Desi Arnaz, seen in 1955, was one of the first characters to speak Spanish on English-language television. nc/AP hide caption
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Embracing Modern Monetary Theory is like staring at this optical illusion. You can look at the same thing, and see things totally differently. Brocken Inaglory/Wikimedia Commons hide caption
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Babe Ruth, a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, in 1918. That year, World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic slashed MLB game attendance by over half from what it was in the previous season. Library of Congress hide caption
ARCIS, a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone for the storage of cultural property and fine art. Richard Mitchell /Richard Mitchell hide caption
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