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Bill of Rights
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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1995
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© The Oxford Companion to American Literature 1995, originally published by Oxford University Press 1995. (Hide copyright information)
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Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the
U.S. Constitution, passed in 1791, were framed largely by Madison, Patrick Henry, and R.H. Lee. Their main guarantees are the freedom of worship, of speech, of press, of assembly, of petition for redress of grievances, and against being deprived of life, liberty, or property without “due process of law.” An important source was the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), framed by George Mason.
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Golden State gamble
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...some states just won't do the right thing. Remember, almost 25...California Legislature passed a bill that would have created a single...But the governor vetoed that bill, which would have bypassed...insurers. But that's what Bill and Hillary Clinton thought...
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...It is really a remarkable period that we are in right now," said Bill Cheney, chief economist for John Hancock Mutual Life...consumers starting to pull in their horns a little bit." Right now, she said, consumers feel justified in spending...
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U.S. war on drugs doing more harm than good in Colombia
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...took place in 2001 between well-known politicians and his right-wing paramilitary group known as United Self-Defense Forces...Mexican President Vicente Fox's attempt to sign into law a bill passed by Congress legalizing tiny amounts of certain drugs...
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TODAY IN CONGRESS
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/10/1999; 700+ words
; ...DOB. Foreign Relations -- 10 a.m. Castro's human rights crackdown. 419 DOB. Intelligence -- 2:30 p.m...Infrastructure -- 10 a.m. Aviation subc. Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of '99. 2167 RHOB. Veterans Affairs -- 10 a...
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More candidates file for school board elections
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...James Owen to Auburn-Washburn USD 437 and Bill Reid to Topeka USD 501. Those hoping to...help them get started in this world on the right foot is probably my main goal." n Dr...election filings of Fred Patton, Seaman; Bill Sneed and Mark Hecker, Auburn- Washburn...
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Being fluent a goal of bill
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Stilwell, said the English- only bill made a statement about the need...passed. Under the proposed House bill, designation of English as...health, to protect a person's rights in a criminal or civil proceeding...phrases from other languages. The bill also would require state agencies...
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The Wrong Prescription; Government should not negotiate drug prices in Medicare.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/13/2007; 620 words
; ...campaign promise yesterday, passing a bill that would require the government to negotiate...merely mimic cheap generics. Striking the right balance is not easy, and it won't be...each insurer offer its own version of the right balance, see whether it attracts customers...
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BUSINESS BRIEFING
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/13/2007; 627 words
; ...when it was $119.4 billion. LEGAL President Bush signed a bill making it a crime to lie to obtain private phone records by...I -- along with Merrill Lynch and UBS Securities, have the right to buy shares in a restructured Delphi for $1.4 billion to...
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China Given Credit for Darfur Role; U.S. Official Cites New Willingness to Wield Influence in Sudan
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/13/2007; ; 696 words
; ...groups rose up in 2003 against the Arab-run government. Human rights groups and the United Nations say the government responded by...s agreement to the cease-fire came after talks with Gov. Bill Richardson (D) of New Mexico, who traveled to Khartoum on...
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Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...enterprise economic system, tax preparers certainly have a right to pitch refund anticipation loans. But she said not enough...million to settle a lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who claimed the firm's practices "deceived consumers...
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Declaration of Rights
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Declaration of Rights in British history: see Bill of Rights .
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Bill of Rights
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bill of Rights in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States .
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woman suffrage
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism...general declaration of the rights of women prepared by Elizabeth...famous, arguments for the right of women to vote. Among the...Jacob Bright presented a bill for woman suffrage in the House...was granted; in 1928 voting ...
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Mercy Otis Warren
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Revolution, she urged, unsuccessfully, that equal rights for women be included in the U.S. Constitution, and...Patriot (1788). Many of her criticisms were met by the Bill of Rights and later amendments. Her history of the American Revolution...
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USA PATRIOT Act
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...when dealing with terror crimes, but sections of the extensive bill also apply to criminal acts generally. The number of terror...associated with Watergate, anti-Vietnam War protesters, civil-rights groups, and the like. These worries contributed to the vocal...
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