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Agricultural revolution
Agricultural Mobilization In an April 1943 National Geographic Magazine article titled "Farmers Keep Them Eating," Frederick Simpich writes: In the fields. That's where American farmers, including women, girls, and school children are fighting now—fighting frost, heat, dust, drought, mud,... Read more |
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Pontiac
Pontiac fl. 1760-66, Ottawa chief. He may have been the chief met by Robert Rogers in 1760 when Rogers was on his way to take possession of the Western forts for the English. Although the Native American uprising against the English colonists just after the French and Indian Wars is known as ... Read more |
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Jose Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos , 1942-, president of Angola (1979-). Educated in the USSR as an engineer, he was foreign minister in the first government of independent Angola, succeeding Neto as president in 1979. In 1991, he abandoned Marxism and negotiated an end to the civil war with the... Read more |
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jingoism
jingoism , advocacy of a policy of aggressive nationalism. The term was first used in connection with certain British politicians who sought to bring England into the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) on the side of the Turks. It apparently derived from a popular song of the period: "We don't want to... Read more |
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Rangers
RANGERS RANGERS are specially trained infantry capable of acting in small groups to make rapid attacks against enemy forces and then withdraw without major engagement. Rangers have existed since before the American Revolution, when the British employed skilled marksmen learned in woodlore to... Read more |
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Principles of War
Principles of War. Objective, Offensive, Mass, Economy of Forces, Maneuver, Unity of Command, Security, Surprise, and Simplicity are the principles of war most often found in military manuals. They have been a part of strategic thinking since China's war philosopher, Sun Tzu (500 B.C.), admonished... Read more |
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George Washington Custis Lee
George Washington Custis Lee 1832-1913, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Fort Monroe, Va.; eldest son of Robert E. Lee. He served in the Corps of Engineers until May, 1861, when he resigned to fight for the Confederacy. Aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis through most of the... Read more |
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Ogaden
Ogaden , region, SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia. It is an arid region, inhabited mainly by Somali pastoral nomads. The region was conquered by Menelik II of Ethiopia in 1891. A clash (Dec. 5, 1934) between Italian and Ethiopian troops at the watering hole of Welwel in the Ogaden was used as a... Read more |
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William Bauchop Wilson
William Wilson, story by Poe, published in 1839 and collected in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840). The description of school life in England is partly autobiographical.The central figure is a willful, passionate youth, who at Dr. Bransby's boarding school leads all his companions except... Read more |
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Va. House, Senate vary on education spending
...a two-week fight over education...systems would have to deal with...local governments have had to reduce...districts that have greater educational...expenses wont be easy once the House...priorities. We dont ... |
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Annan's views on Bush's war in Iraq.(Opinion & Editorial)
...with bringing war in Iraq. He...hindsight it is easy to say that...terrorism and go after Sadam...the willing to fight terrorism after...We should have second thought...weapons and we dont have the same ... |
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Musharraf says war on terror will suffer if US cuts aid; rules out UN probe...
...About the war against terrorism...long-term fight against it...6 years, we have received a total...the Americans dont want to pay...somebody should have stopped opposition...have been the easiest option. I ... |
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For Marines, a war of heartbreak, tears
...this time to fight a different kind of war. Arriving with...something, you might have a candy in your...bad you don't have 12,000 of them...others, will go into Iraq to...Green Beret teams have been in Iraq...soldiers ... |
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Business fights back: Continental's turnaround pilot
...after it. And I dont know how to ride...about. Perhaps war. Or more terrorist...just fear. We have no control over...Are we? Will we go back to doing what...and where we go? And one question...that was the easy part. The ... |
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Inside secret fight against paedos.(News)
...front line in the war against paedophiles...all over Britain have with friends every...and teachers, have gone through CEOP...most cases men have befriended victims...hand, it is very easy for the child to...neva do nufing u ... |
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Yeager flying high at 84: Legendary pilot returns to Charleston, reminisces...
...themselves. In June I go to Alaska, salmon...Yeager said. I go with some guys...West Virginians have followed the...during World War II. Yeager...some of his fans have selective memory...your job is to fight and kill ... |
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Vent Line
...We are at war. God help us. We have alienated...automobile? * I dont know why we...lawmasters are too easy on women...She needs to go to jail for...they dont have enough money...on strike. ... |
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COVER STORY: busting out; W.Va.s Morgan Spurlock ready for Season Two of 30 Days
...it would be easy to label him...The Republican War on Science...So many people have been so touched...positively. Teachers have been waiting...see that they have some common ground...would lead to a fight would make ... |
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Low taxes for ingrates.
...ingratitude I have seen is all of...now those buses have apparently disappeared...permitted to go on certain popular...forget which. I have always been in...or maybe you dont, that good governance...supportive of the War On ... |
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