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Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop , 1910-89, and Alsop, Stewart, 1914-74, American political journalists, b. Avon, Conn. Joseph joined (1932) the New York Herald Tribune as a staff reporter and moved (1936) to its Washington, D.C., bureau. His Washington political column, written (1937-40) with Robert E. Kintner... Read more |
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spinal column
spinal column bony column forming the main structural support of the skeleton of humans and other vertebrates, also known as the vertebral column or backbone. It consists of segments known as vertebrae linked by intervertebral disks and held together by ligaments. In human beings, the spinal... Read more |
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt) , 1884-1962, American humanitarian, b. New York City. The daughter of Elliott Roosevelt and niece of Theodore Roosevelt , she was an active worker in social causes before she married (1905) Franklin Delano Roosevelt , a distant cousin. She retained... Read more |
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Drew Pearson
Drew Pearson 1897-1969, American journalist and radio commentator, b. Evanston, Ill. He traveled around the world as a correspondent before joining the Baltimore Sun in 1926. Pearson gained national prominence with his syndicated column, "Washington Merry-Go-Round," which he began with Robert... Read more |
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Dorothy (Rothschild) Parker
Dorothy Rothschild Parker Dorothy Rothschild Parker (1893-1967), American humorist, was known for her biting prose and verse satires. Numerous critics expressed admiration for her unique talent. Born in New Jersey to Scottish-Jewish parents, Dorothy Parker attended Miss Dana's School there... Read more |
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mechanized warfare
mechanized warfare employment of modern mobile attack and defense tactics that depend upon machines, more particularly upon vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Central to the waging of mechanized warfare are the tank and armored vehicle, with support and supply from motorized columns... Read more |
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vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more |
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Mazarin Bible
Mazarin Bible , considered to be the first important work printed by Gutenberg and the earliest book printed from movable types. The Bible, printed at Mainz, probably required several years of work; it was completed not later than 1455 and printed in an edition of about 180 copies. The text of the... Read more |
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Heywood Campbell Broun
Heywood Campbell Broun , 1888-1939, American newspaper columnist and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He worked on the New York Tribune (1912-21) and the New York World (1921-28), where his syndicated column, "It Seems to Me," began. In 1928 he transferred it to the Scripps-Howard newspapers,... Read more |
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Minority report. (a visit to the National Test Facility of the Strategic...
...Facility of the Strategic Defense Initiative in the entourage...sounding position as head of...Council to press for ever...relaxation in Soviet-American relations...occurring in the Soviet ... |
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U.S. ARMS-CONTROL EXPERTS ARRIVE IN MOSCOW.(Main)
...group of American arms-control...Assistant Defense Secretary...meetings between Soviet Foreign Minister...comment for the press. The talks...a Soviet initiative made in Geneva...11. The Soviets ... |
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Confession and Recriminations;U.S. Arms Experts Trade Barbs After Soviets...
...secretary of defense and protege...that the Soviet announcement...styled American authorities...newspaper column, Gaffney...the Soviet position on Krasnoyarsk...Federation of American Scientists...States ... |
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COLUMN: Dangerous games ahead
...the old defense doctrine...anywhere, in defense of what it...virulent Soviet Union, the...are losing positions left and...the UN.In American Forces Press Service...build missile defenses to counter...the ... |
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`No, I haven't softened up,' Reagan insists
...the past, Soviet leaders have...dismantle all Soviet and American medium...the Soviets) walked...wanted SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) done away...Asked whether Soviet leader ... |
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Ho hum! The bishops refuse to endorse `star wars'
...speaking for the American church...Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Even so...only if "defense spending...percent of the defense budget...a Dukakis position paper drafted...America from ... |
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Don't expand NATO. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)(Column)
...policy: an initiative that promises...could damage American and Western...must fill a strategic vacuum between...and the two Strategic Arms Reduction...principle of "defense dominance...embolden the Soviet Union to ... |
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