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Herod King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans

Herod King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans

Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans examines the life work and influence of this controversial figure who remains the most highly visible of the Roman client kings under Augustus. Herod’s rule shaped the world in which Christianity arose and his influence can still be seen today. In this expanded second edition additions to the original text include discussion of the archaeological evidence of Herod’s activity his building program numismatic evidence and consideration of the roles and activities of other client kings in relation to Herod. This volume includes new maps and numerous photographs and these coupled with the new additions to the text make this a valuable tool for those interested in the wider Roman world of the late first century BCE at both under- and postgraduate levels. Herod remains the definitive study of the life and activities of the king known traditionally as Herod the Great. | Herod King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans

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Redefining William III The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context

Redefining William III The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context

William III (1650-1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England Scotland and Ireland. His reign has always intrigued historians as it encompassed such defining events as the Dutch year of Disaster (1672) the Glorious Revolution (1688) and the ensuing wars against France. Although William has played a pivotal role in the political and religious history of his countries the significance and international impact of his reign is still not very well understood. This volume contains a number of innovative essays from specialists in the field which have evolved from papers delivered to an international conference held at the University of Utrecht in December 2002. By focusing on the entire period 1650-1702 from an international perspective the volume moves historical discussion away from the traditional analysis of single events to encompass William's entire reign from a variety of political religious intellectual and cultural positions. In so doing it offers a new perspective on the British and Dutch reigns of William III as well as the wider European milieu. | Redefining William III The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context

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U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation Never Neutral

U.S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation Never Neutral

U. S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation is the first collection to examine the history of museums in the United States through the lens of the political and ideological underpinnings at the heart of exhibitions collecting and programming. Including contributions from historians art historians anthropologists academics and museum professionals the book argues that museums have always been embedded in the politics and culture of their time – whether that means a reification of hegemonic notions of race gender and progress or a challenge to those normative structures. Contributions probe the political nature of collection and interpretation as concept and practice and museum work as both reflective of and contributing to the politics and circulation of power in different historical moments. As a whole the volume provides detailed readings of museums that demonstrate the ways in which these trusted cultural institutions have intervened in shifting concepts of nation community indigeneity race citizenship inclusion identity localism and memory. U. S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation makes arguments about the historically and politically rooted nature of cultural production in museums that apply to institutions across the globe. It is essential reading for students and scholars of museum studies public history cultural history art history and memory. | U. S. Museum Histories and the Politics of Interpretation Never Neutral

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A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

King James is well known as the most prolific writer of all the Stuart monarchs publishing works on numerous topics and issues. These works were widely read not only in Scotland and England but also on the Continent where they appeared in several translations. In this book Dr Stilma looks both at the domestic and international context to James's writings using as a case study a set of Dutch translations which includes his religious meditations his epic poem The Battle of Lepanto his treatise on witchcraft Daemonologie and his manual on kingship Basilikon Doron. The book provides an examination of James's writings within their original Scottish context particularly their political implications and their role in his management of his religio-political reputation both at home and abroad. The second half of each chapter is concerned with contemporary interpretations of these works by James's readers. The Dutch translations are presented as a case study of an ultra-protestant and anti-Spanish reading from which James emerges as a potential leader of protestant Europe; a reputation he initially courted then distanced himself from after his accession to the English throne in 1603. In so doing this book greatly adds to our appreciation of James as an author providing an exploration of his works as politically expedient statements which were sometimes ambiguous enough to allow diverging - and occasionally unwelcome - interpretations. It is one of the few studies of James to offer a sustained critical reading of these texts together with an exploration of the national and international context in which they were published and read. As such this book contributes to the understanding not only of James's works as political tools but also of the preoccupations of publishers and translators and the interpretative spaces in the works they were making available to an international audience. | A King Translated The Writings of King James VI & I and their Interpretation in the Low Countries 1593–1603

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Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World “The King is Listening”

Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World “The King is Listening”

Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: The King is Listening offers through the contribution of thirteen original chapters a sustained analysis of judicial practices and litigation during the first era of French overseas expansion. The overall goal of this volume is to elaborate a more sophisticated social history of colonialism by focusing largely on the eighteenth century extending roughly from 1700 until the conclusion of the Age of Revolutions in the 1830s. By critically examining legal practices and litigation in the French colonial world in both its Atlantic and Oceanic extensions this volume of essays has sought to interrogate the naturalized equation between law and empire an idea premised on the idea of law as a set of doctrines and codified procedures originating in the metropolis and then transmitted to the colonies. This book advances new approaches and methods in writing a history of the French empire one which views state authority as more unstable and contested. Voices in the Legal Archives proposes to remedy the under-theorized state of France’s first colonial empire as opposed to its post-1830 imperial expressions empire which have garnered far more scholarly attention. This book will appeal to scholars of French history and the comparative history of European empires and colonialism. | Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World “The King is Listening”

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Never Again Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976-1982

Never Again Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976-1982

By 1976 the National Front had become the fourth largest party in Britain. In a context of national decline racism and fears that the country was collapsing into social unrest the Front won 19 per cent of the vote in elections in Leicester and 100 000 votes in London. In response an anti-fascist campaign was born which combined mass action to deprive the Front of public platforms with a mass cultural movement. Rock Against Racism brought punk and reggae bands together as a weapon against the right. At Lewisham in August 1977 fighting between the far right and its opponents saw two hundred people arrested and fifty policemen injured. The press urged the state to ban two rival sets of dangerous extremists. But as the papers took sides so did many others who determined to oppose the Front. Through the Anti-Nazi League hundreds of thousands of people painted out racist graffiti distributed leaflets and persuaded those around them to vote against the right. This combined movement was one of the biggest mass campaigns that Britain has ever seen. This book tells the story of the National Front and the campaign which stopped it. | Never Again Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976-1982

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Dahomey and the Dahomans Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and Residence at His Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850

Dahomey and the Dahomans Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and Residence at His Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850

According to Forbes the object of these Journals is to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and savages the annihilations and exterminations consequent on this trade with the aim of encouraging the British public in its efforts to end slavery. | Dahomey and the Dahomans Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey and Residence at His Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850

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Why Machines Will Never Rule the World Artificial Intelligence without Fear

Why Machines Will Never Rule the World Artificial Intelligence without Fear

The book’s core argument is that an artificial intelligence that could equal or exceed human intelligence—sometimes called artificial general intelligence (AGI)—is for mathematical reasons impossible. It offers two specific reasons for this claim: Human intelligence is a capability of a complex dynamic system—the human brain and central nervous system. Systems of this sort cannot be modelled mathematically in a way that allows them to operate inside a computer. In supporting their claim the authors Jobst Landgrebe and Barry Smith marshal evidence from mathematics physics computer science philosophy linguistics and biology setting up their book around three central questions: What are the essential marks of human intelligence? What is it that researchers try to do when they attempt to achieve artificial intelligence (AI)? And why after more than 50 years are our most common interactions with AI for example with our bank’s computers still so unsatisfactory? Landgrebe and Smith show how a widespread fear about AI’s potential to bring about radical changes in the nature of human beings and in the human social order is founded on an error. There is still as they demonstrate in a final chapter a great deal that AI can achieve which will benefit humanity. But these benefits will be achieved without the aid of systems that are more powerful than humans which are as impossible as AI systems that are intrinsically evil or able to will a takeover of human society. | Why Machines Will Never Rule the World Artificial Intelligence without Fear

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Archetypal Nonviolence Jung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma

Archetypal Nonviolence Jung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma

Renée Moreau Cunningham’s unique study utilizes the psychology of C. G. Jung and the spiritual teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore how nonviolence works psychologically as a form of spiritual warfare confronting and transmuting aggression. Archetypal Nonviolence uses King’s iconic march from Selma to Montgomery a demonstration which helped introduce America to nonviolent philosophy on a mass scale as a metaphor for psychological and spiritual activism on an individual and collective level. Cunningham’s work explores the core wound of racism in America on both a collective and a personal level investigating how we hide from our own potential for evil and how the divide within ourselves can be bridged. The book demonstrates that the alchemical transmutation of aggression through a nonviolent ethos as shown in the Selma marches is important to understand as a beginning to something greater within the paradox of human violence and its bedfellow nonviolence. Archetypal Nonviolence explores how we can truly transform hatred by understanding how it operates within. It will be of great interest to Jungian analysts and analytical psychologists in practice and in training and to academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies American history race and racism and nonviolent movements. | Archetypal Nonviolence Jung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma

