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Joan Quigley
QUIGLEY, JOAN 1927- W HIT E HOUSE ASTROLOGER Stranger Than Fiction In Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Landthe president of the world secretly receives advice from an astrologer. In 1988 it was learned that the wife of the... Read more |
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Iran-contra affair
Iran-contra affair in U.S. history, secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran. The Iran-contra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of President Ronald Reagan . The first was... Read more |
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Administrator
ADMINISTRATOR A person appointed by the court to manage and take charge of the assets and liabilities of a decedent who has died without making a valid will. When such a person is a male, he is called an administrator, while a woman is called an administratrix. An administrator c.t.a. (cum... Read more |
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Hearing Examiner
HEARING EXAMINER An employee of an administrative agency who is charged with conducting adjudicative proceedings on matters within the scope of the jurisdiction of the agency. Hearing examiners are employees of federal, state, and local administrative agencies who act as judges to resolve... Read more |
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Copperheads
Copperheads in the American Civil War, a reproachful term for those Northerners sympathetic to the South, mostly Democrats outspoken in their opposition to the Lincoln administration. They were especially strong in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, where Clement L. Vallandigham was their leader. The ... Read more |
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High Finance
HIGH FINANCE Corporate Champion During the early years of the 1980s, the financial institutions of the United States in effect became the chosen industry and corporate champion of the nation. The secretary of the treasury, Donald Regan, who was also the former president of... Read more |
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Diuresis
diuresis (dy-yoor-ee-sis) n. increased secretion of urine by the kidneys. This normally follows the drinking of more fluid than the body requires, but it can be stimulated by the administration of a diuretic.... Read more |
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Bush Administration
Bush Administration (2001–), United States National Security Policy ¦ CARYN E. NEUMANN George W. Bush, transformed the national security system of the United States to combat the threat of global terrorism. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Bush faced the... Read more |
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United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) of 1970, which took effect in 1971. OSHA's mission is to ensure that every working man and woman in the... Read more |
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Iraq
...Mesopotamia, it became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1638. After World War I, it became...with Jordan in the Arab Federation. This broke up a few months later, as Faisal was deposed in a military...part of what it considered an ‘Axis of Evil’ (along with North Korea and ... |
 "The Independent on Sunday (London, England)")
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Prince fights legacy of `Doctor Evil' to clean up Citigroup's empire
...last summer was "Doctor Evil", it must have been...regulators have said the bank broke the law with "Doctor Evil". But it prompted criticism...to all corners of his empire last week containing...anything about "Doctor Evil", Mr Prince has ... |
 "The People (London, England)")
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ON THE TAIL OF THE PENGUIN; Garda move in to topple the evil empire of...
...operation aimed at bringing down the evil empire of Ireland's wealthiest drug baron...former chocolate factory worker's evil empire. Last month cops seized more than...belonging to Mitchell after a truck broke down on the France/Belgium ... |
 "Daily Mail (London)")
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Poison, people power and a body blow to the Evil Empire; As Yushchenko...
...over the former Soviet Empire. Amazingly, it was...parts of the world, such evil seems to belong in the...means - of the Russian Empire. There were periods...back into the Russian Empire during the 1780s when...1917 Revolution when it broke ... |
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Pop fiction // Return of the Evil Empire
...that Russia could revert to its old "evil empire" ways - with a little help from fate...novel, Enigma, about the men who broke Germany's code. Now, in Archangel...at Stalin's dacha the night the evil leader had his fatal stroke. And... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Empire of evil gangs.(News)
...world's most notorious and brutal criminal gangs with an evil empire spread across the globe. Founded in China more than 1...seen on Irish streets when an all-out street battle broke out between rival gangs in Dublin in July 1979. Two men... |
 "The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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GOING TO WAR WITH THE EVIL EMPIRE.(RHYTHM)(GAMES)(Column)
Byline: Mark Meadows "Spartacus" broke the blacklist. "Braveheart" brought back the Scottish Parliament...Coliseum, sometimes we want to see the Noble Savage defy the Evil Empire -- and sometimes we want to see him torn apart by dogs. Try... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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`NEXT YEAR' STARTS TONIGHT ; Some fans no longer see Evil in the Empire
...their way about Boston, suggested that living to see the Evil Empire crash and burn is no longer every Sox fan's raison d...partied in '04 when the Olde Towne Team won it all and broke The Curse, but have mellowed out since then. "I can... |
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Stanford's run ends bitterly against Evil Orange Empire.(Knight Ridder...
...Because you were right there." Right there, with the Evil Orange Empire of women's basketball. Right there with a team that...was dunking Monday night, VanDerveer and her staff broke down film of the present Lady Vols. VanDerveer took... |
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Stanford's run ends bitterly against Evil Orange Empire.
...Because you were right there." Right there, with the Evil Orange Empire of women's basketball. Right there with a team that...was dunking Monday night, VanDerveer and her staff broke down film of the present Lady Vols. VanDerveer took... |
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How Reagan took on evil empire
...1989 - Reagan funneled an estimated $8 million a year in secret aid to the banned Solidarity labor movement that eventually broke the Polish Communist state - it marked the end of the Soviet bloc, Kengor said. The Berlin Wall fell soon after. But why... |
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