What we do about history matters. The often repeated saying that those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them has a lot of truth in it. But what are 'the lessons of history'? The very attempt at definition furnishes ground for new conflicts. ... Few will have the greatness to bend history itself;
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The point was simple: History tells us that another storm will come, perhaps sooner, perhaps later, and do the same thing. Sure it's possible for a home to withstand a major hurricane tidal surge, but clearly most homes on Bolivar Peninsula were not up to the task.
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George Santayana, a notable philosopher, coined the phrase, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." A study of the history of the CORBA standard reveals that for WebService standards, history is again repeating itself.
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Is history repeating itself in the case of Professor Simon Wessely and those who subscribe to his beliefs in the matter of ME/ICD-CFS?  ... To paraphrase a well-known maxim: those who ignore the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them, but medical practitioners in particular seem oblivious of this maxim,
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DENVER—After dropping a chili dog in his lap Tuesday, area resident Marcus Nielson addressed the food-related blunder, calling it but another example of how history, marred by the inevitable folly of man, repeats itself.
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When the federal government released the nation's 2001 U.S. History report card, it tried to soften the blow to a concerned public by stressing that while "average scores of ... Schools must replicate and institute successful history curricula now, or doom our students to repeat the historical failure of the past.
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[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The View Askew WWWBoard ] [ FAQ ] ... In Reply to: It's the Post-first-look-later disease. posted by fluffy on January 29, 2004 at 19:57:34: ... like every board since Kevin made mention of the "B N".
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For years U.S. students have received substance-free teaching in history. CERs new analysis takes stock of the problem, and offers some recommendations for programs and books that could help transform history teaching, not ten years from now but today. ... History Failure: Doomed to Repeat Itself? CER Action Paper;
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The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) -- created to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election debacle -- is discussing electronic voting this week. Unfortunately, it's broke and will have to "abandon or delay much of its intended mission."
www.alternet.org/election04/18612/
Ninety-one years ago, the biggest issue on the minds of Americans was the passing of the 18th Amendment and the subsequent prohibition of alcoholic ... The Times‘ editorial page argued that the measure “went beyond any question of the merits or demerits of prohibition in itself.”  Instead, the point at issue was...
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