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Text1 of the Constitution of the United States
Preamble
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic…
—Holly Hartman A six-year-old who crashes parties at New York's posh Plaza Hotel. A talking dog and her astonished family. Verse about evil weevils and gymnastically gifted spiders. Is this the…
The History of the Internet
From a simple 300-mile transmission to a global network in cyberspace by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco In October 1969, a UCLA student named Charley Kline sent…
