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Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one striking way - the monks get married. This study addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy as a momentous change in the history of modern Japanese Buddhism.

Founded by Benjamin Franklin, USPS was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, fostered a common culture, and helped American business to prosper. A first class stamp remains one of the greatest bargains of all time, and yet, the USPS is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. This is a multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters,...

Shortly after be realized his long-held dream by masterminding the first Republican takeover of the House and Senate in forty years, House Speaker Newt Gingrich committed his followers to a daring and perilous goal: by scaling back or dismantling some of the nation's most cherished social welfare programs, they would balance the budget. Eliminating the deficit, once just one facet of the Republicans' plan to change America, soon became an all-consuming...

"Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the fifth century BC. Herodotus is often called The Father of History, as he was the first writer to collect his materials systematically and critically, and to then arrange them into a historical narrative. The Histories, the only work produced by Herodotus, is thought to be the world's first history book. The book is an investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian...