gusla
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gusla (gusle, guzla). Ancient 1-str. bowed instr. still popular in some Slavonic regions (not to be confused with
gusli).
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Ulysses Simpson Grant.(Saturday)(The Rainbow Page)(U.S. Presidents)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/22/1996; 491 words
; ...Nellie") PERSONAL Grant was a West Point graduate...original name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. When he was accepted...switched his name to Ulysses Hiram Grant. When he...registered by the name Ulysses Simpson Grant. He liked the...
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Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865.(Review)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865. Brooks D. Simpson. New York: Houghton Mifflin...good modern biographies of Ulysses Grant. Brooks Simpson...he canceled attacks. Simpson gives Grant due credit for his strengths...
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A passion for horses.(Ulysses S. Grant's passion)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Then came young Ulysses Grant's turn. The pony bucked and kicked, but Ulysses held tightly. Not even...Throughout his life, Ulysses had a passion for horses...successful tannery, when Ulysses was a toddler, he would...Ulysses and his middle was Simpson, after his mother...
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Humanist profile: Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).(Biography)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 3/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...the other." --President Ulysses S. Grant, addressing the Army of...Iowa, September 25, 1875 Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822...mother's maiden name was Simpson and mistakenly recorded Hiram...
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What if? Hiram Ulysses Grant gets a new name
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/19/2009; ; 643 words
; ...president, Ulysses S. Grant, who died this...What if, when Ulysses S. Grant arrived...mistakenly thought Grant's middle initial was "S" - short for Simpson, his mother's...that is how Hiram Ulysses became Ulysses S., what possible...
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Perspective: Ulysses was the hero of a European Odyssey.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...the land. His name was Ulysses Simpson Grant. Grant led the Union...thus on September 30 1877 Ulysses Grant arrived in Leamington. General Grant stayed two nights at the...As far as I can see, Grants speeches at the time were...
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Grant, Ulysses S.(Review) (book review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 1/1/2001; ; 377 words
; Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865. Brooks D. Simpson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin...focus of the book is on Grant's strategy and tactics...issues of the conflict. Simpson. . . is at his most effective...
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Ulysses S Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865
Magazine article from: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity...1865. By Brooks D. Simpson. Boston: Houghton...obscurity to fame, Ulysses S. Grant has retained...American War, Grant failed to impress...volunteer colonels. Simpson quotes an aide to...
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GRANT'S TOMB COULD BE NO MORE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 10/21/1994; 700+ words
; ...of Civil War hero Ulysses Simpson Grant say that if the...For many years, Grant's Tomb in upper...had been joined. Grant family members joined...proper care of the Grants, Illinois would...hit the skids. Ulysses Grant Dietz, the...
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Ham with your eggs: U.S. Grant in Galena
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/25/1990; ; 700+ words
; GALENA, Ill. General Ulysses Simpson Grant stood in front of the DeSoto House...photograph taken by Matthew Brady, Grant wasn't the least bit shy...guests are having breakfast with Ulysses Grant." Specifically The "Breakfast...
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Ulysses Simpson Grant
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ulysses Simpson Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), having led the Northern armies to...president of the United States. As a general in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant possessed the right qualities for prosecuting offensive...
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Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON Ulysses Simpson Grant, originally known as Hiram Ulysses Grant, was a U.S. general, the commander of the Union army during the last part of the Civil War, and the president of the United States from 1869 to 1877...
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Kay, Ulysses 1917–1995
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Ulysses Kay 1917–1995...academic musical composition, Ulysses Kay wrote over 135 pieces...composers such as William Grant Still and George Gershwin...blackness or whatever. Ulysses Simpson Kay was born in Tucson...
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Grant, Ulysses S.
Encyclopedia entry from: Presidents: A Reference History
...Y. Simon ULYSSES S. GRANT did not need or want...Citizens of Gale-na gave Grant a handsomely furnished...and for a time the Grants lived in Philadelphia...of the army required Grant's presence in Washington...of Bethel, Ohio. (Ulysses was raised in Georgetown...that his middle name ...
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Mullett, Alfred Bult
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Renaissance manner derived from the Second Empire style of France (known in the USA as the General Grant style because it coincided with Ulysses Simpson Grant's (1822–95) term as President (1868–77)). He was in private...
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