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Emma Willard
Emma Willard 1787-1870, American educator, pioneer in woman's education, b. Emma Hart in Berlin, Conn. She attended and later taught in the local academy and in 1807 took charge of the Female Academy at Middlebury, Vt. Two years later she married Dr. John Willard. In 1814 she opened a school in her... Read more
industrial policy
industrial policy government-sponsored economic program in which the public and private sectors coordinate their efforts to develop new technologies and industries. Government provides the financial support and capital to the private sector by direct subsidies, tax credits, or government-run develo... Read more
Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo 2,625 ft (800 m) high, N Jordan. In the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from there before his death. ... Read more
Good Thief
Good Thief or Penitent Thief, in the New Testament, the malefactor crucified with Jesus who did not revile Him; Jesus promised him Paradise that day. In the Roman martyrology his feast is Mar. 25. His name in tradition is Dismas or Desmas, that of the other thief Gesmas. ... Read more
Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett 1943-87, American dancer and choreographer, b. Buffalo, N.Y. He appeared in West Side Story and Subways Are for Sleeping. During the 1970s, he was one of the most successful directors and choreographers of Broadway musicals. His credits include Promises, Promises (1968), Coco... Read more
Munich Pact
Munich Pact 1938. In the summer of 1938, Chancellor Hitler of Germany began openly to support the demands of Germans living in the Sudetenland (see Sudetes ) of Czechoslovakia for an improved status. In September, Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudetenland. Disorders broke out in Cze... Read more
Zionism
Zionism modern political movement for reconstituting a Jewish national state in Palestine. Early Years The rise of the Zionist movement in the late 19th cent. was influenced by nationalist currents in Europe, as well as by the secularization of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, which led man... Read more
Lothair II
Lothair II also called Lothair III, 1075-1137, Holy Roman emperor (1133-37) and German king (1125-37); successor of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. His predecessor invested him with the duchy of Saxony in 1106, but after 1112 Lothair, in several rebellions, successfully championed local independenc... Read more
Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud , 1854-91, French poet who had a great influence on the symbolists and subsequent modern poets, b. Charleville. A defiant and precocious youth, Rimbaud at 16 sent some poems to Verlaine , who liked his work and invited him to Paris. In 1872-73 the two poets lived together in London... Read more
Tuareg
Tuareg or Touareg , Berbers of the Sahara, numbering c.2 million. They have preserved their ancient alphabet, which is related to that used by ancient Libyans. The Tuaregs traditionally maintained a feudal system consisting of a small number of noble families, a large majority of vassals, and ... Read more

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Wilsonian Missionary Diplomacy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy ...both fundamentally missionaries of democracy, driven by inner compulsions to give other peoples the blessings of democracy and inspired by the confidence that...interests had to be destroyed at home and their influence in foreign policy...high ethical and moral standards. Democracy, Wilson ... Read more
Wilson, James
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...Yet ultimately he failed to realize the promise of his talents and achievements; his...with the leading conservatives in his home state, he was an inveterate critic both...fell short of fulfilling his earlier promise. His few written opinions were brief...of national government and of popular ... Read more
Armenia
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...Christian state. Certainly, Armenia is home to one of the world's oldest and most...Armenia is working hard to fulfill the promise of democracy and a market economy. The 1999 Parliamentary...museums. With about a million people it is home to roughly a third of the country's entire... Read more
Catherine Helen Spence
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of her lifetime she opened her home to three separate families of...permeated her writing. Hare's promise of pure democracy became a foundation of Spence...pamphlet, entitled A Plea for Pure Democracy, touted the Hare system of proportional... Read more
Luther v. Borden
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...political anomaly in the period of Jacksonian democracy. The so‐called Dorr Rebellion was...covertly encouraged by President John Tyler's promise of federal military aid should violence...who had entered and searched Luther's home under authority of martial law. For Borden... Read more
Lyndon B. Johnson: Voting Rights Act Address
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. I urge every member of both parties...me death." … Those words are a promise to every citizen that he shall share in...by their National Government in their home communities — who want to and who... Read more
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...December 1935, Betancourt returned home. Founding and editing the left wing...face the current government in the promised upcoming elections. Once again Betancourt...When the president reneged on his promise to allow open elections to determine...however. Because of the radical changes promised in ... Read more

