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I Tried (and Quit) an Orgasmic Breathwork Class

Orgasm requires surrender, and I’m not used to surrendering without feeling like I’m losing part of myself

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In 1967, border tensions between Egypt and Israel led to the Six-Day War. On June 5, Israel launched an air assault, and within days had annexed the Sinai Peninsula, the East Bank of the Jordan River, and the Golan Heights. A UN cease-fire on June 10 saved the Arabs from a complete rout. Nasser

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National name: République Gabonaise

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A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus

A Quena woman was shown in Europe as a circus

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1815

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14

1836

Bell Smith, Leopoldine Emma Doualla (1939– )

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1958

Reed, Judy W. (c. 1826- ? )

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(1811) John Gloucester, “Dedication of the First African Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia”

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson was a highly renowned classical singer who became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She was born on February 27, 1897 to John and Annie Anderson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father ran an ice and coal business and his mother was a babysitter. She

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1897

Current government officials

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

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(1875) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “The Great Problem to be Solved”

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(1920) Archibald Grimke, “The Shame of America, or the Negro’s Case Against the Republic”

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Never has the sport of boxing seen such an exhaustive transformation as that in the career of George Edward Foreman, who started off as a world-renowned boxer and later became an ordained Christian minister. Born in Marshall, Texas on January 10, 1949, the 6 foot 3 inch tall American has a lot of

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1949

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Otis F. Boykin was born on August 29, 1920 in Dallas, Texas. After graduating high school, he attended Fisk College in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated in 1941 and took a job as a laboratory assistant with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. He undertook various tasks but

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Mathews, Meredith (1919-1992)

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