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scalawags
scalawags , derogatory term used in the South after the Civil War to describe native white Southerners who joined the Republican party and aided in carrying out the congressional Reconstruction program. A Republican who came from the north was called a carpetbagger . ... Read more
Balls Bluff
Balls Bluff hill on the south bank of the Potomac River, near Leesburg, Va. In the Civil War, Union troops who had crossed the river were severely repulsed there on Oct. 21, 1861. Dissatisfaction with that defeat and with the general inactivity of the Union armies led to the organization of a joint... Read more
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland case decided in 1819 by the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress-chartered corporation, and more generally with the dispersion of power between state and federal governments. After the First Bank of the United States (1791) had fold... Read more
John Eaton
John Eaton 1829-1906, American educator, b. Sutton, N.H., grad. Dartmouth, 1854. After serving as a school principal in Cleveland, Ohio, and as superintendent of schools in Toledo, he enrolled at Andover Theological Seminary in 1859. During the Civil War, he served as a chaplain in the Union army a... Read more
Nancy Patricia Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi , 1940-, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-), b. Baltimore as Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro. The daughter of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr., who served as Baltimore's mayor and a congressman, she moved to California, where she became active in the ... Read more
Republican party
Republican party American political party. Origins and Early Years The name was first used by Thomas Jefferson's party, later called the Democratic Republican party or, simply, the Democratic party . The name reappeared in the 1850s, when the present-day Republican party was founded. At ... Read more
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson 1808-75, 17th President of the United States (1865-69), b. Raleigh, N.C. Early Life His father died when Johnson was 3, and at 14 he was apprenticed to a tailor. In 1826 the family moved to E Tennessee, and Andrew soon had his own tailor shop at Greeneville. A man of no for... Read more
Iran-contra affair
Iran-contra affair in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan . The first was ... Read more
District of Columbia
District of Columbia federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). The District was established by congressio... Read more
Benjamin Franklin Wade
Benjamin Franklin Wade 1800-1878, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1851-69), b. near Springfield, Mass. He moved (1821) to Ohio and studied law. He was successively prosecuting attorney of Ashtabula co., state senator, and presiding judge of the third judicial district in Ohio before becoming a Whig Senator... Read more

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LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/19/2006; 700+ words ; ...What's with the dressed dogs? In just about every store...people toting around little dogs in their arms. Most of the time, it seems that these dogs are better dressed than...moment - carrying little dogs around in your arms as if...'s here. When I was a kid, dogs were not wearing ... Read more
Allergies galore!
Magazine article from: Camping Magazine; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...911 In the summer of 2001, Congressional Camp found itself hip deep...summer. Would allergic kids let us know if they felt bad or...nurse was consulted and laid out some things for us to think...lunch, the counselors pulled out the previously set aside jelly...instance, who knew that hot ... Read more
Congress to keep close eye on reprocessing.
Magazine article from: Healthcare Purchasing News; 11/1/2000; ; 582 words ; ...will draw greatest scrutiny The dogs may have stopped barking, but...members of Congress are putting out about the Food and Drug Administration...pre-market submissions lags, a congressional hearing might be scheduled...is OK, Karpinski said. It's 'Let's see if problems develop, what... Read more
Dire Situation.(David Petraeus on Iraq's military surge)
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy; 1/29/2007; 700+ words ; ...Iraqi security forces stamp out sectarian violence was having...Services Committee amid growing congressional opposition to the surge...the clock has already run out . Appearing more confident...McCain and Lindsey Graham that congressional resolutions of opposition...Aren't you aware that the ... Read more
Immensely Exciting Times.(trends in pro-life movement)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: National Right to Life News; 4/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...and take a quick look out over the horizon. In...weeks ago 55 Catholic congressional Democrats, most of whom...abortion is important, but let's not go crazy. This...secularists have lots more dogs in their households than...segment of society ) love dogs, too, but have a lot... Read more
Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Senator Wayne Allard and Governor Bill Owens in Denver, Colorado.(George W. Bush)(Transcript)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 8/20/2001; 700+ words ; ...she's worrying about the two dogs and the cat on our ranch in...laughter]--it's good to get out of Washington. [Laughter] I...it's also important to get out and see the people, too. It...to thank the Members of the Congressional delegation who are here, as...they don't mean it. They go out ... Read more
Post fails to cover Jim Hightower's large St. Louis crowd.
Magazine article from: St. Louis Journalism Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...His most recent works are Let's Stop Beating Around the...volumes are Eat Your Heart Out, Hard Tomatoes, Hard Times...heads every year, keeping him out on the hustings and in a position...victory and Lampson would be out of the Republicans' hair...like Stetsons ). He lashed out at a ... Read more
The stupidity of free-market chic ... in the stock market.
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 11/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Eppenstein, noted dryly in a congressional hearing, when five congressmen...alternative to a long, drawn-out court trial, but not the way...the files of customers wiped out through options trading or...net worth and income figures let brokers churn and burn in...rocket scientist to figure ... Read more
Remarks on the Airline Safety Initiative and an exchange with reporters. (installation of fire detectors on airplanes)(Bill Clinton speech)(Transcript)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 12/16/1996; 700+ words ; ...inspection, and more bomb-sniffing dogs. I said in October that we cannot...our skies safer. And again, let me say I congratulate especially...Yesterday the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Representative...suppression as well, to put out fires when you're at 10,000... Read more
The Sincere Demagogue.(Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley)(Column)
Magazine article from: National Review; 5/31/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...message for you pale types out there: He knows better about...churches, and Bull Connor's dogs continue to bark. Facts, says...moral superiority. One veteran congressional analyst, not at all unsympathetic...friendship with a black woman. (Let it not be said that Al Gore...a glorious racial ... Read more