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2 Jun 2012, 8:49 am
The fact that George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower and Colin Powell are a West Pointer’s models, rather than Caesar or Napoleon, is reflective of a bridge toward greater equality that leaders associated with Knox were prominent in building. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 7:12 pm
Written by quigles Nothing makes a great movie suck like people quoting it day in and day out for months at a time. [read post]
19 Aug 2017, 4:01 pm
As Sir Denis Forman points out, the censors may have been agitated by the attempted assassination of Napoleon III in 1858, particularly because he was on his way to an opera at the time.4 Verdi eventually transformed the lead character from the King of Sweden to the colonial "Governor of Boston. [read post]
23 Apr 2024, 10:56 am
Having three oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court in the same term is an accomplishment that only a handful of appellate lawyers can claim. [read post]
29 Sep 2019, 8:29 pm
Despite the important role that the media plays in a democracy, Canada has long lagged behind other jurisdictions when it came to source protection. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 5:44 am
Going further back in history the peaces that ended the three Wars of German Unification, the American Civil War, and the Napoleonic Wars also merely ratified realities created by decisive military victories. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 1:14 pm
” Building on the meme about great countries doing great national projects, he praised the Louisiana Purchase, which brought Minnesota into the Union, and compared congressional critics of his past and proposed spending to those who argued President Jefferson should not have been allowed to borrow to buy “Louisiana” from Napoleon. [read post]
23 Feb 2023, 7:00 am
In 2021, he presented a webinar on the Napoleonic Code’s history and legacy, during which he discussed the Code’s impact on other countries around the world, including many in Latin America. [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 6:50 pm
Written by 2spare.com Events «We will bury you. [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 7:30 am
For the Balkinization symposium on Daniel Carpenter, Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870 (Harvard University Press, 2021). [read post]
27 Jun 2024, 2:06 pm
I am delighted to announce that the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique has published its Vol. 37(4), a special issue edited by Rob Kahn, Simona Stano, and Mario Ricca--Subjectivities, Religion, Discrimination: Spaces and Lexical Imaginaries for Ubiquitous Justice. [read post]
18 May 2023, 6:30 am
Indeed, we know, from hindsight, that it was the fundamental cause of the American Civil War, with the death of 750,000 persons, inasmuch as it was triggered not by slavery per se, which Lincoln was more than willing to tolerate in the states where it already existed, but, rather, by the terms by which “settlers” would be allowed to take effective possession of the vast new territories gained from Napoleon. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 6:02 am
"The death of wartime General Vo Nguyen Giap has triggered public mourning in Vietnam as 150,000 people lined up to pay respects to the so-called “Red Napoleon. [read post]
28 May 2015, 4:04 am
Does the texting generation need the ruler? [read post]
20 Aug 2024, 4:36 pm
Pix Credit here I’ve either been too young to be in the Senate because I wasn’t 30 yet and too old to stay as President. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 3:08 pm
THE 2014 VILLA ROMANO GREEN FARMS BOTULISM OUTBREAK In late May 2014 John Napierski, purchased seven jars of VR Greens Farms (VRGF) Basil Pine Nut Pesto at a Farm Stand operated at the Bella Collina Towne and Golf Club in San Clemente, California. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 9:45 am
Master and CommanderPatrick O’Brian Set during the Napoleonic Wars, O’Brian’s books journey the seas with Commander Aubrey and his crew aboard HMS Sophie. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 12:45 am
Some background information on canning The canning process dates back to the late 18th century in France when the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, concerned about keeping his armies fed, offered a cash prize to whoever could develop a reliable method of food preservation. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 6:36 am
Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 10:55 am
January 4, 2008Re: Halberstam And History.Dear Colleagues: It is often remarked that Korea is a war about which most of us know little or nothing. [read post]
