.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
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Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
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(Uploaded by Josh Wehe) The history, the voice, and the physical and moral stand the Declaration of Independene took for our nation

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1