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- 291: Maya Angelou
- ... working at Wake Forest University in north Carolina since 1981.She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nomination. At the request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Whole her life, Maya Angelou has been trying to make something special in the poetry, history and in the film industry of the Africa ...
- 292: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin
- ... Chicago. His installation took at Holy Name Cathedral on August 25,1982. Later Archbishop Bernardin went to the College of Cardinals. On February 2,1983 he received his "red hat." On September 9,1996 President Clinton awarded Cardinal Bernardin the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In presenting the Metal, the President cited Cardinal Bernardin's work on behalf of racial equality and arms control and noted he has been a persistent voice ...
- 293: Convince Me There Is A God
- ... light, gods actions place him squarely in the middle of infamous company. A leader of men, whose methods seem unsound. A man named Hitler had a go at this type of leadership and failed. President Clinton is also familiar with the ramifications of such behavior. Preachers and Teachers How can you defend the teachings of the bible, when the preachers teaching the gospel are found to be saying one thing and ...
- 294: Canadian Identity
- ... People immediately recognize their flag, and most people can tell you quite a bit about them. The same is true of Canada, and what do they know of Canada? In 1995 U.S. President Bill Clinton stated his view of Canada in a speech where he declared, Canada has shown the world how to balance freedom with compassion and tradition with innovation, in your efforts to provide health care to all ...
- 295: The Life and Work of Nemerov
- ... lived in New York for a year. During this time, his first volume of poetry, The Image and the Law, was published. In 1946 he held a position as instructor of English at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York; in 1948 he joined Bennington College in Vermont as a teacher, with which he was associated with until 1966, when he moved to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Nemerov is one of the ...
- 296: George Washington: Biography
- ... British near Mononmouth Courthouse, N.J., on their withdrawal from Philadelphia to New York. Although the American general Charles Lee ruined Washington's plan to strike a major blow at the army of Sir Henry Clinton at Monmouth, the his quick action on the field prevented an American defeat. In 1780 the main theater of the war shifted to the south. Although the campaigns in Virginia and the Carolinas were conducted ...
- 297: John Wilkes Booth
- ... routine rather than of necessity, Booth and fellow conspirator David Herold, who arrived separately, were allowed to pass without hindrance. The two men rendezvoused later and then headed to the Surratt Tavern in Surrattsville (now Clinton, MD) where they arrived shortly after midnight. At the tavern, they picked up supplies (including two Spencer carbines, ammunition, and field glasses) before continuing south. Booth's Diary (used as a notebook).( I think tis ...
- 298: Consumerism
- ... is possible to buy even the most obscure goods and services, often at prices which are significantly less expensive than at a retail establishment. However, the Internet also presents serious risks to the consumer. The Clinton administration recently announced that it is proposing legislation that will address the illegal sale of drugs via the Internet. It is now possible to purchase prescription drugs though Internet companies, by placing the orders online ...
- 299: Was Jimmy Hoffa A Hero or A Criminal?
- ... the stove and the clothes boiler and picking up and delivering laundry. The family worshiped at the Christian Seaboard Congregational churches, and Hoffa attended Sunday school there.(Current Bio) In 1922 the Hoffas moved to Clinton Indiana, two years later they settled in Detroit, Michigan, in an apartment on Merritt Street on the city's brawling, working-class West Side. There he and his brother were derided by their peers as ...
- 300: Biographies: Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison
- ... election of William H. Harrison it was again a time when the characters of each candidate mattered. People generally were mad at the Democrats at this time and were looking for another president (similar with Clinton, today). The Whigs (later known as the Republicans), used Harrison's "War Hero" past to sell him, and said "Harrison preferred life in a Log Cabin to the White house" (which was very ironic, since ...
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