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Paul Lafargue
Lafargue, Paul 1842-1911 FAMILY BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVIST AND POLITICIAN WRITING CAREER BIBLIOGRAPHY Paul Lafargue was a Haitian-Cuban-French Marxist economist, activist, politician, and writer, who considered himself black and referred to... Read more |
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Thomas Say
SAY, THOMAS(b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27 July 1787; d. New Harmony, Indiana, 10 October 1834)entomology, conchology.One of the generation of self-taught naturalists, Say was an indifferent scholar in the Quaker boarding school he attended until the age of fifteen. His father, Benjamin Say, and... Read more |
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Jean Baptiste Say
Jean Baptiste Say , 1767-1832, French economist. In A Treatise on Political Economy (1803, tr. from the 4th ed. 1821) he effectively reorganized and popularized the theories of Adam Smith. Say also developed a noted theory of markets and the concept of the entrepreneur. Say's law of markets holds... Read more |
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Gospel of Thomas
Gospel of Thomas a collection of sayings, composed originally in Greek, attributed to the "living" (i.e., resurrected) Jesus. Some of the sayings were previously known from papyri discovered at Oxyrhynchus and published in the late 19th cent. The sayings are similar to those of Jesus in the... Read more |
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Abscam
ABSCAM Abdul Scam "Everybody was laughing at what was happening. It was like guys coming out of the bush, saying, 'Hey, give me some of the money/They'd pay one guy and the next day five guys would be calling them, guys they didn't even know. The tapes are hilarious." This was... Read more |
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Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee1924— Actress, civil rights activist, writer The actress and social activist Ruby Dee expressed her philosophy in I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America: "You just try to do everything that comes up. Get up an hour earlier, stay up an hour later, make the time. Then... Read more |
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Andy Goldsworthy
Goldsworthy, Andy (b Sale Moor, Cheshire, 25 July 1956). British sculptor and Land artist. He works mainly with found natural materials such as leaves, pebbles, twigs, and even snow and ice, typically using no tools other than objects that come easily to hand. Many of his sculptures are inherently... Read more |
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No
no no cross, no crown cross is here used punningly, as in crosses are ladders that lead to heaven; proverbial saying, early 17th century.no cure, no pay proverbial saying, late 19th century; expression used on Lloyd's of London's Standard Form of Salvage Agreement.no foot, no horse proverbial... Read more |
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Agrapha of Jesus
Agrapha of Jesus [gr.,=unwritten], sayings attributed to Jesus not found in the canonical Gospels, but found elsewhere in the New Testament, the Apocryphal Gospels, the early Fathers, and the Qur'an.... Read more |
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Study by anti-embargo group says U.S. farmers losing from sanctions on Cuba
...annually because of sanctions against this communist...Washington-based Cuba Policy Foundation...last part of his stay in America...policies toward Cuba are in the U...Foundation leaders say ending U.S...have traveled to ... |
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Cuba Sanctions Said Hurting US Farmers
...annually because of sanctions against this communist...Washington-based Cuba Policy Foundation...last part of his stay in America...policies toward Cuba are in the U...Foundation leaders say ending U.S...have traveled to ... |
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Bush administration torn on how to handle Cuba.
...salvo at the new Bush administration...president. If Cuba's not quite...as torn about Cuba. President Bush...harder line toward Cuba, including tougher sanctions against foreign...wherewithal to stay any ... |
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Should sanctions be eased? Recent statements by Bush and Powell may indicate...
...years, economic sanctions have been a major...issue for the new Bush administration...trying to help," says William Lane...40 years," he says. The roots of...going to war," says Anthony Lake...Clinton. Some say the shifting ... |
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Trade stays brisk as U.S., Cuba spar.(The Dallas Morning News)
...deals with Cuba. The Bush administration has taken a hard line on Cuba, seeking to cut off...U.S. officials say that is one way to...transition to democracy in Cuba. But farmers, rice...the United States to Cuba in October ... |
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Cuba says 'adios' to Yankee dollar
...stepped-up American sanctions. President Fidel...necessary evil to stay afloat after losing...halted to guarantee Cuba's economic independence.Cuba is "protecting...Soviet Union, when Cuba was a major client...economy as the ... |
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CUBA-U.S.: SOME U.S. POLITICIANS SEE LITTLE USE IN EMBARGO
...The economic sanctions against Cuba, "robs us in...s first sale to Cuba since 1992: 25...the short term. Cuba is able to carry...decision this month to stay out of the way of...protest what they say is President George W. ... |
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Clinton says he'll probably sign the bill allowing food sales to Cuba.(Knight...
...to Cuba, easing sanctions designed to isolate...restrictions on travel to Cuba. "If I believe...and medicine to Cuba, or to other countries...medicine not only to Cuba but to other countries...they wanted to stay here, it ... |
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American Students Launch Study of Cuba
...summer by the Bush administration...Americans to get to Cuba, and that the...program. They say the elongated...the lengthier stay also gives them...policy toward Cuba and witness harmful...Yet FeinBerg says he still ... |
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American students launch 10-week study of Cuba under new U.S. regulations
...President George W. Bush, require all...Americans to get to Cuba, and that the...island. But, they say, the lengthier stay also allows them...policy toward Cuba and witness harmful...Yet Feinberg says he strongly ... |
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