Cheney, Richard
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Cheney, Richard (1941– ), member of Congress, secretary of defense.Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of a federal soil conservation agent, Cheney grew up in Casper, Wyoming, and attended Yale and the Universities of Wyoming and Wisconsin. Appointed a congressional fellow in 1968, he served as assistant to Donald Rumsfeld in various positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations. In 1975–77, Cheney was President
Gerald Ford's chief of staff. Then, in 1979–89, Cheney served in the House of Representatives as a staunch but pragmatic conservative Republican from Wyoming. As minority whip, he actively supported President
Ronald Reagan's defense buildup and aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
President
George Bush appointed Cheney secretary of defense after the Senate rejected John Tower. Cheney had no military service, having obtained deferments during the
Vietnam War, but as defense secretary (1989–93), despite his skepticism about reformist Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Cheney followed Bush's instructions to downsize the U.S. military. A Washington insider, he challenged
the Pentagon's lobbying, reformed procurement, and curtailed a number of weapons programs. But the new chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.
Colin Powell, on his own authority devised the plan for the post–Cold War U.S. military.
Although General Powell kept tightly in his own hands operational planning and control of the U.S. military response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Cheney helped persuade the Saudi government to accept U.S. military forces and to join the Allied Coalition that achieved successful liberation of Kuwait from control of
Saddam Hussein.
[See also Arms Control and Disarmament;
Defense, Department of;
Persian Gulf War.]
Bibliography
Richard B. and and Lynne A. Cheney , Kings of the Hill, 1983.
Michael R. Gordon, and and Bernard F. Trainor , The General's War, 1995.
John Whiteclay Chambers II
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Defoe's Roxana: the making and unmaking of a heroine.(Daniel Defoe's "Journal of the Plague Year and Roxana")
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year and Roxana, claiming a link between them in terms...ruin. The central argument is that in Roxana Defoe portrays a heroine who loses her...departure for a discussion of Defoe's Roxana than his Journal of the Plague Year...
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Arguments to the self in Defoe's 'Roxana.' (Daniel Defoe)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; Readers of Defoe's Roxana tend to see it as different, in degree if...author's other works of prose fiction. "Roxana," says David Blewett, "is Defoe's darkest novel. . . . Roxana is Defoe's only protagonist who is passive...
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Roxana survives again, earns shot at Bethalto.
Newspaper article from: Telegraph (Alton, IL); 2/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...Hayes Feb. 13--EAST ALTON -- When Roxana squares off against top-seeded Bethalto...already be in full playoff mode. No. 5 Roxana earned its semifinal berth with a 3...it was third game during that time. Roxana beat Jerseyville in a wild-card game...
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A Sermon by the "Queen of Whores".(Daniel Defoe's 'Roxana')(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Daniel Defoe's Roxana seems to resist interpretation, though...exasperation on his attempt to define Roxana's "inner logic": "We cannot know...novel's religious allusions, as when Roxana reflects: "So possible is it for us...
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Understanding Iran: reporters who do are exiled, pressured or jailed: 'Roxana's work consistently gave the lie to the narrative of a monolithic Islamic Republic.'.(Iran: Treatment of Journalists)(Roxana Saberi)(Essay)
Magazine article from: Nieman Reports; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...serious foreign ministry professors. Roxana Saberi was self-possessed, unflappable...We were a strange group even before Roxana, the Japanese-Iranian-American broadcast...except that he liked Iranian kebabs. Roxana floated serenely over our rambunctiousness...
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Huebner leads Marquette past Roxana.
Newspaper article from: Telegraph (Alton, IL); 1/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...South Central Conference West victory over Roxana on Friday night in front of raucous crowd...the hole. And that's what he did." Roxana opened up a slight 12-11 lead after...to take a commanding 41-24 lead. But Roxana guard Daniel Hamm came off the bench and...
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Loose ends in 'Roxana' and 'The French Lieutenant's Woman.'
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 12/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; In Defoe's Roxana the Dutch Merchant devises a cunning plan whereby, he thinks, he can overcome Roxana's reluctance to marry him: he will...Neither the plan nor its novelty is lost on Roxana. Nor is its likelihood of success "with...
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Dating the Devil: Daniel Defoe's Roxana and The Political History of the Devil.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Daniel Defoe published his last novel, Roxana, and began writing works on the occult...suggested that the meager financial success of Roxana may have led Defoe to abandon fiction...6); however, he makes no mention of Roxana. In Realism, Myth, and History in Defoe...
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"I wou'd be a Man-Woman": Roxana's Amazonian threat to the ideology of marriage.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...siblings, Daniel Defoe's final novel, Roxana (1724), has enjoyed a noticeable rise...misogynist tradition, (1) critics agree that Roxana's downfall has everything to do with...business relations per se that destroy Roxana--Defoe's earlier, and successful...
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CM beats Roxana to stay unbeaten.
Newspaper article from: Telegraph (Alton, IL); 3/27/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Steve Porter Mar. 27--ROXANA -- Brad Diepenbrock is making the most...hitter in pitching the unbeaten Eagles past Roxana 6-0. The Eagles, 4-0, have allowed...mixing in his curveball," Bruening said. Roxana coach Mike Arbuthnot tipped his cap to...
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Roxana, or the Fortunate Mistress
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Roxana, or the Fortunate Mistress, a novel by Defoe , published 1724. This purports...England, France, and Holland, amassing much wealth, and receiving the name Roxana by accident, in consequence of a dance that she performs.
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Roxana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Roxana or Roxane , d. 311 BC, wife of Alexander the Great . She was the daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian baron, and Alexander married...
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Shell Oil Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...American Gasoline Company, Royal Dutch/Shell Group also founded Roxana Petroleum Company in 1912 in Oklahoma to locate and produce...refineries nearby. In 1922 Shell Company of California and Roxana Petroleum merged with Union Oil Company of Delaware to form...
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Beecher, Catharine (1800-1878)
Book article from: American Eras
...Yet Catharine also was influenced by her genteel mother, Roxana Foote Beecher, as well as the education she received from age...participated vigorously in school and community contests and games. On Roxana’s death from consumption in 1816, she assumed full...
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Ambition
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Dick hero of a Horatio Alger rags-to-riches story. [Am. Lit.: Ragged Dick ] Roxana sleeps with the rich to get ahead in world. [Br. Lit.: Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress ] Sejanus chief minister of Emperor Tiberius uses seduction...
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