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Image of abstract tiger from Borges’ The Gold of the Tigers, PQ7797.B635 O7413 1977

Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentinian writer known for his surreal storytelling and poetry such as Fictions, "The Aleph," and many others. Borges was inspired to write stories and poems on the theme of dreams and his view of reality, which takes shape as a mixture of reality, dreams, and sometimes even nightmares...

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Vultee Aircraft award presentation program cover page, 1942

Legal court proceedings are notorious for taking months, and sometimes years, to finalize. For the sake of time and simplicity, many employers stipulate in their employment contracts that they will use an alternative: arbitration. Arbitration is a method of dispute resolution in which two parties elect a neutral third party to settle the issue... 

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Diametra, Trigona, Quadrata, & Hexagon, Iulij Firmici Materni Iunioris Siculi V.C. ad Mauortium Lollianum, Astronomicōn libri VIII, QB41 .F46 1551

Contemporary astrology in the United States is generally associated with the 12 zodiac signs, like Virgo and Aries, and their role in personal horoscopes. Centuries ago, early Western astrology was often conflated with astronomy and was considered a scholarly subject...

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Neeli Cherry cat illustration

In 1969 American poets Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherkovski began producing a literary magazine titled Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns. Bukowski and Cherkovski published the mimeographed magazine...

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