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progressivism
progressivism in U.S. history, a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th cent. In the decades following the Civil War rapid industrialization transformed the United States. A national rail system was completed; agriculture was mechanized; the factory system spread;... Read more |
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Kohls Corp
Kohl's Corporation N56 W17000 Ridgewood DriveMenomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051-5660U.S.A.Telephone: (262) 703-7000Fax: (262) 703-6143Web site: http://www.kohls.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1988Employees: 95,000Sales: $11.7 billion (2004)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: KSSNAIC: 452112... Read more |
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promise
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Promised Land
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Paradise Lost
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Reward
REWARD A sum of money or other compensation offered to the public in general, or to a class of persons, for the performance of a special service. It is commonplace for the police to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an offender or for a pet owner to post... Read more |
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Zimmermann note
Zimmermann note secret telegram sent on Jan. 16, 1917, by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann to Count Johann von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States. In it Zimmermann said that in the event of war with the United States, Mexico should be asked to enter the war as a German... Read more |
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Diego de Almagro
Diego de Almagro , c.1475-1538, Spanish conquistador, a leader in the conquest of Peru. A partner of Francisco Pizarro , he took part in the first (1524) and second (1526-28) expeditions and in the bloody subjugation of the Incas after 1532. He aided (1534) Benalcázar in thwarting Pedro de... Read more |
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Pedro de Luna
Pedro de Luna , 1328?-1423?, Aragonese churchman, antipope (1394-1417) with the name Benedict XIII. He was a doctor of canon law and as cardinal (1375) became an outstanding member of the Curia Romana. He supported the election of Urban VI , but later switched his allegiance to Robert of Geneva ,... Read more |
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Offer
OFFER A promise that, according to its terms, is contingent upon a particular act, forbearance, or promise given in exchange for the original promise or the performance thereof; a demonstration of the willingness of a party to enter into a bargain, made in such a way that another individual is... Read more |
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The Lost Promise of Progressivism.
...of national destiny. In The Lost Promise of Progressivism, Eldon Eisenach presents a...meticulously researched study, Lost Promise reveals a ready grasp...played a determinative role in Progressivism and expressed a ... |
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RYAN REWRITES HISTORY TO 'EXPLAIN' PROGRESSIVISM.(THE CAP TIMES)(JOHN...
...Robert La Follette. "Progressivism was a powerful strain...urban patronage. But progressivism turned away from popular...government planning. It lost most Americans and...patronage. That's not 'progressivism,' that's what real...When Wilson broke his ... |
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Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars
...concludes, demonstrates what one might call, with apologies to the political theorist Eldon J. Eisenach, the lost promise of progressivism. Leidenberger interprets the municipalization movement through the lens of German social philosopher Jürgen... |
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Unrequited promise: tracing the evolution of New American Schools, from...
...ideas, Moreover, if it was to keep its promise of acting as a kind of venture capitalist...But along the way New American Schools lost sight of its mission and became more...insider than an education revolutionary. Progressivism Rides Again NASD C'S initial funding... |
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Exclusive excerpts: The Liberal Century--why conservatives lost the battle of...
...at the deepest level, progressivism long ago won the battle of...He did not fulfill those promises. The federal tax bite in...of means, not of ends. Progressivism was - and is - at its deepest...pragmatic framework of American progressivism or liberalism. IT ... |
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The Left Lost Touch
...because I fear that even the drubbing that liberalism-progressivism (the isms that are now wasms, to steal from the marvelous...degree in whatever field they select and find a job that promises a reasonable wage and some semblance of security so they... |
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COLUMN: Moving the left forward
...you'd think about progressivism if you visited the...d quickly discover progressivism to be little more than...arrested while Al Weed lost to Republican incumbent...Despite these setbacks, progressivism has shown a degree...cleverly named false ... |
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Time for belt-tightening
...We're lucky our condo only lost one-fifth of its value this...same as before; our house has lost a couple hundred thousand in...000! Liberal government, progressivism and socialism have gone awry...refuse to stop spending. They promise money to anyone for a ... |
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"Bowling alone," Bishops' biographies, and baptism by blood: New views of...
...Virgin: The Broken Promise of Liberation Theology...interpretations of Brazilian progressivism, to identify new subthemes...new explanation for progressivism's crisis is that...human institutions has lost plausibility for the...full sweep of Catholic ... |
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COLUMN: Independents shine bright light on dark future of politics
...name newspapers. I promise you will never see...usual," of broken promises and backroom compromises...party. This fact was lost on neither Huffington...the political arena: Progressivism. The fact that the...the independents as lost in ... |
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