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The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law one of the classic subjects of medieval history. This much expanded second edition spans the centuries from King Alfred to Magna Carta abandoning the traditional but restrictive break at the Norman Conquest. Within a strong interpretative framework it also integrates legal developments with wider changes in the thought society and politics of the time. Rather than simply tracing elements of the common law back to their Anglo-Saxon Norman or other origins John Hudson examines and analyses the emergence of the common law from the interaction of various elements that developed over time such as the powerful royal government inherited from Anglo-Saxon England and land holding customs arising from the Norman Conquest. Containing a new chapter charting the Anglo-Saxon period as well as a fully revised Further Reading section this new edition is an authoritative yet highly accessible introduction to the formation of the English common law and is ideal for students of history and law. | The Formation of the English Common Law Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

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Daniel Gookin the Praying Indians and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

Daniel Gookin the Praying Indians and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

This volume presents a valuable collection of annotated primary documents published during King Philip’s War (1675–76) a conflict that pitted English colonists against many native peoples of southern New England to reveal the real-life experiences of early Americans. Louise Breen’s detailed introduction to Daniel Gookin and the War combined with interpretations of the accompanying ancillary documents offers a set of inaccessible or unpublished archival documents that illustrate the distrust and mistreatment heaped upon praying (Christian) Indians. The book begins with an informative annotation of Historical Account of the Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians in New England in the Years 1675 1675 and 1677 written by Gookin a magistrate and military leader who defended Massachusetts’ praying Indians to expose atrocities committed against natives and the experiences of specific individuals and towns during the war. Developments in societal and particularly religious inclusivity in Puritan New England during this period of colonial conflict are thoroughly explored through Breen’s analysis. The book offers students primary sources that are pertinent to survey history courses on Early Americans and Colonial History as well as providing instructors with documents that serve as concrete examples to illustrate broad societal changes that occurred during the seventeenth century. | Daniel Gookin the Praying Indians and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

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A Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare Being the Text of the First (1794) Edition Revised by the Author and Never Previously Published

A Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare Being the Text of the First (1794) Edition Revised by the Author and Never Previously Published

If it is not generally known that the foundations of twentieth-century criticism of Shakespeare’s imagery were laid over one hundred and fifty years ago the explanation lies in the limited availability of the single original edition of Walter Whiter’s Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare published in 1794. In an age in which the study of Shakespeare’s characters was of prime interest and importance Whiter – a classical scholar who took holy orders and ended his life as a country parson – developed a form of textual criticism closely linked to a study of the workings of the human mind: and his book offers a psychological survey of the creative imagination following the principles laid down in Locke’s Essay on Human Understanding and illustrated by examples from Shakespeare’s plays. In his realization that Shakespeare provides the finest examples of the poetic imagination Whiter is of his time: but in his particular study of the associative powers of such a mind engaged in the process of creation he is far in advance of his time and has no immediate disciples in the later nineteenth century. In the twentieth century however there was an increasing acknowledgement of Whiter’s work and a more frequent appeal for the reissue of his book. Originally published in 1967 the present edition was started in response to that appeal more than ten years before Mr Alan Over’s tragic death in 1964 and incorporates the revisions and additions made by Whiter for his own projected second edition. | A Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare Being the Text of the First (1794) Edition Revised by the Author and Never Previously Published

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The Szymanowski Companion

The Szymanowski Companion

The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski is one of the most fascinating musical figures of the early twentieth century. His works included four symphonies two violin concertos the operas Hagith and King Roger the ballet-pantomime Harnasie the oratorio Stabat Mater as well as numerous piano violin vocal and choral compositions. The profile and popularity of Szymanowski's music outside Poland has never been higher and continues to grow. The Szymanowski Companion constitutes the most significant and comprehensive reference source to the composer in English. Edited by two of the leading scholars in the field Paul Cadrin and Stephen Downes the collection consists of over 50 contributions from an international array of contributors including recognized Polish experts. The Companion thus provides a systematic authoritative and up-to-date compilation of information concerning the composer's life thought and works.

