lustre
lustre Of
minerals, the ability to reflect light. The quality and nature of the reflection may be a useful diagnostic aid. The term ‘lustre’ is often used in conjunction with the qualifying terms ‘
adamantine’, ‘
metallic’, ‘
resinous’, ‘
waxy’, ‘
pearly’, ‘
silky’, ‘greasy’, and ‘
vitreous’. The intensity of the reflection is qualified by descriptions such as ‘shiny’, ‘dull’ or ‘
splendent’.
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U.S. Mexican War
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/11/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...victory in the Mexican War made the United States...and California. The Mexican War largely has faded...consciousness, but among many Mexicans it's still a painful...CLIP OF THE U.S. MEXICAN WAR) MALE RE-ENACTOR: I saw a Mexican female carrying water...war. ...
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The U.S.-Mexican War in James Russell Lowell's The Biglow Papers
Magazine article from: The Arizona Quarterly; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...uncertainties. The war against Mexico generated...narratives wherein Mexico and Mexicans were either equivalent...of agonistic U.S-Mexican War literature is The...of 1848, an anti-war satire by James Russell...work sheds light on why Mexicans and Mexican Americans continue ...
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The lessons of the Mexican war.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/16/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...been called for the entire war. The rush of volunteers...government: "We had to show those Mexicans that a people without being...distinguished Revolutionary War backgrounds, not to mention...qualities necessary to win wars. For all history's great...world that we could fight. The Mexican ...
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Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 12/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...comparison is warranted. The Mexican War did serve as an initial battleground for many of the Civil War's leaders--Grant, Lee...between the Mexican and Civil wars can also be illusory. The earlier war, with relatively few casualties...
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YOU HAD TO ASK; What's the historical significance of the "Mexican War Streets" on the North Side?
Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh City Paper; 6/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, as you may...planned to take on the entire Mexican Army with such a small force...James Polk had claimed that Mexican troops had "shed American...outcome was never in doubt. Mexican forces were numerically superior...by American artillery. The ...
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A Fighter from Way Back: The Mexican War Diary of Lt. Daniel Harvey Hill, 4th Artillery, USA
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...from Way Back: The Mexican War Diary of Lt. Daniel Harvey...distinguished himself during the Mexican War as a competent, dedicated...his campaign to capture the Mexican capital in September 1847...through the arid savannah of the Mexican northeast in 1846. The last...close-quarter ...
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Past as prologue Jeff Shaara takes on the Mexican War
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...go out and buy a novel about the Mexican War. . . . yes, the Mexican War...received their dress rehearsals in the Mexican War of 1846- 1848. In Gone For Soldiers...played out at numbing length. The Mexican War resulted in 10,000 American casualties...
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Lessons of Mr. Polk's Mexican War
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 5/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...civil war, Bush's handling of the war is poisoning politics in this country...Despite its victorious conclusion, the Mexican War was a fiasco that helped set the...demand to get U.S. troops out. The Mexican War and its legacy of territorial expansion...
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Dispatches from the Mexican War
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 4/1/2000; ; 691 words
; ...Dispatches from the Mexican War. Norman: University of Oklahoma...448 pp. $57.50. The Mexican War has been largely forgotten...California for the U.S. The Mexican War also gave U.S. reporters...the daily hardships of the Mexican campaign: the uncertainties...is not here." As ...
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The Mexican War.(Time Trip)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 9/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...more than 160 years ago, but the Mexican War (1846-1848) is still a sore point...began on April 25, 1846, when a Mexican force attacked U.S. Gen. Zachary...troops across the Rio Grande. The Mexican government had repeatedly warned...
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Mexican War
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Mexican War (1846–...States entered the war with an army of fewer...numerically superior Mexican forces while U.S...Nicholas P. Trist with Mexican officials on 2 February...10 March, ended the war. It ceded to the United...
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Mexican-American War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR (1846 – 1848...defeated the attack of Santa Anna's Mexican relief expedition. Soon thereafter the theater of war shifted to Veracruz, from which the...
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Mexican-American War Claims
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS were settled...1867 between the United States and Mexican governments. American citizens presented...amounting to $470,126,613, and Mexicans countered with 998 claims totaling...
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Mexican Minister of War's Reply to Manuel De La Peña y Peña (1845, by Pedro María Anaya)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MEXICAN MINISTER OF WAR'S REPLY TO MANUEL DE LA PE Ñ...Pedro Mar í a Anaya to assess the Mexican military's readiness. In his reply...blinding greed" were no match for Mexican troops. With enough men, guns, and...
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Mexican Cession (1848)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...officially ended the Mexican War (1846 – 1848...as a result of the war. The Mexican War was the culmination of...monetary damages against the Mexican government. (A group of citizens...Spain.) In addition, the Mexican and U.S. governments disagreed...southern boundary ...
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