An American Primitive, Forged in a Crucible of Blood and Oil
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âThere Will Be Blood,â Paul Thomas Andersonâs epic American nightmare, arrives belching fire and brimstone and damnation to hell.
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The last major push by the U.S. Army against American Indian tribes took place in the late 1800s. But a new report finds the military still poses a danger to American Indians.
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It all started with a truck. A Skytruck, in fact, that needed an American home to undergo its finishing touches.
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The United States' war on terror is often portrayed abroad as an attempt to impose a bellicose culture, driven by the cultivation of fear.
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By Joel Hood, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Mar. 11--THE ACREAGE -- The prospect of putting the first gas station in The Acreage has erupted into a bitter culture clash over the character of this western community.
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A writer and a reader see both sides of ExxonMobil.
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Though illegal, dog fighting continues to draw crowds hungry for the sight of blood and the gambling thrill. A law enforcement officer takes us inside this underground world.
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IN âA Nation of Counterfeitersâ (Harvard University Press, $29.95), Stephen Mihm takes us back to the screwball days between the American Revolution and the Civil War, when the dollar did not exist.
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Travel: Under siege from oil companies and loggers, the Huaorani of Ecuador are fighting back - through ecotourism.
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marking the first time that a commercial American airliner will be landing in the country since the Vietnam War. and businessmen. It will show ties are on track between the old battlefield foes who still spar over human rights and.
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Much like his bloody epic about  the death of Christ, a new Mel Gibson production about the  collapse of the Mayan civilization is angering members of the  culture it depicts even before it hits the screen.
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They call it the Hundred Years' War. Not because it involves brutish medieval unpleasantries like the battle axe. It involves only the sharp edge of cutting words between a Washington area company and a New York investor in a war of Wall Street that merely feels like it has lasted a century.
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At a time when the country is faced with a new tangle of problems, the return of the â80s action hero suggests that some Americans, particularly men, are looking to revel in the vestigial pleasures of older times and seemingly simpler ways.
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In the middle of a dirt field in this western Alaska hub lies a grave, a wooden cross at its head, a small American flag at the foot.
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A legion of the godless is rising up against the forces of religiosity in American society.
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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¡s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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This top-of-the-line equipment blurs the line between hunting and military operations.