So we prioritized border security, putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history -- today, there are fewer illegal crossings than at any time in the past 40 years.
People have greater access to knowledge today than ever before in the history of the human race, yet they increasingly isolate themselves based on their ideologies, fears and, ironically, television-viewing habits.
Remember that while these sites are a drab limestone grey today, history was never in black and white, and in fact, most historians say the buildings were painted in brilliant reds, blues and whites.
The former commanding general of U.S. forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan equated the situation in Syria today with one of the most deadly nuclear accidents in history.
In the history of civilization and in all countries today, wealth has always been concentrated among the few.
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Today marks an important milestone in the history of human exploration.
GOG.com, the digital distributor of the best games from all of history announced today, in its trademark quirky fashion, that it is moving to a new operating system.
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Sure, at one time in history (and today in subsistence cultures) nearly 100% of employment was anchored in fuel jobs: food for humans and their animals, and fuel for heat and cooking.
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"What I'm saying is that at a time that's as complicated and dangerous as any time in modern history, today, a president of the United States needs to hear other opinions, " Hagel said.
And today, for the first time in history, there is a Latina in my Cabinet and a Latina on the bench of the highest court in the land. (Applause.) Hilda Solis is doing an outstanding job.
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Dr Aguilar, though, is less concerned with the details of the rules of the game, but with its social implications, both in Sinaloa today, and in Mesoamerica generally over the course of ulama's history.
Today Maddalena, 47, owns Profiles in History, a Los Angeles dealer in historical documents and movie memorabilia.
She argued that the existing settlement was unsustainable, and that the vote today was the most important vote in the history of the assembly.
While the United States has its own challenges with China, and China with us for that matter, our fortunes are more intertwined today than they have ever been in our history.
This history proves little in today's very different conditions.
Today, the largest solar projects in the history of the world are coming up out of the deserts of the public lands of the United States, and our foreign oil imports are at the lowest that they have been since 1995.
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'Today we witnessed a landmark event in the history of Iraq: Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal, ' Mr. Bush said to roars of approval in a hockey auditorium packed with supporters in Grand Island, Neb.
It is with that powerful history in mind that today, in Washington, hundreds of leaders from the White House and Federal agencies joined their peers from some of the Nation's most recognizable companies and organizations to develop strategies to use prizes and competitions as a key method to spark innovation and deepen citizen engagement.
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The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today.
In last week's History Today magazine (itself a prime example of the genre: it shifts 29, 000 copies monthly) academics sounded off peevishly about televised history.
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Armstrong, who recently said he sort-of, perhaps, possibly might be interested in buying Time Inc. even though the AOL- Time Warner merger of 13 years ago was widely considered one of the worst in business history, opened the advertising technology conference ad:tech in San Francisco today with a packed keynote address.
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Unidentified Announcer (CBS): Pele is the most famous player in the history of soccer, and today...
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Today is a significant waypoint not only in Coast Guard history, but in American history.
Peter Madoff (67) decided to plead guilty on June 29th of this year for his role in the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history and today U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain put her stamp of approval on a 10 year prison term that had been recommended by the prosecution and agreed to by Peter Madoff.
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"We stand today on the brink of history, " Anwar said in a statement.
Today, she's the most nominated actress in the history of the Academy Awards.
Here's a little history lesson to put today's numbers in perspective.
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