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3 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. The North Dakota installation that holds the keys to nuclear deterrenceLocated just 40 miles from the Canadian border, Minot Air Force Base has evolved from an air defense outpost into a cornerstone of global strategic deterrence. Home to both heavy …
2. A military base that survived its own scheduled closureIn 1991, the Department of Defense ordered MacDill Air Force Base to shut down its flight-line activities entirely. Yet, despite being slated for the scrap heap of military downsi…
3. How a tiny seed shop became a global conglomerate and China's first foreign investorFrom a penniless seed shop in Bangkok's Chinatown to a massive multi-national empire, the Charoen Pokphand Group has reshaped entire economies. It was the first foreign company re…

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