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Preserving Civil Liberties
by Eleanor Roosevelt Address To The members of the American Civil Liberties Union Ladies and Gentlemen: I am glad you gave an award to the press tonight, because that gave them the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 19, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 18, 1806March 20, 1806March 19, 1806 Wednesday March 19th 1806. It continued to rain and hail today in such manner that nothing further…Brewer's: Misnomers
Absalom means a Father's Peace, a fatal name for David's rebellious son. Acid (sour) applied in chemistry to a class of bodies to which sourness is only accidental and by no means a…King Charles III of England
Top of Page Source: AP Images/Dan KitwoodThe Queen is dead, long live the King. This phrase has been used for centuries to signify the unbroken continuation of the British Monarchy. The death of…Marshall Islands Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Marshall Islands Index: Geography and People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Marshallese Relations GEOGRAPHY AND…Federal Farmer XVI
Federal Farmer XVI20 January 1788by Dear sir,Having gone through with the organization of the government, I shall now proceed to examine more particularly those clauses which respect its…Andersen's Fairy Tales: Metamorphosis of the Copying-Clerk
A Moment of Head Importance - ...The Best That the Galoshes GaveMetamorphosis of the Copying-Clerk The watchman, whom we have certainly not forgotten, thought meanwhile of the galoshes he…Personal Consumption Expenditures
Billions of chained 1996 dollarsAverage annual rate of change (percent)Category1980199020002010(projected)1980–901990–20002000–2010(projected)Gross domestic product$4,900.9$6,707.9$9,224.0$…State of the Union Address: John Tyler (December 3, 1844)
John Tyler (December 3, 1844) To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: We have continued cause for expressing our gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the…Federalist No. 84
No 84 No 86 Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Hamilton To the People of the…