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rota political club founded in 1659 by J. Harrington, which advocated rotation in the offices of government; rotation, routine; (R.C.Ch.) supreme court for all causes XVII; roster XIX. — L.
rota wheel.
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rotary (of motion) circular; operating by rotation. XVIII. — medL.
rotārius.
rotate XIX. f.
rotāt-, pp. stem of L.
rotāre turn round, revolve.
rotation XVI. — L.
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James B. Conant: Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear Age.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 4/11/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear Age. By James G. Hershberg. Knopf. 948 pp. $35. James G. Hershberg worked on this masterful biography...liked" his subject. The problem with James Bryant Conant--Harvard's president from 1933 to 1953...
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James B. Conant.
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 2/14/1994; ; 700+ words
; JAMES BRYANT CONANT, Harvard's 23rd president, was one...consensus" and then, as his biographer James G. Hershberg puts it, to "the disillusionment...fragmentation of Vietnam." Hershberg's James B. Conant (Knopf, 948 pp., $35.00) is...
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BOSTON: Three Boston Public Schools Educators to Become Conant Fellows at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 6/4/2007; 381 words
; ...Three Boston Public Schools educators have been named James Bryant Conant Fellows at the Harvard Graduate School of Education...anniversary, Harvard University established the James Bryant Conant Fellowship Fund in honor of the former Harvard President...
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS GRASMICK TO RECEIVE CONANT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...of schools, has been selected to receive the 2006 James Bryant Conant Award for her outstanding contributions to American...ECS 2006 National Forum on Education Policy. The James Bryant Conant Award is one of the most prestigious awards in the...
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The Education Commission of the States Honors Kati Haycock with 2009 Conant Award.
Newspaper article from: Education Letter; 7/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...Commission of the States (ECS) James Bryant Conant Award for her exceptional contribution...president and co-founder of ECS, the Conant Award has been labeled one of the...Roy Romer, Richard Riley and James Hunt Jr. ECS is proud to augment...
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The Education Commission of the States Honors Kati Haycock with 2009 Conant Award
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...Commission of the States (ECS) James Bryant Conant Award for her exceptional contribution...president and co-founder of ECS, the Conant Award has been labeled one of the...Roy Romer, Richard Riley and James Hunt Jr. ECS is proud to augment...
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Former NC governor Hunt elected to Embrex board. (James B. Hunt Jr.)
PR Newswire; 5/16/1988; 700+ words
; ...announced today that former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. has been elected to the company's...Hunt is the recipient of numerous awards including the James Bryant Conant Award as Most Outstanding Leader for Education 1983...
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Conant High School reveals first-semester honors
Newspaper article from: Hoffman Estates Review (IL); 3/6/2008; 700+ words
; Conant High School recently announced the names...Camarena, Daniel Chittenden, Ashley Chu, James Coleman, Terie Colletti, Robert Colucci...Michael Boosey, Sarah Borkenhagen, Daniel Bryant, Natalie Bryeans, Katherine Burkman...
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Conant High announces honor roll
Newspaper article from: Hoffman Estates Review (IL); 8/14/2008; 700+ words
; Conant High School recently announced its honor...Chittenden, Eileen Chong, Ashley Chu, James Coleman, Terie Colletti, Robert Colucci...Michael Boosey, Michael Bosco, Daniel Bryant, Natalie Bryeans, Katherine Burkman...
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The Hawk From Harvard
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/6/1994; ; 700+ words
; JAMES B. CONANT Harvard to Hiroshima and the Making of the Nuclear Age By James Hershberg Knopf. 948 pp. $35 IN A...autobiography, the 71-year-old James Bryant Conant asserted that he could not identify...
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James Bryant Conant
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
James Bryant Conant James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was an American chemist, president of Harvard University, U.S. Ambassador and educational critic. He was an effective spokesman for the support of national policies by private and public...
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Conant, James Bryant
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Conant, James Bryant (1893–1978) educator and scientist, born in Boston, Massachusetts. Conant chaired the National Defense Research Council, the weapons research...
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Conant, James B. 1893-1978
Book article from: American Decades
...many states. Guiding Philosophy Conant distinguished himself in four careers...science and social science, gave Conant a unique position during a decade...problems to be solved. Sources: James Bryant Conant, Shaping Educational Policy...
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Conant, J. B. (1893–1978)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
CONANT, J. B. (1893 – 1978...president of Harvard University, James Bryant Conant witnessed many defining moments...Suffolk County), Massachusetts, to James Scott Conant and Jennett Orr Bryant. His father had served the Union...
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Organic Chemistry
Book article from: American Decades
...thousand tons of butadiene, almost all of which went into the production of synthetic rubber. JAMES B. CONANT: ACADEMIC AT WAR James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) gave up research in chemistry when he became president of Harvard University in...
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