Word: jeffersons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Margot Hornblower Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: James O. Jackson Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...
Could I, as a Black man, discount everything Thomas Jefferson ever accomplished because he owned slaves? Of course not. That type of blanket dismissal would prevent me from appreciating one of the greatest figures in history. It is no more accurate to call Powell a propagator of "anti-humanist rhetoric" than it is to call Jefferson nothing more than a famous slaveowner...
...United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, more than a dozen years in planning and construction, has been built at the edge of the mall, L'Enfant's expanse that is a kind of spacious American myth-yard. There the eye sweeps across the Capitol and Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and Jefferson Memorial, the white marbles softened at this time of year by dogwood and cherry blossoms. The mall bespeaks 18th century Enlightenment come to America, a certain lucidity and ideal. The Holocaust museum is like the 20th century Endarkenment, a dense, evil mystery set down in the New World, an ocean...
...Murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest will openly be taught and practiced, the soil will be soaked with blood, and the nation black with crimes," said an 1800 Connecticut Courant editorial opposing the election of Thomas Jefferson as President. Now the Hartford Courant, the paper marked the 250th anniversary of Jefferson's birth with an apology. Said the Courant: "It's never too late to admit a mistake...
...confirmation system that will gorge itself on the blood of whoever decides to accept President Clinton's nomination is not only different from what Jefferson intended, it is also markedly different from the one that produced retiring Justice Byron H. White. Nominated by Kennedy in 1962, some of White's more conservative decisions during his 31 years on the court surprised and maddened the very Kennedy liberals who appointed him. But throughout he was praised for his independent judicial thinking and versatility. Such a independently qualified candidate is not likely to spring forth from the current partisan battleground that...