Word: lincoln
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Abraham was a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford from 1948-80 and Professor of Chemical Pathology from 1964-80. He has been both Emeritus Professor and an Honorary Fellow at Oxford since...
...admirably idealistic foresee the corporations and their contracted lackeys impulsively parting with their inflated salaries and offshore accounts. And as for the redistribution of political capital, the party bosses likewise seem to be holding fast to their power, even if only in exchange for a night in the Lincoln bedroom...
Texas got the big news a little late. On June 19, 1865--nearly a month after the Civil War ended and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation--General Gordon Granger of the Union Army landed at Galveston, Texas, and read aloud General Order No. 3: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free...
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE Who needs the Lincoln Bedroom? G.O.P. raises $11.3 million with steak, tuxes and no apologies...
...from Jefferson's time to our own, classical models have shaped our buildings and sculpture, providing symbols for everything from the dollar bill to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The city of Washington was planned and built according to such models, and structures like the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have helped transform the capital into a "historic theme park" laid out to teach Americans the virtues of civilization. In a poignant segment, Hughes stands alongside the black granite walls of the Vietnam Memorial and learns from mourners and visitors what the site means...