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In the Garden of the Gods Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

In the Garden of the Gods Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

Examining the evolution of kingship in the Ancient Near East from the time of the Sumerians to the rise of the Seleucids in Babylon this book argues that the Sumerian emphasis on the divine favour that the fertility goddess and the Sun god bestowed upon the king should be understood metaphorically from the start and that these metaphors survived in later historical periods through popular literature including the Epic of Gilgameš and the Enuma Eliš. The author’s research shows that from the earliest times Near Eastern kings and their scribes adapted these metaphors to promote royal legitimacy in accordance with legendary exempla that highlighted the role of the king as the establisher of order and civilization. As another Gilgameš and later as a pious servant of Marduk the king renewed divine favour for his subjects enabling them to share the 'Garden of the Gods'. Seleucus and Antiochus found these cultural ideas as they had evolved in the first millennium BCE extremely useful in their efforts to establish their dynasty at Babylon. Far from playing down cultural differences the book considers the ideological agendas of ancient Near Eastern empires as having been shaped mainly by class — rather than race-minded elites. | In the Garden of the Gods Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

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Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

This study considers the figure of the bastard in the context of analogies of the family and the state in early modern England. The trope of illegitimacy more than being simply a narrative or character-driven issue is a vital component in the evolving construction and representation of British national identity in prose and drama of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Through close reading of a range of plays and prose texts the book offers readers new insight into the semiotics of bastardy and concepts of national identity in early modern England and reflects on contemporary issues of citizenship and identity. The author examines play texts of the period including Bale's King Johan Peele's The Troublesome Reign of John and Shakespeare's King John Richard II and King Lear in the context of a selection of legal religious and polemical texts. In so doing she illuminates the extent to which the figure of the bastard and more generally the trope of illegitimacy existed as a distinct discourse within the wider discursive framework of family and nation. | Illegitimacy and the National Family in Early Modern England

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The Life of Admiral Sir John Leake Vol. II

The Life of Admiral Sir John Leake Vol. II

Leake (1656-1720) was one of the most prominent flag officers of King William and Queen Anne’ s wars. He played a leading part in the relief of Londonderry in 1689 fought at Bantry Bay Beachy Head La Hogue and Malaga twice relieved Gibraltar captured Cartagena Alicante Ibiza Majorca Minorca and Sardinia was five times Admiral of the Fleet and in the end declined to be First Lord of the Admiralty. This life was written by the admiral’s nephew Stephen Martin-Leake Garter King of Arms whose life of his father (Vol 5) was originally appended to it. This continues his Mediterranean command in Barcelona Cartagena Mallorca Ibiza and proceedings at Alicante. There are then his activities in command of the fleet in the Channel in 1707 and the trial of Sir Thomas Hardy. In 1713 he was appointed Admiral of the Fleet for the 4th time and was subsequently to be appointed for the 5th time. With death of Queen Anne and the accession of King George ‘Sir John was removed from all his places’. He retired and lived privately until his death in 1720. | The Life of Admiral Sir John Leake Vol. II

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The Parlement of Paris

The Parlement of Paris

Originally published in 1968 this authoritative study analyses the Parlement as a law court and examines its political role and significance. From its beginning in the mid-13th Century until its fall during the 1789 Revolution the Paris Parlement stood at the heart of government in France. Its primary function as the crown’s judicial authority grew out of the need for a royal court to dispense justice when the king could no longer do so personally. The book describes how the Parlement evolved sophisticated procedures and a complex organization of chambers officers and personnel and examines the Parlement’s judicial and political growth against the social backdrop of the Court and the Palais de Justice. | The Parlement of Paris

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Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States Strategy and Suffrage

Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States Strategy and Suffrage

In Colonial America democracy was centered in provincial assemblies and based on the collection of neighbors whose freehold ownership made them permanent stakeholders in the community. The removal of the property qualification for voting in the United States occurred over three-quarters of a century and was among the more important events in the history of democratization functioning to shift voting from a corporate privilege toward a human right. Moving beyond the standard histories of property standard histories of property qualification removal Justin Moeller and Ronald F. King adopt the theories and methods of social science to discover underlying patterns and regularities attempting a more systematic understanding of subject. While no historical event has a single cause party consolidation and party competition provided a necessary mechanism making background factors politically relevant. No change in franchise rules could occur without the explicit consent of incumbent politicians always sensitive to the anticipated impact. Moeller and King argue that political parties acted strategically accepting or rejecting removal of the property qualification as a means of advancing their electoral position. The authors identify four different variants of the strategic calculation variable significantly helping to explain both the temporal differences across states and the pattern of contestation with each state individually. | Removal of the Property Qualification for Voting in the United States Strategy and Suffrage

