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Monitor articles for August 17, 2017

• First LookForest rangers prepare for influx of eclipse watchers in US West
• First LookStudent leaders of 2014 Hong Kong protest receive prison sentence
• What's behind the dramatic spike in swearing in books?
• First LookIs Robert E. Lee on the same pedestal as George Washington? Why scholars say no
• 'Wild Things' is a delicious dive into the world of children's lit
• Verbal EnergyPeal, repeal, rappel – and climbing down
• Facing elections in Venezuela’s new normal, opposition asks: Do we want in?
• Driven from US shores, neo-Nazi website finds no haven in Russia either
• First LookISIS claims credit for Barcelona van attack
• In the heartland, a David and Goliath battle over a pipeline
• Trump-era shift: CEOs find a voice for moral outrage
• Podcast: The Christian Science Monitor Daily Podcast Podcast episode
• Fallout from modern protests: naming and shaming online
• How one town learned to live with venomous rattlesnakes
• The Monitor's ViewWhat post-ISIS Iraq can do for peace
• First LookMore casualties in Philippines president's anti-drug, anti-crime campaign
• First LookNetanyahu faces growing pressure to condemn Trump's Charlottesville response
• First LookMassive harvests of corn, soybeans pose storage problem in Brazil