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Excerpt from: Daria and Change
“Class, we have a new student joining us
today. Please welcome Daria Morgendorffer. Daria, raise your hand, please.”
Daria raised her hand.
“Well, Daria. As long as you have your hand raised.” He then chuckled. “I suppose you think it’s unfair
to be asked a question on the first day of class.”
“Excuse me?”
“Daria, can you concisely and unemotionally sum up for us
the doctrine of Manifest Destiny?
“Manifest Destiny was a slogan popular in the 1840s. It
was used by people who claimed it was God's will for the U.S. to expand all the
way to the Pacific Ocean. These people did not include many Mexicans,” Daria
answered.
“Very good, Daria. Almost... suspiciously good. All
right, class. Who can tell me which war Manifest Destiny was used to justify?”
He spotted Kevin Thompson, who he hoped would get something right.
“Kevin? How about you?”
“The Vietnam War?” the football player guessed.
DeMartino was more annoyed. “That came a little later,
Kevin... a hundred years later. A lot of good men died in that
conflict, Kevin. I believe we owe it to them to at least
get the century right!”
“Uh? Operation Watergate?” Kevin guessed again.
Daria looked at the interaction between the quarterback
and the teacher. It was obvious that the former was out of his depth.
“Can I come to?”
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Excerpt from: Legacy of Westchester
In April, Kennedy orders the deployment of troops to the
Dominican Republic as a deterrent against invasion by the Haitians.
Strange lights are seen over Denver, Colorado in late
July.
In May, the BBC begins running a series on the Mages in
Kent, Kentish Mages.
A British outpost on the Antarctic Peninsula is attacked
and destroyed by a kaiju in early May.
Words: 62
Total: 290
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