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Aaron Henry
Aaron Henry 1922–1997 NAACP leader, civil rights leader, politician Joined NAACP Won Mock Election Participated in 1964 Democratic Convention Sources A fiery, outspoken civil rights leader, Aaron Henry was also a moderate who sought to heal the wounds that divided blacks and... Read more |
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National Republican party
National Republican party in U.S. history, a short-lived political party opposed to Andrew Jackson . In the election of 1828, which Jackson won overwhelmingly, some of the supporters of his opponent, President John Quincy Adams, called themselves National Republicans. It was under this name that,... Read more |
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NCAA
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCAA) began following a meeting of college presidents on 9 December 1905, called by the New York University chancellor Henry M. McCracken to alleviate the dangers of intercollegiate football. The presidents... Read more |
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Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry former U.S. military post in Baltimore harbor; built 1794-1805. In the War of 1812 it was bombarded (Sept. 13-14, 1814) by a British fleet under Sir Alexander Cochrane, but the fort, commanded by Maj. George Armistead, resisted the attack. Its defense inspired Francis Scott Key to... Read more |
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Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (born 1923) was secretary of state during the second Nixon administration and the Ford administration, chief of the National Security Council (1969-1973), professor at Harvard University (1952-1969), and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (with Le Duc... Read more |
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Lillian D Wald
Lillian D. Wald , 1867-1940, American social worker and pioneer in public health nursing. In 1893 she organized a visiting nurse service, which became the nucleus of the noted Henry Street Settlement in New York City. The U.S. Children's Bureau (founded 1912) was suggested by her, as were other... Read more |
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1902-85, American public official and diplomat, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1937-44, 1947-53), b. Nahant, Mass.; grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge. He was a journalist on the Boston Evening Transcript and then on the New York Herald Tribune until 1931 and a member of... Read more |
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Howard Henry Baker Jr
Howard Henry Baker, Jr. 1925-, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn. As a moderate Republican senator (1966-87) from Tennessee, he gained (1973) national attention as a member of the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair . He became (1977) Senate minority leader... Read more |
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Henry Dunster
Henry Dunster c.1612-1659, first president of Harvard, b. Lancashire, England, educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge (M.A., 1634). He emigrated to New England in 1640 and was almost at once (Aug. 27, 1640) appointed president of the new college. He formulated its rules and patterned its... Read more |
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Henry Wallace
Henry Wallace 1836-1916, American agricultural leader, b. West Newton, Pa., grad. Jefferson (later Washington and Jefferson) College, 1859. He studied (1861-63) theology and went (1863) to Iowa as a home missionary of the United Presbyterian Church. He later turned to farming, pioneering in several... Read more |
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Sedition Act of 1798
...notably those of Matthew Lyon, Thomas Cooper, and James...United States v. Matthew Lyon, 1798), and although...jury that they must find Lyon guilty of having made his seditiously...did not). Cooper was found guilty and ... |
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Good Parliament
...merchant much involved in government finance, Richard Lyons; the king's mistress Alice Perrers; the steward of...their work in the following year. Those who had been found guilty received royal pardons, and Peter de la Mare was imprisoned... |
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Barbie, Klaus
...Hauptsturmführer (captain) who as the head of the Gestapo in Lyons from November 1942 to August 1944, tortured and murdered...reach Bolivia. He was extradited to France in 1983, found guilty of war crimes, and sentenced to life imprisonment in... |
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Lyon, Matthew
Lyon, Matthew (1749–1822) Continental...throwing the vote into the House, Lyon cast the deciding ballot for Jefferson. Lyon was elected to his second term...serving time in jail. He had been found guilty under the Sedition Act of 1798... |
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Rev. Henry Lyons Found Guilty Of Racketeering, Grand Theft.(leader of...
The Rev. Henry Lyons, embattled leader...Convention USA, was found guilty of swindling millions...Lyons also was found guilty of grand theft in...almost $3 million. Lyons and Edwards, prosecutors...told ... |
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RETRO REPORT; Butcher of Lyons found guilty and jailed for life.(Letters)
...known as the Butcher of Lyons for his brutal actions...the French city of Lyons, was convicted early...their deaths. He was found guilty on all counts and the court found no extenuating circumstances...ordinating committee of ... |
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RETRO REPORT-JULY, 1987:Butcher of Lyons found guilty.(News)
...known as the Butcher of Lyons for his brutal actions...the French city of Lyons, was convicted early...their deaths. He was found guilty on all counts and the court found no extenuating circumstances...ordinating committee of ... |
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RETRO REPORT; Butcher of Lyons found guilty.(Letters)
...pictured, known as the Butcher of Lyons for his brutal actions as Gestapo chief in the French city of Lyons, was convicted early today...members to their deaths. He was found guilty on all counts and the court found no extenuating ... |
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RL: Lyon found guilty
00-00-0000 RL: Lyon found guilty Parramatta centre JAMIE LYON has been suspended for one week by the National Rugby...miss next Monday's match against Souths after he was found guilty of a grade one dangerous throw charge. AAP ... |
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JUDY LYON HAMMACK PLEADS GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
...Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, JULY LYON HAMMACK, a 47-year-old resident of Kalispell, pled guilty to bank fraud. Sentencing is set for November...An audit commissioned by Nielsen Masonry found $157,318.20 in stolen funds. HAMMACK... |
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INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR MONTANA ON JULY 31: JUDY...
...Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, JULY LYON HAMMACK, a 47-year-old resident of Kalispell, pled guilty to bank fraud. Sentencing is set for November...An audit commissioned by Nielsen Masonry found $157,318.20 in stolen funds. HAMMACK... |
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RL: Lyon to plead not guilty
00-00-0000 RL: Lyon to plead not guilty SYDNEY, April 16 AAP - Parramatta centre Jamie Lyon will plead not guilty to a...judiciary tomorrow night. Lyon could be suspended for one week if found guilty of the ... |
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MINISTER'S WIFE ADMITS ARSON BAPTIST CHIEF LYONS 'PLEASED IT'S OVER'.(NEWS)
...wife of the Rev. Henry Lyons, leader of the nation...black church, pleaded guilty Monday to torching a...another woman. Deborah Lyons, a Cincinnati native...owned the house, she found a key, went to the house and found clothing belonging ... |
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QUARRY OWNER APOLOGIZES AT SENTENCING LYONS MAN TO SERVE TIME FOR HARBORING...
...down the main street of Lyons. But Denver U.S. District...Mountain Stone quarry near Lyons, pleaded guilty last year to harboring...s quarry in 1998 and found six undocumented workers...walk down the streets of Lyons or any other streets ... |
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