In my IE specific stylesheet for ie's less than 9 I tend to use.
In my IE specific stylesheet for ie's less than 9 I tend to use: -ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft. Alpha(Opacity=85)"; filter: alpha(opacity=85); background-color: #000; Off the top of my head I believe the -ms-filter is an ie6'ism and the filter for ie7/8. I'm not getting any memory leaks so to be honest I'd be temted to look elsewhere.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.