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Making the Cut at Pixar The Art of Editing Animation

Making the Cut at Pixar The Art of Editing Animation

Join industry insiders Bill Kinder and Bobbie O’Steen as they guide readers on a journey through every stage of production on an animated film from storyboards to virtual cameras and final animation. With unprecedented access to the Pixar edit suite this authoritative project highlights the central role film editors play in some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies of all time. Exclusive interviews with animation editors and other creative leads are supported by footage from deep inside Pixar’s vault. Nearly 90 minutes of video segments include never-before-seen works in progress deleted scenes and demonstrations to shed light on how these beloved stories are crafted. The challenges and essential contributions of editors in animation have never been examined in such depth and detail. In addition to exploring method and craft this book provides important context for the editor in film history the evolution of technology and Pixar’s uniquely collaborative studio culture. A must-read for students of digital filmmaking methods filmmakers in all aspects of production and fans of Pixar movies this uniquely educational historical and entertaining book sheds light on how beloved stories are crafted from the perspective of crucial members of the filmmaking team. | Making the Cut at Pixar The Art of Editing Animation

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The Holocaust The Third Reich and the Jews

The Holocaust The Third Reich and the Jews

This book offers a survey of the encounter between the Third Reich and European Jewry. Pointing out the difficulties historians face in interpreting the ever-expanding documentary record it includes treatment of the role of non-Germans in the Holocaust consideration of the much-debated nexus between the Holocaust and modernity and discussion on how 'the Holocaust' developed as a distinct historical topic. Fully updated this new third edition incorporates the latest scholarly findings with expanded treatment of gendered aspects of the Holocaust the Holocaust’s world historical contexts the long-term history of Jewish-Christian relations and thinking about the Holocaust’s contemporary relevance as well as additional documents reflecting recent archival discoveries. Offering a concise narration that appeals to both the intellect and the emotions the book enables students to gain a real understanding of the events of this catastrophic time. Including a useful selection of original documents (many never before anthologised in English) a chronology glossary and 'who’s who' David Engel’s book will be welcomed by anyone trying to get to grips with this complex and far-reaching subject. | The Holocaust The Third Reich and the Jews

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Friendgrief An Absence Called Presence

Friendgrief An Absence Called Presence

This book not only examines friendgrief from a theoretical and clinical framework but also Smith offers fascinating vignettes from the lives of well-known friendgrievers such as Elton John Diane Sawyer Ralph Abernathy C. S. Lewis Harry Truman Tommy Lasorda Jimmy Carter Fritz Mondale Bill Clinton Calvin Trillin and Alan King. The author includes moving narratives of numerous individuals who have never gained notoriety but have become seasoned friendgrievers. | Friendgrief An Absence Called Presence

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The Simple Wordsworth Studies in the Poems 1979-1807

The Simple Wordsworth Studies in the Poems 1979-1807

First published in 1960 this book studies Wordsworth’s ‘simple’ poems such as the Lyrical Ballads as products of a sophisticated and powerfully successful literary genius. The author aims to approach the poems as perhaps Wordsworth expected his first readers to; but as they have never been in fact. The result of this approach is to discover a Wordsworth far different to that which he has previously been presented as — the ‘Sage of Rydal’ at one extreme and a naïve perpetrator of poetical blunders at the other — and the author argues a far more exciting one. This book will be of interest to students of literature. | The Simple Wordsworth Studies in the Poems 1979-1807

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Lord Chatham and the Whig Opposition

Lord Chatham and the Whig Opposition

Originally published in 1966 this book examines the struggle between the whig factions and the crown during a period of George III's reign. During the short period the destinites of the nation were determined and the work of the Revolution nullified; never before had the opponents of personal government been given such a favourable opportunity to thwart the execution of the royal schemes and yet they failed hopeleslly. Lord Chatham and the Whig Opposition includes chapters covering the formation of Chatham's administration the rise and fall of the opposition and its downfall.

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