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William Frank Buckley Jr
William Frank Buckley, Jr. 1925-2008, American editor, author, and lecturer, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1946. A popular, eloquent, and witty spokesman for the conservative point of view, Buckley helped found the modern conservative movement and played an important part in promoting the growth of... Read more |
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columnist
columnist the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. Usually independent of the policy of the... Read more |
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William F. Buckley Jr
William F. Buckley Jr. Author, editor, and political activist, William F. Buckley, Jr. (born 1925) helped to create the modern conservative political movement. His journal, National Review, prepared the way for the presidential terms of Ronald Reagan and George Bush. William F. Buckley, Jr.,... Read more |
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National Review
NATIONAL REVIEW NATIONAL REVIEW, founded in 1955, was the flagship journal of American political conservatism throughout the late twentieth century. The journal was conceived by William F. Buckley Jr., then in his late twenties and already the author of two books, one a lament at the... Read more |
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William Davis Ticknor
William Davis Ticknor 1810-64, American publisher. John Reed and James T. Fields became Ticknor's partners in Boston, and their firm is best known as Ticknor and Fields. They published the works of many of the famous Americans of the day, including Longfellow, Lowell, and O. W. Holmes, and their... Read more |
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Tecumseh
Tecumseh , 1768?-1813, chief of the Shawnee , b. probably in Clark co., Ohio. Among his people he became distinguished for his prowess in battle, but he opposed the practice of torturing prisoners. When the United States refused to recognize his principle that all Native American land was the... Read more |
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John Williams (United States)
John Williams 1664-1729, American clergyman, b. Roxbury, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1683. In 1686 he became the first minister at Deerfield, Mass. During the great Native American massacre at that frontier town in Feb., 1704, he and his family were taken captive. Two of his children were murdered, and... Read more |
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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. 1923-98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as a test pilot. On May 5, 1961, under the U.S. space program Project Mercury, he became the first American to be... Read more |
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William Frederick Halsey Jr
William Frederick Halsey, Jr. (Bull Halsey) , 1882-1959, American admiral, b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Annapolis, 1904. In World War II he led (Jan., 1942) a spectacular carrier raid against the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands, and during the campaign in the Solomon Islands he assumed command... Read more |
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Robert R Williams Jr
Williams, Robert R. (1886–1965) American chemist; crystallized thiamin (vitamin B1) 1933 and synthesized it in 1935. The vitamin research was conducted in his spare time; he was employed as a chemist by the Bell Telephone Company.... Read more |
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lowdown
...dastardly.antonyms: kind, honorable. • noun he gave us the lowdown synonyms: facts, information, story, intelligence, news, inside story; informal info, rundown, score, scoop, word, dope, dirt, poop, skinny. |
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scoop
...portion, lump, ball; informal dollop. 3. informal he got the scoop on the new CEO synonyms: exclusive (story), inside story, exposé, revelation, information. • verb 1. a hole was scooped out in the floor synonyms: hollow out... |
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skinny
...noun informal everybody wants to know the skinny on Karen's divorcesynonyms: gossip, (inside) information, intelligence, news, inside story; informal lowdown, info, dope, dirt, scoop, poop. |
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dope
...nincompoop, nitwit; inf. chump, dimwit, nerd. 3. what's the latest dope?synonyms: information, inside information, story, news; facts, data, details; inf. info, poop, word, low-down. |
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intelligence
...intelligence from our operatives synonyms: information, facts, details, particulars, data, knowledge, reports, inside story; informal info, dope, skinny, lowdown. 3. intelligence operation synonyms: information gathering, surveillance... |
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inform
...in the picture, fill in, clue in/up, put wise, spill the beans to, tip off, give the low-down to, give the inside story to. 2. optimism informs her writingsynonyms: characterize, typify, pervade, permeate, suffuse, infuse, imbue... |
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information
...figures, statistics, data; knowledge, intelligence; instruction, advice, guidance, direction, counsel, enlightenment; news, word; informal info, lowdown, dope, dirt, inside story, scoop, poop.See note at knowledge. |
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Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections
Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections...qualitative studies. Inside Stories is a book that can be appropriately...research methods. Inside Stories does not precisely instruct...are rarely told the "real story" (p. xi) regarding important... |
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Inside stories
...Straits Times 06-28-2004 Inside storiesByline: Caroline YapEdition...entertained His Majesty with stories of the naked emperor or a grandmother...before words meant anything, stories were being told around blazing...images. Who needs to be told a story when you can watch one? Let...Said, who has ... |
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Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's...
...Larry Guest. Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from...columnist Larry Guest and tell the story of his remarkable success...the field. It opens with the story of a trade that never happened...2004 season is one of the "inside" tales that will attract readers... |
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INSIDE STORIES A new prisons scheme aims to boost literacy and keep inmates...
...convincing ?huff and puff ? to the story of the Three Little Pigs...children's drawings, is inside a prison. And the softly...fellow prisoners read bedtime stories to their children each night...but a slick CD of a favourite story, read by a mother for her...workshops so they can write ... |
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The Inside Stories of Some Country Songs
...Nashville, I've heard this story many different ways over the...Heart Out, Country Boy - The Inside Stories of Classic Country Songs...KINGSBERRY: Yeah, that's a funny story because the folks who wrote...if you please, the true stories behind some of the great country... |
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Becoming Lean - Inside stories of US manufacturers
...01780 480627) Becoming Lean - Inside stories of US manufacturers Editor: Jeffrey...Becoming Lean, you will find the stories of North American manufacturers...reader a unique opportunity to go inside their implementation processes to... |
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COMICS GO BEHIND THE JOKES INSIDE STORIES SHARE BILLING WITH THE HUMOR AT...
...said David of the show's story lines. "It's not." In...failed to get the joke. One story about Congress' plans to leave...newspaper in Beijing. Another story ("Harry Potter Books Spark...to be more about catching the inside scoop rather than showcasing... |
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Putting the World in a Box: Joseph Cornell's Inside Stories
...few who did, most were boggled by the stories that Cornell chose to tell. Fairy...it with brown velvet. He floored its inside with a mirror, on which he scattered...from clear glass. Above them, on the inside of the box's hinged lid, appears this...covered landscape. It helps to know her story, ... |
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The inside stories of modern political scandals; how investigative reporters...
9780313365133 The inside stories of modern political scandals; how investigative reporters have...delves into the methods used by the journalists to pursue their stories and contains anecdotes from the reporters involved and examples... |
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Delayed justice; inside stories from America's best cold case...
9781616143923 Delayed justice; inside stories from America's best cold case investigators. Branson, Jack...the voices of the victims of violent crimes telling their own stories. B&w photos of crime scenes, victims, criminals, and... |
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