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XYZ Affair
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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XYZ Affair a diplomatic incident in 1798 between the United States and France during a period when French privateers were regularly seizing U.S. merchant ships and the U.S. government was contemplating a naval war. President
John Adams dispatched envoys to negotiate with France's foreign minister, who refused to meet them but instead had his own envoys approach the Americans, inviting them to pay tribute and extend a loan to France in order to stop the privateering. This offer was refused; the anonymous French agents, referred to as X, Y, and Z in Adams' report to Congress, were vilified, and public outcry led to the Congress authorizing 1,000 privateers to capture or repel French vessels.
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The XYZ Affair eases conflict between rock and pop genres.(SHOW)(RIFFS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/15/2009; 700+ words
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THE XYZ AFFAIR
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 9/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; How Michelle Malkin learned to stop worrying and defend the internment I confess: I'm fascinated by Michelle Malkin. Not by her views, which are diametrically opposed to mine; nor by her columns, which have slid alarmingly from screed to outright rant; but by her evolution from a seemingly moderate
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XYZ survives Council vote; credential fate now awaits fall AICPA meeting.
Magazine article from: Accounting Today; 5/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...but the ultimate fate of the XYZ project will not be known until...senior vice president of public affairs in charge of the grassroots educational...meeting could vote to kill the XYZ initiative or create a motion...institute's permanent work on XYZ that would be placed for a vote...
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XYZ.(credential for accountants)
Magazine article from: California CPA; 10/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...vice president of state society affairs and strategic planning, penned...calcpa.org. AICPA TALKING POINT XYZ is an additional optional credential...that the combination of CPA and XYZ could hold significant marketplace...will mean anyone attaining the XYZ credential including non-CPAs...
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PwC joins opposition to XYZ global credential.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Accounting Today; 5/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...against any resolution enabling the XYZ credential to proceed," O...memo said. It concluded, "The XYZ matter brings with it a number...senior vice president of public affairs John Hunnicutt called the memo...view is that we don't need an XYZ credential. In fact, if you...
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The ABCs of XYZ: A Proposed Global Credential.(certified public accountants: ethics, competency)
Magazine article from: The Ohio CPA Journal; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...for clients and employers. The XYZ credential is founded on the...the old rules no longer apply. XYZ supporters believe individuals...senior vice president of public affairs, says the credential will address...Hamilton Harding, COO of the XYZ Task Force and former CEO of...
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AICPA: XYZ designation is an "inevitability".
Magazine article from: Accounting Today; 4/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...senior vice president of public affairs, told reporters at the gathering...research on the concept, known as XYZ. A few of the findings: According...among members of the profession. XYZ faces its next hurdle at the...only controversy surrounding XYZ. Many opponents question the...
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Illinois Society to AICPA: Kill XYZ.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Accounting Today; 4/2/2001; 593 words
; ...Institute of CPAs to kill the controversial XYZ/Cognitor designation -- once and for...further development of, or investment in the XYZ global business credential (formerly known...Hunnicutt, senior vice president of public affairs for the Institute charged that some of...
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CPAs vote on "XYZ"
Magazine article from: CA Magazine; 1/1/2002; ; 674 words
; ...the credential, formerly referred to as XYZ, by a majority of 157 to 62. "More...AICPAs senior vice-president, public affairs. Some state CPA societies, as well as...CICA vice-president, professional affairs. "Any decisions that may need to be...
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An affair to remember
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...then again, there is The XYZ Affair. The New York band is...my apartment. The XYZ Affair are dream thieves. Anyway...Thankfully, with the XYZ Affair, the world is getting...can be safely assumed The XYZ Affair do as well. <...
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XYZ Affair
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
XYZ AFFAIR The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident that almost led to war between the United...signed in 1800. further readings Stinchcombe, William C. 1980. The XYZ Affair. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. Vaughan, Harold Cecil...
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Democratic-Republican Party
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...with France were deteriorating rapidly. The notorious "XYZ Affair" in 1796 was typical of what Jeffersonians saw as the weakness of federalism. The xyz affair involved an unsuccessful attempt by a French agent to...
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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...fortune of Napoleon Bonaparte (see Napoleon I . His part in the XYZ Affair and his endorsement of Napoleon's plan for seizing Egypt...had helped to power, offered him the portfolio of foreign affairs, but Talleyrand preferred to serve as ambassador to London...
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...government. The next year he was joined by Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall in the mission that led to the notorious XYZ Affair ; Pinckney refused to bribe French officials as a prerequisite for opening negotiations with them. He was an unsuccessful...
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Elbridge Gerry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...John Marshall, for a mission to France in a new attempt to secure a recognition of U.S. rights from Talleyrand (see XYZ Affair ). He was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1810 and reelected in 1811. In his second term his party, the Jeffersonians...
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