… Mr. DOUGLASS commenced by observing that the sight of that meeting, with its “sea of upturned faces,” reanimated him … were driven back to the fields to slavery. No matter how great in respect to his wealth or intelligence a negro might … of the holy sacrament. At this part of the address, the Hall was so excessively crowded, as to cause considerable …
… facing a region that divides—and connects— the two great Asian superpowers, China and India. March 11, 2014. New … the world’s scholars of Himalayan studies convened for a meeting 25 or 30 years ago, Mark Turin jokes, the group … that this mountain range divides — and connects — the two great Asian superpowers right now, India and China. “All of …
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… Think of this, Christian men and women of Scotland! (Great cheering.) This religious denomination, claiming the … attention to his rise, progress, and present position. (Great laughter.) I presume, however, I should not trace him … as though he stood in close relationship to Prince Albert—(great applause)—but there is a degree of audacity, such as I …
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… by military force, the freeholders of any county from meeting to petition Parliament, is a gross violation of the … to form the general basis of an Union. He said, the great body of the landed property of Ireland was friendly to … measure; complete unanimity was not to be hoped upon any great political question; but he would say a very great …
… Kennedy, author of the bestselling The Rise and Fall of Great Powers , gives us a thorough and timely account that … eye on its effectiveness and its prospects for success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead. Kennedy shows the UN …
… to Baker, the panelists included Valerie Rooks, whose great-aunt Helen Hagan, a pianist who earned a Bachelor of … female African American student; Dr. Rebecca Motley, whose great-great grandfather Charles McLinn was a carpenter at Yale from …
… a “new balance” in regard to the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Protocol, which, … code and border procedures to all goods arriving from Great Britain. In effect, the Protocol created a border in the Irish Sea for goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in order to avoid a hard …
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… Society, or Columbian Order. Founded in 1789. Tammany Hall, New York, June 15, 1870. American Memory Collections … of Minnesota. Irish Famine Curriculum Guides The Great Irish Famine Approved by the New Jersey Commission on … Action. Web pages for an exhibit by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting presents 350 years of faith and witness in and out of …
… cliff-edge, singing as they fell the chant of Tom Petty’s great anthem of defiance, “I Won’t Back Down.” Article 155 of … is the only peaceful solution.” He’s right. And there’s a great deal that could and would be discussed by Madrid and …
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… Business began at length, and it was worse still. This great orator of South Carolina, of whom our friend James C. … and unnequalled gratification we have beard a great deal of debating in Washington, London, and Paris, but … and devoted patriot, and I would the news of this day’s meeting could be borne to him upon the wings of the wind.’ …
… Donbas, historical and contemporary, the Holodomor, the Great Terror, and other subjects mainly during the Stalin … Borderland, 1870s–1990s, The Voices of the Dead: Stalin’s Great Terror in the 1930s, and The Eurasian Triangle: Russia, …