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Fascism, American
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...followers with a mixture of mild nationalism and a promise to "share our wealth." Father Charles Coughlin, a flamboyant...war and warned that intervention abroad would destroy democracy at home. To these standard noninterventionist arguments they... Read more
Gold Rush, California
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...average of 30,000 prospectors returned home each year. Although 80 percent of the...of their rapidly expanding country's promise of economic democracy. Just nine days after Marshall's discovery...had characterized the region. While the promise of easy riches drew many migrants, the... Read more

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Patriotism, democracy, and common sense: restoring America's promise at home and abroad. (reprint, 2004).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2006; 107 words ; 0742542173 Patriotism, democracy, and common sense; restoring America's promise at home and abroad. (reprint, 2004) Ed. by Alan Curtis. Rowman & Littlefield 2005 478 pages $21.95 Paperback JZ1480 Curtis, president and...Foundation, brings together politicians, academics, policy analysts, and journalists to ... Read more
The democracy killers: Pakistan's elites have perverted the country's politics, argues Aasim Sajjad Akhtar. It's time to look for home-grown solutions. (Essay).(Column)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Musharraf made a heap of populist promises. But sadly, till now, these promises have proven to be nothing more...widespread practice of electoral democracy, there is considerable disillusion...other words, 'liberal' market democracy has become the coveted political...after all. Who needs electoral ... Read more
The US: freedom begins at home: if America is to advance the cause of democracy worldwide, she will have to work harder at applying democratic values universally.(Essay)
Magazine article from: For A Change; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...at the National Endowment for Democracy on 6 November, 2003. He described...calling of our time'. The march of democracy, he said, had been advanced at...Anticipating the now controversial Democracy Initiative for the Middle East...in support of a bid to expand democracy in the region. To date, ... Read more
Meeting new challenges at home and abroad: liberal education's new premium.(Liberal Education & America's Promise)
Magazine article from: Liberal Education; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...re on the right track with Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) but, from my perspective as a top official in Wisconsin...for necessary change. * Finally, it builds on the strength of democracy and, with its implicit demand for unprecedented partnerships... Read more
Democracy's promise and the politics of worldliness: implications for public intellectuals.
Magazine article from: Afterimage; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; In the United States, a war is not only being waged abroad, but also at home. Young people increasingly find themselves out of work, warehoused in substandard schools, or under the jurisdiction of the criminal... Read more
Voters stay away but Frelimo romps home: apathy characterised the presidential and legislative elections in Mozambique. These are sure signs, says Tom Nevin, that the public is losing confidence in the ability of the ruling party, Frelimo, to deliver on its promises.
Magazine article from: African Business; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...with what they regard as meaningless promises of change that they decided it didn't...They seemed to be questioning whether democracy can make a difference. People will vote...mean to them. A decade of multi-party democracy and 18 years in total under outgoing... Read more
To reform church, embrace democracy.(James Carroll address)(Cover Story)(Transcript)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 11/15/2002; 700+ words ; ...address, Enhancing Democracy: the Key to Religious...Catholic Church: The Promise of Reform. In the last...all of us who find a home in this community...authentic commitment to democracy, and a Catholic devotion...idea of consitutional democracy, which, since 1989...idea of constitutional ... Read more
Credit Bush's rhetoric, not his actions.(Middle East Democracy: Who gets the credit? What are the lessons?)(George W. Bush)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...historically bereft of democracy and clotted with autocrats and despots, the promise of a better life is...Freedom. Democrats at home were more circumspect...the cause of liberal democracy surely must be it...to the schedule. Pro-democracy movements were underway...the world. Promoting ... Read more
Making democracy work: in this age of apathy, archaic voting laws, and widespread disenfrachisement, can our Republic ever function as envisioned 225 years ago by the Founding Fathers?(American Thought)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; IN A DEMOCRACY, history is the people's responsibility...length during the conference, Making Democracy Work, at the National Constitution...electorate, as well as help fulfill the promise of democracy which the Founding Fathers wrote...eloquently some 225 years ago. So, how can democracy be ... Read more
Trooping to Bosnia: an ode to virtual democracy. (Pres. Clinton's consultation with Congress on deploying troops to Bosnia was largely symbolic)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...totally supplanted reality, promise is everything, performance...War, pretended to enjoy democracy. What Clinton did with...daughters were to start coming home in body bags while he...popular sovereignty, the democracy we so self-righteously... Read more