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15 Jan 2018, 6:37 am
The first published use was in 1949, in Henry Miller's "Sexus": "You leave the toilet and you step into the big shithouse. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 7:00 am by Jenny Gesley
The current building was designed by William Corlett, Henry Minton, James Plachek, William Schirmer, and Carl Werner in the PWA Moderne Style. [read post]
7 Jan 2018, 2:30 am by NCC Staff
James Buchanan took the critical election before the 1860s began. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 2:00 am by NCC Staff
In general, two presidents who died early in their terms—William Henry Harrison and James Garfield—aren’t considered in presidential rankings. [read post]
24 Dec 2017, 1:45 am by NCC Staff
The conflicted started on June 18, 1812, when American President James Madison signed a resolution, approved in Congress, declaring war against Great Britain. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 8:00 am by Daily Record Staff
Contracts — Maryland’s usury statute — Application to installment sales of cars Henry James Dupreez, Jr. appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, the Honorable H. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 11:00 am by James E. Pfander
No less a figure than James Kent made habeas available to New Yorkers who were detained by the U.S. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 2:00 am by Scott Bomboy
He was unable to capture the 1844 Democratic presidential nomination after former President Jackson threw his support behind the little-known James K. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 2:53 am by Scott Bomboy
In 1844, the Democrats regained the White House when former House Speaker James Knox Polk, who was supported by former President Jackson, defeated Henry Clay in the general election. [read post]
29 Nov 2017, 12:00 pm by Brett M. Kavanaugh
See Letter to Spencer Roane (Sept. 2, 1819), in 8 Writings of James Madison 450 (G. [read post]
29 Nov 2017, 4:30 am by Melissa Milewski
During the course of the litigation with his former master, for instance, Henry Buie changed his actual name, throwing off the surname of his former master and taking on the name Henry Parker. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 5:44 pm by David Kopel
Since the days of Henry VIII, England had various laws that restricted firearms ownership by economic class — particularly, a minimum income level for handgun ownership. [read post]
3 Nov 2017, 7:42 am by Daniel Shaviro
Indeed, a lot of its anger is about gender issues, as distinct from class, although the two are intertwined and my project is directed at the latter.Reflecting sexism, Wharton has always tended to be dismissed as a junior varsity Henry James. [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 1:45 am by NCC Staff
While Polk easily defeated the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, in 1844, Harding’s margin of victory over James Cox was the largest ever at the time, since the two-party system began. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 3:00 am by Scott Bomboy
The Sons of Liberty would eventually include Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Edes, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, James Otis, Benjamin Rush, and Oliver Wolcott. [read post]
31 Oct 2017, 5:00 am by Jamie Baker
David Bowie’s top must-read books The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby (2008) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz (2007) The Coast of Utopia (trilogy), Tom Stoppard (2007) Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945, Jon Savage (2007) Fingersmith, Sarah Waters (2002) The Trial of Henry Kissinger, Christopher Hitchens (2001) Mr Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder, Lawrence Weschler (1997) A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1890-1924, Orlando Figes (1997) The… [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 4:00 am by Matthew Kahn
President James Garfield spent 80 days severely ill from infection after being shot in July 1882. [read post]