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Japanese American Incarceration
Incarceration, Japanese American ARREST OF COMMUNITY LEADERS MASS REMOVAL OF U.S. CITIZENS DISPERSAL TO DETENTION SITES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES SOME LEAVE CAMPS: “DISLOYALS Read more |
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Andries Pretorius
Andries Pretorius Andries Pretorius (1798-1853) was a South African political leader and general and till his death the most prominent and colorful Afrikaner figure. In November 1838 the Voortrekker leader Pieter Retief and his companions were murdered at the village of the Zulu chief... Read more |
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Battle of Tempsford
Tempsford, battle of, c.918. Edward the Elder and his sister Æthelfleda, lady of the Mercians, launched a sustained counter-attack upon Danish-held territory. In c.918 he stormed a large Danish camp at Tempsford, east of Bedford, killing the leader Guthrum II. Danish resistance in East Anglia... Read more |
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Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse d. 1877, war chief of the Oglala Sioux . He was a prominent leader in the Sioux resistance to white encroachment in the mineral-rich Black Hills . When Crazy Horse and his people refused to go on a reservation, troops attacked (Mar. 17, 1876) their camp on Powder River. Crazy Horse... Read more |
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Arthur Seyss-Inquart , 1892-1946, Austrian National Socialist leader. In Feb., 1938, Chancellor Schuschnigg of Austria was forced by German pressure to appoint him minister of the interior. Seyss-Inquart became chancellor a few hours before German troops entered (Mar. 11) Austria. The Anschluss ... Read more |
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Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin , 1913-92, Zionist leader and Israeli prime minister (1977-83), b. Russia. He became (1938) leader of a Zionist youth movement in Poland, where he also earned a law degree. Begin went to Palestine in 1942; there, he headed the Irgun, a militant organization that fought against the... Read more |
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Barak
Barak , in the Bible, leader from N Canaan who fought, with Deborah , against Jabin and Sisera.... Read more |
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Shebuel
Shebuel or Shubael , in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Moses. 2 Leader of temple singers.... Read more |
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Batu Khan
Batu Khan , d. 1255, Mongol leader; a grandson of Jenghiz Khan. In 1235 Batu became commander of the Mongol army assigned to the conquest of Europe; his chief general was Subutai. Batu crossed the Volga, sending part of his force to Bulgaria but most of it to Russia. By 1240 he had Moscow and Kiev... Read more |
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Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White , 1904-71, American photo-journalist, b. New York City. One of the original staff photographers at Fortune, Life, and Time magazines, Bourke-White was noted for her coverage of World War II, particularly of the invasion of Russia and the liberation of Italy and of German... Read more |
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follower
follower • noun 1. the gang leader and his followerssynonyms: companion, escort, attendant, henchman, minion, lackey...Yankeessynonyms: supporter, enthusiast, fan, admirer, devotee; inf. groupie, camp follower, rooter. |
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SUSPECTED BOOT CAMP LEADER'S TRIAL BEGINS; FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN KARO...
...suspected street gang leader Karo Brown goes to trial...prosecution of the Boot Camp gang in Syracuse may...he was Boot Camp's leader who gave marching orders...criticism from some community leaders and the defendants...another suspected Boot Camp leader, Charles Myles, ... |
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A camp leader in training
...generation of Jewish summer camp leaders and will allow one graduate...to the counselor level. "Camp always had a special place...Her skills as an independent leader were learned at camp as were her leadership training...after having spent summers at camp. "It is part of who I ... |
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CAMP LEADER; FORMER SUMMER CAMPER BRANDON MOREY RETURNS TO LEAD ENVIRONMENT...
...long-held desire to run a camp. "Running a summer camp is the kind of job that...Morey attended summer camps as a camper and Scout leader for a total of 10 years...was 8. "I love the whole camp feel," Morey said. Morey... |
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Zairian Rebels May Attack Refugee Camp; Leader Urges Foreign Intervention
The leader of Zaire's Tutsi rebels...presumably from within the camp -- over the weekend, killing...conflict is the Mugunga refugee camp, about 10 miles west of Goma. The camp is home to at least 500,000...About 700,000 Hutus settled in camps around this border town. In... |
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TOP GANG MEMBER ON TRIAL; WITNESS: SUSPECTED BOOT CAMP LEADER'S STATUS ROSE...
...at one of many photos of Boot Camp activity entered into evidence...in the trial of alleged gang leader Karo Brown. Most of the photos...down by other gangs. The Boot Camp members also flash the gang...shooter pose may have fit no Boot Camp member better than Brown, according... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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UN court charges Bosnia camp leader Indictment alleges murder, torture of...
...yesterday formally accused the leader of a Bosnian Serb detention...the Bosnian Serb detainment camp at Susica, a town in northwest...Neither the Bosnian Serbs nor the leaders of Serbia have acknowledged...be Dusan Tadic, a detention camp commander who was arrested...reach as high as Bosnian Serb ... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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TERRORISM CAMP LEADER TURNED OVER TO U.S.
...Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. Also on Saturday...that former Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has escaped...stay there." The Taliban leader has longtime support in the...indications" the Taliban leader was in that area. President...special forces hunting terrorist ... |
 "New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)")
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Camp leader preyed on boys for 14 years.
...respectability the former camp leader and ambulance officer may...his work as a Boys' Brigade leader in Auckland and later as organiser of a camp called Exercise Novice Warrior...sleep next to the boys on camps, and take them on road trips... |
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Ex-Church Camp Leader Faces Porn Charges
...COLUMBIA, Ill. - A former church camp leader was arrested on child pornography...after working at a Baptist summer camp in 2005, Columbia Police Chief Joe...allegations had attended the summer camp where Niles was a volunteer team leader... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Science camp leader recovering after Va. shooting
A longtime leader of West Virginia's National Youth Science Camp remains in serious condition in...56, first came to the mountain camp as an outstanding high school...created. He has returned to the camp every summer since then, as a... |
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