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John Angel James Creswell
John Angel James Creswell 1828-91, U.S. Postmaster General (1869-74), b. Port Deposit, Md. He was a lawyer, U.S. Representative (1863-65), and U.S. Senator (1865-67), but his important work was done later as Postmaster General. He reorganized the Post Office Dept. to meet the expanding needs of the...
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United States Surgeon General
United States Surgeon General former head of the U.S. Public Health Service, which is responsible for protecting the people's health (see public health ). Since a 1986 reorganization, the surgeon general has largely served as a national spokesperson and watchdog on health issues. The separate U.S....
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general strike
general strike sympathetic cessation of work by a majority of the workers in all industries of a locality or nation. Such a stoppage is economic if it is for the purpose of redressing some grievance or pressing upon the employer a series of economic demands. It is political if called for the purpos...
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Timothy Pickering
Timothy Pickering 1745-1829, American political leader and Revolutionary War army officer, b. Salem, Mass. He was admitted to the bar (1768) and played an active part in pre-Revolutionary activities against the British. In 1774 and 1775 he was connected with the Massachusetts committee of correspon...
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Church of the New Jerusalem
Church of the New Jerusalem or New Church, religious body instituted by the followers of Emanuel Swedenborg , who are generally called Swedenborgians. Knowledge of Swedenborg's teachings was spread in England largely by two clergymen, Thomas Hartley and John Clowes, and a printer, Robert Hindm...
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright 1883-1953, American general, b. Walla Walla, Wash. Commissioned in the army in 1906, he reached the rank of brigadier general in 1938. In World War II he was stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked in Dec., 1941. Wainwright took command after Gen. Douglas ...
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James Aloysius Farley
James Aloysius Farley , 1888-1976, American political leader, U.S. Postmaster General (1933-40), b. Rockland co., N.Y. He rose steadily in Democratic party politics in New York state and became (1930) chairman of the New York state Democratic committee. In 1932 he successfully pushed the presidentia...
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John Morgan
John Morgan 1735-89, American physician, b. Philadelphia, grad. College of Philadelphia (now Univ. of Pennsylvania), 1751. He founded, in Philadelphia (1765), the first medical school in the United States. In 1775 he became director-general and physician in chief to the general hospital of the Cont...
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Will H. Hays
Will H. Hays 1879-1954, American politician and motion-picture executive, b. Sullivan, Ind.; his original name was William Harrison Hays. Hays became active in Indiana political affairs, was chairman of the Republican state committee, and served (1918-21) as chairman of the Republican National Comm...
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soiling
soiling agricultural practice of feeding green fodder to livestock in the barn or dry lot. It is followed in the United States mostly in the dairy industry in seasons when pastures are short, but in Europe more generally. For best results the crop must be cut daily. Among the crops used for soiling...
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