CYCLES

Here's a little help for everyone else looking for some outside evidence on cycles:
http://www.timepage.org/time.html
And hey, Mark Twain was in the realistic time period (I think)! Wish I had found this site before writing that essay.. maybe would have been a little extra help?
Well to everyone, good luck making it through finals, especially with the work load of multiple finals and teachers not fully realizing how much time you DON'T have, yet are still expected to use it preparing. Good luck.

Also, Bolos/O'Connor, may I recommend a book that I came across as well, that seems to be your lives' callings? http://www.amazon.com/Cycles-American-History-Arthur-Schlesinger/dp/0395957931 I don't know what it actually is like, but enjoy.