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[email protected] Leitung: Christine Waleczek Öffnungszeiten: Amerikahaus Di. bis Fr. 13 -17, Mi. 13 – 20 Uhr Karolinenplatz 3 Tel.: 089/55 25 37 20 80333 München Fax: 089 / 55 25 37 24 Aufsatzdienst September 2014 01 The Vietnam War: fifty years ago, the United States stepped up its involvement in a war that tore the nation apart / Veronica Majerol In: New York Times Upfront. 146.12 (Apr. 21, 2014) p18. - 2591 words “On the morning of Nov. 9, 1965, 22-year-old Roger Allen LaPorte sat cross-legged outside the United Nations in midtown Manhattan, poured gasoline over his body, and set himself on fire. "I'm against wars, all wars," the devout Catholic said before dying in the hospital the next day. "I did this as a religious act." LaPorte's was one of the more tragic acts of protest against the Vietnam War, a decade-long conflict that tore the U.S. apart, spawned a near-revolution by young people, and left many Americans' faith in their nation and its political leaders shaken.” 02 Decision at Pine Ridge: the ongoing, awful question of alcohol on the reservation / Jay Nordlinger In: National Review 14 Oct. 2013. - 2561 words “In August, a potentially momentous vote took place--not momentous for the nation, but for the nation of the Oglala Sioux, or Oglala Lakota, as they're also called. Here on the Pine Ridge reservation, tribe members voted to lift the longstanding ban on alcohol: its sale, possession, and consumption. The vote was 1,843 to 1,683, or 52 percent to 48 percent.