Dumaguete
Dumaguete , city (1990 pop. 80,262), capital of Negros Oriental prov., SE Negros, the Philippines. A busy interisland-shipping port at the entrance to Tañon Strait (which separates the islands of Negros and Cebu), it is also a trade and cultural center. Silliman Univ. (founded 1901) and Foundation Univ. are there.
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What Demosthenes could whisper to Reagan.
Magazine article from: National Review; 6/14/1985; ; 700+ words
; ...300 years ago. The Athenian orator Demosthenes, who had the greatest practical experience...during his second term. Is there a Demosthenes in the White House? The President can...they can be illuminating. Reagan and Demosthenes held the same beliefs and values, defined...
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Demosthenes and His Time: A Study in Defeat.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; Demosthenes' lifetime (384/3-322/1 B.C...II and the Macedonians than from that of Demosthenes and the Athenians. Raphael Sealey here offers a history of the Athens of Demosthenes and the orator's role in shaping that...
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What democracy meant to the Athenians. (Demosthenes v. Meidias) (2,500 Years of Democracy) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; One day in 346 BC Demosthenes, son of Demosthenes, citizen of the city-state (polis) of Athens, marched...named Meidias. After consideration, the magistrate put Demosthenes' case against Meidias onto the judicial calendar. On...
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Avengers of blood; homicide in Athenian law and custom from Draco to Demosthenes.(Historia Einzelschriften)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2009; 562 words
; ...Athenian law and custom from Draco to Demosthenes. Phillips, David D. Franz Steiner...generated from policymakers from Draco to Demosthenes. Philips analyzes the various legal...limits of vengeance developed under Demosthenes. Phillips concludes by analyzing changes...
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Rhetorical Action in Ancient Athens: Persuasive Artistry from Solon to Demosthenes
Magazine article from: Rhetoric & Public Affairs; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Action in Ancient Athens: Persuasive Artistry from Solon to Demosthenes. By James Fredal. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University...chipping and chiseling in the last chapter, "Acting Hard: Demosthenes Practices Citizenship," when he describes the formation...
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DEMOSTHENES GISTIS, 68, PASSED ON LOVE OF COOKING TO HIS SONS
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 12/12/2002; 622 words
; ...Maine) Thursday, December 12, 2002 Edition: FINAL Section: Local & State Page: 15B Melanie Creamer WESTBROOK-- Demosthenes Papa Demo Gistis came to America for the chance at a better life. He found his niche in the kitchen. A chef for nearly...
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Move over, Demosthenes. (activists get women's week at Columbia University)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 10/9/1989; 700+ words
; Move over, Demosthenes Four months ago, when Plato and Cicero were joined by Sappho and Emily Dickinson on a banner strung across Columbia University...
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The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles, and Ideology.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...contemporary sources, ranging from the Aristotelian Constitution of Athens and the speeches of Aeschines, Isocrates, and Demosthenes to the comedies of Aristophanes, from ostraka uncovered in the Athenian acropolis and agora to Plato's Laws and Republic...
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Interview - NIS Summer School with Prof. Angelos Bilas, FORTHICS and Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou, ENISA, Members of the Programme Committee of the 2nd ENISA-FORTH Summer School on Network and Information Security NIS'09.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 9/1/2009; 700+ words
; In the following article ENISA Senior Expert Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou and Prof. Angelos Bilas of FORTH-ICS and the Univ. of Crete, Programme co-Chairs of the 2nd Network and Information...
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Interview - NIS Summer School with Prof. Angelos Bilas, FORTHICS and Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou, ENISA, Members of the Programme Committee of the 2nd ENISA-FORTH Summer School on Network and Information Security (NIS'09).
PR Newswire; 8/20/2009; 700+ words
; HERAKLION, Greece and BRUSSELS, August 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In the following article ENISA Senior Expert Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou and Prof. Angelos Bilas of FORTH-ICS and the Univ. of Crete, Programme co-Chairs of the 2nd Network and...
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Demosthenes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Demosthenes Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.) is regarded as the greatest of Greek orators...implications for traditional Athenian and Greek political freedom. Demosthenes was the son of a wealthy manufacturer of weapons named Demosthenes...
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Aeschines
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...BC, Athenian orator, rival of Demosthenes . Aeschines rose from humble circumstances...power was useless. Both he and Demosthenes were members of the embassy to Philip in 348 BC, and afterward Demosthenes bitterly and baselessly accused...
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Philip II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the same region where he had founded Philippi. In 351, Demosthenes , fearing Philip's encroachments, delivered in Athens...Delphic council, with a recognized position in Greece. But Demosthenes continued to agitate, and when Philip moved to absorb the...
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Phocion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...party that urged conciliation with the Macedonians; he was opposed by Demosthenes. When the Athenians refused to comply with Alexander's demand for the surrender of Demosthenes, Phocion led a successful embassy of conciliation to Alexander...
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Woodhull, Victoria (1838-1927)
Book article from: American Eras
...and endlessly fascinated by the beautiful and daring sisters. Demosthenes, Finance, and Politics. In 1868, Victoria claimed, the spirit of the ancient Greek orator Demosthenes appeared to her in one of her trances and told her to go to New...
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