Matadi
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Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Derives its name from the Kikongo word for ‘stone’. This may be traced back to Sir Henry Morton Stanley
† who ordered local workers to break up rocks so as to build a trading post here in 1879.
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Robert Taft Jr. Dies; Senator From Ohio
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/8/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...1930. Sen. Taft's father, Robert Sr., was Republican majority...to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sen. Taft served in the Ohio House of Representatives...and Joint Economic committees. Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. was born in Cincinnati. He...
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Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 8/28/2005; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 10/19/2007; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 7/21/2002; ; 700+ words
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HAGAN CHIDES TAFT ON DEBATE ISSUE
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 7/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Hagan on Tuesday blasted Republican Gov. Bob Taft as a "debate dodger" and called on him to declare...used a news conference to unveil a photograph of Taft wearing a crown. "Robert Alphonso Taft II, King Bobby in some quarters, really believes...
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Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 11/10/2002; ; 700+ words
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William Howard Taft.(Saturday)(The Rainbow Page)(U.S. Presidents)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/24/1996; 505 words
; ...Nellie") Herron; sons, Robert Alphonso and Charles Phelps; daughter, Helen Herron PERSONAL Taft was a very popular man...WANNA BE A JUDGE William Taft never really wanted to...for president. In 1921, Taft got his wish and became...
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Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/20/2002; 700+ words
; Former Cincinnati resident Robert Temple Keeler, an attorney who...Mr. Keeler joined the firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, founded by former U.S. Sen. Robert Alphonso Taft, R-Ohio, and moved to Cincinnati...
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BLACKWELL, TAFT: FAMILIAR PERSONALITIES, ON A MUCH BIGGER STAGE.(NEWS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/19/1997; 700+ words
; ...nuts-and-bolts Bob Taft shared the same political...pretty much ended there. Taft is the well-to-do...inheriting his moniker of Robert Alphonso II from his father and...President William Howard Taft. Blackwell is the African...
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Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/31/2005; 700+ words
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Robert Alphonso Taft
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Taft, Robert Alphonso 1889-1953
Book article from: American Decades
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Taft, Robert Alphonso
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Taft, Robert Alphonso (1889–1953) US politician, son of William Howard Taft . He was a US senator (1938–53). A conservative Republican, he sponsored the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), which restricted trade unions.
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Taft-Hartley Labor Act
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Taft-Hartley Labor Act 1947, passed by the...Management Relations Act. Sponsored by Senator Robert Alphonso Taft and Representative Fred Allan Hartley...Act (1959) amended some features of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. Bibliography: See...
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The 1950s: Government and Politics: Headline Makers
Book article from: American Decades
...1890-1969 Harriman, William Averell 1891-1986 Hiss, Alger 1904- Kefauver, Estes 1903-1963 McCarthy, Joseph Raymond 1909-1957 Nixon, Richard M. 1913- Stevenson, Adlai Ewing 1900-1965 Taft, Robert Alphonso 1889-1953
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