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ASSISTANT ASSISTANT. According to the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company (1629), the company would be managed by a general court comprised of an elected governor and eighteen elected assistants, later known as magistrates. But the smaller Court of Assistants (six assistants and the... Read more |
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Roger Morris
Morris, Roger (1695–1749). London-born architect, an important figure in the history of Palladianism, the Gothic Revival, and Castle style. A kinsman of Robert Morris, he was associated with Colen Campbell and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, functioning as the last's amanuensis and... Read more |
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Medical Assistant
Medical Assistant A medical assistant is a health care professional who provides administrative or clinical assistance to a doctor. Duties of the administrative medical assistant include general office responsibilities, such as answering the phone and making appointments, ... Read more |
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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), established 1965 to coordinate and administer programs that provide assistance for housing and community development. The department assists in finding solutions to the problems of housing and urban development through state, local,... Read more |
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy
Eugene Joseph McCarthy 1916-2005, U.S. political leader, b. Watkins, Minn. He served (1942-46) as a technical assistant for military intelligence during World War II and then taught (1946-49) at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. As a liberal Democratic member of the U.S. House of... Read more |
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Robert Clifton Weaver
Robert Clifton Weaver 1907-, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1966-68), b. Washington, D.C. He was successively adviser to the Secretary of the Interior (1933-37), special assistant with the Housing Authority (1937-40), and an administrative assistant with the National Defense... Read more |
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Industry regulations
ASSISTED LIVING Assisted living has emerged as a significant option for older adults seeking long-term care services. Yet a standard, national definition of assisted living has proven elusive. It is defined, in part, by companies and owners through their marketing efforts. It is also defined by... Read more |
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Welfare state
Welfare State WELFARE REGIMES HISTORICAL ORIGINS PUBLIC-PRIVATE MIX THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT SOURCE OF FUNDING WELFARE STATE CRITIQUE AND REFORM TRENDS IN THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHY The welfare state is a set of government programs aimed at ensuring citizens’... Read more |
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Nixon, United States v.
...emerged that the burglars had CIA and White House connections. The legal (and illegal...special prosecutor's office with a promise of independence. Archibald Cox...with this knowledge along with White House appointment records, the special... |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.
...win the New York governorship in 1928 and attain the White House in 1932. Espousing isolationist views during his first two terms, FDR gave priority to New Deal reforms...Soviets $11 billion in Lend‐Lease supplies, made promises for an early second front, and used personal ... |
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King of Irelands Son
...as the raven's, skin as white as snow, and cheeks as red...his nose to keep from blowing houses down; (e) a mighty stone...King's Son makes good his promise. The second night the princess...green man helps him keep his promise. But on the third night the... |
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Yeltsin, Boris Nikolaevich
...promoter of new housing as chief of house construction in the party regional...his troops to storm the obstinate White House, which had been the scene of his...of a credible challenger. Through promises such as the abolition of conscription... |
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Mongán
...Manannán in Tír Tairngire [the Land of Promise], where he gains esoteric knowledge and develops...and his wife find refuge in a beautiful house with a bronze roof, attended by seven men with seven vats...Pursuit/Rescue of Dubh Lacha of the White Arms], we once again see a ... |
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Republican Party
...Truman in 1948. It regained the White House only through the massive, non-partisan popularity...taxation (contrary to his earlier promises), the Republicans lost the 1992 presidential...Senate and increased its lead in the House of Representatives. This left ... |
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White promises more changes.(News)
...service at the end of the day. White, speaking to about 75 supporters including Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, touted...spots. Madigan stressed that White inherited an office riddled...making campaign donations to White. White won ... |
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White House promises to publicize details of Iraq killing probe
White House promises to publicize details of Iraq killing probe WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Tuesday promised to publicize...civilians by U.S. Marines last November. White House spokesman ... |
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WHITE HOUSE PROMISES WAGE VETO COMPROMISE BILL STILL UNACCEPTABLE
...PRINTED VERSION.The White House said Wednesday...and voting in both the House and the Senate. Senate...would hold to his earlier promise to veto the bill...major elements of the House and Senate bills were...could reach the ... |
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WHITE HOUSE PROMISES TO VETO ABORTION-LIMITS LAW
...Clinton will carry out his promise to veto a bill banning...term abortions, the White House said today. The measure...approval Wednesday night on a House vote of 286-129, a...Clinton's veto threat, White House press ... |
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WHITE HOUSE PROMISES VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF CLINTON
...morning. LISA MCREE: Coming up, White House lawyers go before the Judiciary...talk this morning with the former White House counsels for Presidents...KARLA DAVIS: (voice-over) The White House promises a ... |
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NBC hangs tough on ratings: network sees no public outcry, but White House...
Network sees no public outcry, but White House promises 'moral pressure' Despite pressure from the White House, Congress and advocacy groups, NBC says it has no plans to adopt the new TV ratings... |
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New dispute: What did White House promise?
WASHINGTON -- Promises, promises. House members explaining to...cried foul. From the White House point of view...supposedly doled out by the White House in exchange for...for NAFTA. A senior ... |
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Breaking it down in Black and White: Power, promise of race still part of our...
...Republicans have won the White vote ineach of the nine...isclearly correlated to Whites' hostility to civil...attractingmillions of White voters in the party fold...of that outreach isthe White House office of faith-based...Black clergy ... |
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THOMPSON CALLS FOR ACTION ON WHITE HOUSE PROMISE TO CORRECT AFFRONT TO STATE...
...4944 THOMPSON CALLS FOR ACTION ON WHITE HOUSE PROMISE TO CORRECT AFFRONT TO STATE AND...his Federalism Order. Despite White House opposition, the Senate unanimously...repeal the Order. Today, the white House ... |
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WHITE HOUSE PROMISES "FRESH" NEW JOBS PROPOSALS, THEN PUSHES MORE FAILED...
...released by the Speaker of the House John Boehner: SHOT: "The...in February 2009 - with the promise that it would keep unemployment...in yesterday's USA Today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH...have failed to deliver on the promise of more jobs and economic ... |
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