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Washington was willing to refuse a crown, but he was exasperated by Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's aversion to federal power. His experience during the war with Britain, when a rudderless Continental Congress left his army chronically short of supplies, convinced him of the need for a government strong enough to pursue national purposes. But as Ellis sees it, Washington's views were also "projections onto the national screen of the need for the same kind of controlling authority he had orchestrated within his own personality." The Father of His Country had first to prevail as master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: He Cannot Tell a Lie | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...HUPD officer was sent to Jefferson Lab on Oxford Street to take a report of harassing hang up calls that had been going on for four months...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...CHARGED. Chief Warrant Officers JEFFERSON WILLIAMS and LEWIS WELSHOFER JR., Sergeant First Class WILLIAM SOMMER and Specialist JERRY LOPER; with "murder and dereliction of duty," according to a U.S. Army spokesperson, in the death of Iraqi Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush; in Fort Carson, Colorado. Military prosecutors claim the four soldiers suffocated Mowhoush during an interrogation in Qaim, Iraq, in November 2003, when they allegedly trapped him inside a zipped sleeping bag, rolled him around and sat on his chest. The soldiers face a possible life sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...described the prc leadership as being dishonest and heavy handed. The citizens of Hong Kong are clearly not interested in toeing Beijing's line. I hope that the prc has the wisdom not to turn Hong Kong into a slaughter ground in order to enforce its will. David Golden Jefferson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...change as The Political Machine (Ubisoft), the first major PC game to mimic a presidential election, hits store shelves this week. You get to play either of this year's presidential contenders or just about any fantasy matchup imaginable. How might Hillary Clinton fare against Arnold Schwarzenegger? Or Thomas Jefferson vs. Abraham Lincoln? Designer Brad Wardell based the game on real polling data from red and blue states, intending to make the playing field as balanced as it is in real life. "Most people have made their minds up already this year, and a game is one way of getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Bill Clinton Beat Abe Lincoln? | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

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