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...Thomas Jefferson dismissed the idea as “little short of madness”. His presidential successor, James Madison, refused to fund it....
...Jefferson, if confirmed, would become the fourth black man. Jefferson, who previously ran the economics department at Swarthmore College, has written extensively on poverty and economic growth....
...blues towards the end of this infuriating and hugely enlightening book, as what came out of Africa was made into something more in the Americas — the tracing of the arc from Ali Farka Touré to Blind Lemon Jefferson...
...“He came from a family of cotton-pickers and was one of 11 children, each named after public figures — his full name was Thomas Jefferson.”...
...Howard Davies, who led a nearly three-year, £15m inquiry into airport capacity, which recommended a new runway at Heathrow, this week said he was no longer sure whether it was needed....
...Dozens of previous White House occupants have been members of fraternities and private clubs — from Thomas Jefferson’s time at the Flat Hat Club at the College of William and Mary to George HW Bush being...
...Which production company made the films Jefferson in Paris, Howards End and The Remains of the Day? Until 1952, the British music charts were based on the sales of what?...
...Squire Patton Boggs has hired Jefferson VanderWolk as a partner in its tax strategy practice in Washington. VanderWolk was most recently with the OECD....
...For the first time since the Virginian dynasty of Jefferson-Madison-Monroe in the earliest years of the Republic, the USA today bids adieu to its third president in succession to serve two complete four-year...
...Sir Howard said this summer that Britain cannot have unlimited growth, quashing suggestions of a five- or six-runway hub....
...In spite of having renounced a third term and helped his ally, William Howard Taft, to succeed him, Teddy came to believe he was the only true handmaiden of the “New Nationalism”....
...(A) George Washington, (B) Thomas Jefferson, (C) James Madison, (D) John Hancock. 2 What are the first words of the Constitution?...
...You might picture Blenheim, or Castle Howard, as dauntingly exclusive. In fact, every well-dressed traveller was admitted at “Stranger’s Gate” and given a tour by the gardener and his boy....
...Harrisburg’s bankruptcy as well as the pending Chapter 9 case for Jefferson County, Alabama, the largest such filing ever, are being closely watched as test cases....
...“These problems are episodic, not systemic,” said Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management....
...Thomas Jefferson was, naturally, a gourmet (he had lived in Paris) as was Chester Arthur, the first to recruit a real French chef to the White House, while William Howard Taft, the fattest president, was...
...William Howard Taft? “Went to the Supreme Court … suited him better than the presidency I think …” Herbert Hoover?...
...The loose cannons in his administration – Alexander Haig, Jeane Kirkpatrick – were muzzled, replaced by sobersides like the fabulous Baker boys, James and Howard, and George Shultz....
...But I, and several of my friends, hearkened more closely to the Jefferson Airplane, who sang that “In order to survive we steal/Cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide and deal”....
...She shows comparable regard for the Confederate leaders, for Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, and for its distinguished generals, including Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson....
...Howard Wells, IFA chief executive, said: ‘‘Lawrie wants to make it absolutely clear he remains committed to Northern Ireland....
...The house was occupied a couple of years earlier by one William Jefferson Clinton....
...While Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, differed sharply with Mrs Pelosi and Mr Emanuel on campaign strategy, he thinks her stance on ethics will be one of her strengths....
...Since Mr Vilar's arrest, Bob Knuts, a partner at law firm Day, Berry and Howard, has been appointed by the court in response to a request from the SEC to monitor the fund management business and gather information...
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