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AMERICAN "SLACKERS" IN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION: INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAN POLITICS IN THE MIDST OF A NATIONAL REVOLUTION
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In the spring of 1917, shortly after the United States entered World War I and adopted universal, male, military conscription, American war resisters and draft dodgers known at the time as "the slackers" began to arrive in Mexico.1 Senator Albert Bacon Fall claimed there were 30,000 slackers hiding out in Mexico, and slacker Linn A.E. Gale agreed with him.2 When American adventurer, reporter and writer Harry L. Foster passed through Mexico City in 1919, he noted that there were hundreds of Americans, many of them slackers, loitering in the city's parks and plazas.3 M.N. Roy, the Indian ...
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CAVE AND KARST INSTITUTE SETS GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...following news release: The National Cave and Karst Research Institute is one step closer to...the construction of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute to Greer Construction...low environmental-impact. Caves and karst landscapes contain some of the most fragile...
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A history of karst studies: from stone age to the present.(Living with & Teaching about Karst)(includes related articles on the National Council for Geographic Education and the Indiana Karst Conservancy Inc.)
Magazine article from: Focus
; ...understanding of caves Man was intrigued with karst, particularly cave development, long before the word "karst" came into use. In pre-historic times...first attempts to explore and understand karst and use these natural phenomena to enhance...
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Policy and practice in karst landscape protection: Bohol, the Philippines.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal
; ...MICHAEL J DAY (**) FIONA LYNAGH (*) The karst landscape in the interior of the Philippines...the world's premier kegelkarst (cone karst) environments. Government efforts to protect some of this karst, exemplified by the establishment of the...
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Adjusting hydrology models for karst geology.
Magazine article from: Public Works
; ...facilities can result in downstream flooding. Karst geology allows more infiltration and thus...predict. Webster's Dictionary defines karst as consisting of "irregular limestone...caverns." When assessing the hydrology in a karst region, the hydrology models or the results...
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Rep. Fortuño Introduces Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Puerto Rico, has introduced the Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act (H.R. 672), legislation...to protect the tropical forests of the Karst Region of the Commonwealth." The bill...of the legislation follows:Puerto Rico Karst Conservation ActH.R. 672To protect the...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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CITY HALL WATCHDOG; TERRY KARST CONSTANTLY CHALLENGES ONEIDA POLITICIANS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...treat repeat offenders fairly, and Terry Karst has plenty to say. "Does your mother...know you have been skipping your meds?" Karst considers himself a confrontational person...name Party for Change. None of them won. Karst expects to challenge the council incumbents...
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CANDIDATE IN ONEIDA FACES TWO DWI CHARGES; BRIAN E. KARST, RUNNING FOR ONEIDA COMMON COUNCIL, IS PULLED OVER TWICE IN 3 HOURS.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...DWI counts in the past month. Brian E. Karst, 34, of Broad Street, Oneida, was pulled...0.08, deputies said. Deputies said Karst was arrested and released to a third party...who made the first traffic stop, pulled Karst over again. Karst, driving the same car...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Outdoors: A rewarding visit to Karst country.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ...the landscapes that intrigued me was the Karst landscape of the vicinity of Yangshuo...America. Trying to find a connection between karst country and birds was very difficult...Well at least they were happy in the karst, a succession of small conical hills which...
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Teaching about karst using U.S. geological survey resources.(Living with & Teaching about Karst)
Magazine article from: Focus
; ...usgs.gov/esic/usimage/dealers.html. What is karst? Karst can be broadly defined as all land-forms that are produced...of rocks, mainly limestone and dolomite. Landforms in karst terrain include closed surface depressions called sinkholes...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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'Karst' enters dairy debate
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; What's this karst? A karst area is an area with land surface containing sinkholes, large springs...dairy farmer hopes to build two 5,000- cow operations is turning "karst" into a buzz word in Jo Daviess County. In general, karst refers...
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