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Top of Page World News | US News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News It's a busy world out there, so that’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories for each week of January,…Allen, Ethan
(Encyclopedia) Allen, Ethan, 1738–89, hero of the American Revolution, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, and promoter of the independence and statehood of Vermont, b. Litchfield (?), Conn. He had…Wilkinson, James
(Encyclopedia) Wilkinson, James, 1757–1825, American general and one of the most corrupt and devious officers in the nation's early army, b. Calvert co., Md. Abandoning his medical studies in 1776 to…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Andrew Jackson: First Inaugural Address
John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson First Inaugural Address Wednesday, March 4, 1829 Fellow-Citizens: ABOUT to undertake the arduous duties that I have been appointed to…The Prospect/FP Top 100 Public Intellectuals
Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? The October 2005 cover of Prospect Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to vote…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: James Madison: First Inaugural Address
Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Madison First Inaugural Address Saturday, March 4, 1809 UNWILLING to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the…Brewer's: Cut
To renounce acquaintance. There are four sorts of cut—(1) The cut direct is to stare an acquaintance in the face and pretend not to know him. (2) The cut indirect, to look another way, and…George Washington's First Inaugural Address
Given in New York, on Thursday, April 30, 1789 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: George Washington: First Inaugural Address
George Washington George Washington First Inaugural Address Thursday, April 30, 1789 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: AMONG the vicissitudes…William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act IV, Scene III
Scene IIIThe French camp near DoverEnter Kent and a GentlemanKentWhy the King of France is so suddenly gone back, know you the reason?GentlemanSomething he left imperfect in the state, which…Trending
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