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Ernesto Miranda

The strange story behind the most cited case in American history: THE MIRANDA DECISION

The strange story behind the most cited case in American history: THE MIRANDA DECISION

You’ve probably never heard of them, but these ten people changed your life. Each of them is a big reason why your world today is so different from anyone’s world in 1954

For want of nails, kingdoms are won and lost. We all know that. The shoe slips, the horse stumbles, the army dissolves in retreat. But who designed the nails? Who hammered the nails? Who invented the nail-making machinery?

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