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Monday, December 10, 2012

Season 3 Episode 49 | 26m 46s

Civil War re-enactors the Stone Soul Soldiers Peter Brace Brigade on their Dec. 31 event marking the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; Monte Belmonte visits the Springfield-based Merriam Webster to find out what the most looked up words of 2012 are; Judy Van Raalte will discuss her U.S. Tennis Association national championship win this summer.

Aired: 12/09/12
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Amid the revolution’s advance, Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis’s rule.
Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief.
As the public trial begins, events quickly spiral out of Marie Antoinette and Louis’s control.
Marie Antoinette overhauls her image, and the King and Queen find happiness.
At 23, Nureyev fled Russia to seek asylum in Paris.
Rudolf Nureyev performs a solo in Swan Lake.
The relationship between Rudolf Nureyev and legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn.
Explore key military technologies in the American colonies’ fight for freedom.
The people of Paris openly protest against Marie Antoinette as she protects her unborn child.
Meet the hippo, crocodile and lion families navigating the dry season in Katavi National Park.
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