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Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr. was a genuine song-and-dance man: an expert tapdancer, crooner, impressionist and all-purpose entertainer. Davis is best remembered for his high-energy years as part of Frank Sinatra…How is the Taliban different from ISIS or Al Qaeda?
The Question: So this morning on the radio the hosts were discussing the U.S. leaving Afghanistan. They started arguing about whether the Taliban were terrorists like ISIS or Al Qaeda. I thought it…Aung San Suu Kyi
Name at birth: Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi is a Nobel Prize-winning peace activist who was detained by the military dictatorship of Myanmar from 1989 to 2010, with only brief periods of freedom…Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder VI
Landholder VIOliver EllsworthMonday, December 10, 1787He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.To the Landholders and Farmers:The publication…Brutus II
Brutus II1 November 1787by BrutusTo the Citizens of the State of New-York.I flatter myself that my last address established this position, that to reduce the Thirteen States into one…International Court of Justice
(Encyclopedia) International Court of Justice, principal judicial organ of the United Nations, established 1946 by chapter 14 of the UN Charter. It superseded the Permanent Court of International…Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.
(Encyclopedia) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Linda Brown was denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka because she was…Brewer's: Lesbian Rule
(The). A post facto law. Making an act the precedent for a rule of conduct, instead of squaring conduct according to law Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: De Jure
(Latin). By right, rightfully, lawfully, according to the law of the land. Thus a legal axiom says: “De jure Judices, de facto Juratores, respondent” (Judges look to the law, juries to the…Brewer's: Accessory
Ac′cessory Accessory before the fact is one who is aware that another intends to commit an offence, but is himself absent when the offence is perpetrated. Accessory after the fact is…Trending
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