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The complete prose of Marianne Moore.
The Nation
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November 1, 1986|
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THE COMPLETE PROSE OF MARIANNE MOORE.
Edited by Patricia C. Willis. Viking. 724 pp. $24.95.
It's hard enough to say what poetry is for. But what do we make of a poet's prose, especially the taxing syntax of Marianne Moore? Imagine 462 prose items packed into 692 pages, picture them dense with "independence of the subjunctive, and many another select defect' (the phrase is hers), then picture them denser still with her famously relentless quotations, and you will understand if I answer my question by quoting (the habit is catching) from one of her ...
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Crisis of government.(Articles of Confederation)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone
; ...government. The Articles of Confederation, written in 1777 and ratified...of the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation. Many...special meeting to revise the Articles. Other leaders, even some...important changes to the Articles of Confederation. But instead...Framers ...
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The matchup.(Articles of Confederation and the Constitution )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone
; Ever wonder exactly how the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution differed? Here s a comparison...about the federal government between 1781 and 1787. Articles of Confederation (*) unicameral legislature, called Congress...
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Homage to Clio: the historical continuity from the Articles of Confederation into the Constitution.
Magazine article from: Constitutional Commentary
; ...States continued even as the Articles of Confederation were replaced by the Constitution...institutions continued from the Articles into the Constitution. Only...implies that the ban in the Articles of Confederation on state discrimination...
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Feinberg, Barbara Silberdick The Articles of Confederation: the First Constitution of the United States.
Magazine article from: The Book Report
; ...succinct history of the Articles of Confederation written in easily understandable...and drawbacks of each article are explored with a few...such as the text of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, a...
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Brain ticklers.(Articles of Confederation)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone
; ...FALSE. ANSWERS BELOW. 1. THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION PROVIDED A STRONG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...from above: 1. False. The Articles of Confederation gave more power...power. Within six years, the Articles were replaced by the U.S...
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Slick Construction Under the Articles of Confederation
Magazine article from: Freeman
; ...our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation? For a time, they suited most...was violently unhappy over the Articles' failure to establish effective...Before ratification of the Articles (1781), Congress often undertook...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Constitution took detours; The Articles of Confederation became the early 'dress rehearsal'
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; ...detours, the ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, occurred...Indeed, when they sent the Articles to the states for ratification...The larger problem with the Articles, however, was that they were...
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COLUMN: The failure of the Articles of Confederation
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...two years, we have been living under an informal Articles of Confederation, if you will, with a centralized government that...but that is besides the point). But the informal Articles have been a failure. Power has been decentralized...
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To form a more perfect union. (Articles of Confederation)
Magazine article from: The New Leader
; TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION I, PUBLIUS, after some two centuriesof silence on the subject of the Constitution of the United States, feel obliged in the Bicentennial Year to speak my mind about the need for us to re-examine our role as a nation among nations. While many will evaluate the
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Penman of the Revolution: as the author of many of our nation's most fundamental documents, including the Articles of Confederation, John Dickinson was one of America's greatest Founding Fathers.(History--Greatness Of The Founders)
Magazine article from: The New American
; ...Wednesday, August 15, 1787, I the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began debating what would become Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution. James Madison (a man whose service before, during, and after the Convention inarguably...
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