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Apt to impress: Appenzell. (Going Places).
Swiss News
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April 1, 2003
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City Profile:
Location: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
Altitude: 780m
Inhabitants: 5,617
Perhaps nowhere else in Switzerland have people kept tradition alive the way they have in Appenzell. Where else can you find men in yellow knickers moseying down Main Street? Indeed, human beings have occupied the area for a very long time, the earliest signs of human life in the Appenzellerland--finds in the Wildkirchli caves--dating back to an interim period in the Ice Age around 30,000 B.C. But it was the abbots of St. Gall and the settlers they ...
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`OLD KINDERHOOK': UNDERESTIMATED; Martin Van Buren, like George Bush, was something of a "resume candidate" and suffered the constant comparison to his popular predecessor
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...George Bush and Martin Van Buren, the new president...John Niven, a Van Buren biographer...Francisco-based Martin Van Buren Fan Club. The...known, but Van Buren was haunted...naturally to Van Buren, who had helped...Regency." "Martin ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Martin Van Buren's path to presidency holds lesson for Weld; Jesse Helms' vow to block William Weld's nomination as the ambassador to Mexico has parallels with a feud between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun. The fallout allowed a behind-the-scenes manipulator to win the Oval Office.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...fetched it sounds, the rise of Martin Van Buren to the presidency in the 1830s wrote...and as a Cabinet member. But as Van Buren and Jackson became political soul...sympathy from the beleaguered woman. Van Buren was unfailingly courteous to the...
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Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics. By Joel H. Silbey...general reader. The text lacks documentation, and many aspects of Martin Van Buren's career are passed over lightly. Joel H. Silbey emphasizes that...
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HOMETOWN CROWD TURNS OUT FOR LAUNCH OF MARTIN VAN BUREN PRESIDENTIAL $1 COIN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...release: President Martin Van Buren admirers braved the...for re-election, Van Buren retired to his...heads) side of the Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coin...designs annually. The Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coin...
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MARTIN VAN BUREN'S LIBERTY FIRST SPOUSE GOLD COIN AVAILABLE NOV. 25
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...The United States Mint began accepting orders for Martin Van Buren's Liberty First Spouse Gold Coin at noon Eastern...and an uncirculated version priced at $524.95. Martin Van Buren was the third President to serve without a spouse...
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Martin Van Buren: Law, Politics, and the Shaping, of Republican Ideology.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books
; Mushkat, Jerome, and Joseph G. Rayback Martin Van Buren: Law, Politics, and the Shaping, of Republican...relationship between ideology, law and politics shaped Martin Van Buren's career in law and politics and laid the basis...
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Rep. Gillibrand Introduces Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, has introduced the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act (H...legislation that would "revise the boundary of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site." The bill was introduced...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MARTIN VAN BUREN SITE FULL OF POTENT MEMORIES.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...Be forewarned: If you go to the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site to learn...Furnishings came and went after Van Buren died in 1862 and his son sold...it well worth the trip. FACTS:MARTIN VAN BUREN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Where: two...
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Kinderhook's famous son returns in bronze; Commissioned statue of seated President Martin Van Buren, with room for visitors, will be unveiled Saturday in village square.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...of eighth President Martin Van Buren, but an unusual one...to the White House, Van Buren did a stint as New York...after only a month. Van Buren retained a sizable...COPY of this statue of Martin Van Buren, on display in Rapid...
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Sen. Reid Introduces Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, has introduced the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act (S...legislation that would "revise the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. The bill, introduced on...
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