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engaged
engaged. Applied, attached, semi-engaged, inserted, or seemingly partly buried in a wall or pier, such as a column with half or more of its shaft visible, quite distinct from a pilaster. A fluted engaged column with more or less than half its shaft exposed creates difficulties at the junction with... Read more |
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Jim Wright
Jim Wright (James Claud Wright, Jr.), 1922-, U.S. congressman, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987-89), b. Fort Worth, Tex. Following service in the U.S. army during World War II, Wright was a Texas state representative (1947-49) and mayor of Weatherford, Tex. (1950-54). He was... Read more |
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spinal column
spinal column bony column forming the main structural support of the skeleton of humans and other vertebrates, also known as the vertebral column or backbone. It consists of segments known as vertebrae linked by intervertebral disks and held together by ligaments. In human beings, the spinal... Read more |
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Isandhlwana
Isandhlwana. Hill, located 75 miles north of Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), site of an important battle in the Zulu War. Part of the centre column of a three-pronged British invasion of Zululand, having underestimated its opponents, was surprised by a Zulu army on 22 January 1879. Disciplined... Read more |
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arcade
arcade series of arches supported by columns or piers. An arcade may stand free; if it is attached to a wall it is called a wall arcade or a blind arcade. The earliest-known arcades were in Roman architecture, in which piers, ornamented with engaged columns carrying an entablature, formed the arch... Read more |
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bookkeeping
bookkeeping maintenance of systematic and convenient records of money transactions in order to show the condition of a business enterprise. The essential purpose of bookkeeping is to reveal the amounts and sources of the losses and profits for any given period. Proper bookkeeping should also reveal... Read more |
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Thomas Stephen Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley 1929-, American political leader, b. Spokane, Wash. A lawyer, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964. Foley became a prominent liberal Democratic member of Congress. He was chairman of the House agriculture committee (1975-81), Democratic whip (1981-87),... Read more |
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Cynthia Tucker
Tucker, Cynthia1955— Journalist Cynthia Tucker forged a name for herself as a fearless social and political commentator. Her "courageous and clear-headed columns," according to the Prize committee, won Tucker a Pulitzer Prize in 2007. Tucker, whose syndicated column appears in nearly 50 newspapers... Read more |
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vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more |
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A TIMELY WARNING TO QUIT OUR DANGEROUS PATH.(MAIN)
...to his new job as speaker of the House make it almost poetic...nailed former speaker Jim Wright for his book deal...governmental gridlock. Jim Wright, whose own book...point in a recent column in the Fort Worth...necessary warning to quit our dangerous path... |
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Wright on shaky ground
Speaker Jim Wright's weekend television...among Democratic House members that...whether Rep. Wright may have trouble...vote on Rep. Wright should the bipartisan...threatened to quit over being called...s Periscope column and ordered him... |
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Uglier Than Gridlock
...to his new job as speaker of the House make it almost poetic...Democratic speaker Jim Wright for his book deal...governmental gridlock. Jim Wright, whose own book...point in a recent column in the Fort Worth...necessary warning to quit our dangerous path... |
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School for scandal.(Column)
...problems in the White House, Newt Gingrich...not just call it quits? But the symmetry...the case of the House speaker. Mr Clinton defends...these violations of House rules, Mr Gingrich...hounding Speaker Jim Wright out of office in... |
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FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, NEWT SHOULD STEP DOWN.(Editorial)(Column)
Speaker Newt Gingrich...situation as the House Ethics Committee...pressure to quit the Eisenhower...cashed in on his speaker's celebrity...Gingrich, who with Jim Wright was one of two speakers who resigned...Who, as speaker, can best balance... |
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ARMEY'S WORDS, DEEDS SEALED HIS DOOM.(Editorial)(Column)
...north of Dallas, House Majority Leader...colleagues to be speaker of the House. That is not the...years - Tom Foley, Jim Wright, Tip O'Neill...infidelities, he quit the House, and...The News Hour With Jim Lehrer" and CNN... |