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...Eugene R. Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said the defense will likely be difficult. Still, he said, "no one should rush to judgment on these things. Let due process unfold." Said Fidell: "Every one of these cases is important. It's important for the army. It's important for the war effort. It's important for our allies, and it's important for people around the world who view us in a hostile vein or a disappointed vein." The court-martial is expected to last through Saturday and likely into next week, with a separate sentencing...
...chance to show off for the NFL scouts, however, as he received an invitation to play in the first-ever Texas vs. the Nation football game in early February. This game, which served as a showcase for star Division I-A collegiate athletes, also gave Dawson the opportunity to rush for 107 yards on four kickoff returns.“I saw it as an opportunity to play one more collegiate game,” Dawson said. “I love playing football and any chance I get to play I’m going to take...
...that's more than 25% black. ARKANSAS Old: May 20 New: Feb.5 The former Governor, G.O.P. underdog Mike Huckabee, could soar here. And the state's ex--first lady, Hillary Clinton, has "home" field. NEW JERSEY Old: June New: Feb. 26 The state could even join the Feb. 5 rush. Rudy Giuliani and Clinton should do well, given the dense population near New York. UTAH Old: Late February New: Feb. 5 G.O.P. competition will be fierce. The state's Governor endorses John McCain, but many legislators back Mitt Romney...
Back in the U.S., it took only a year after the discovery of gold to turn the sleepy little town of San Francisco into a boisterous city, the largest place west of Chicago. Modern California was born. More important, the Gold Rush was a ratification of the most fantastical version of the American Dream, the yearning for instant fortune and easy prosperity, for extreme liberty and land free for the taking from the natives. When they heard the news out of California, Marx and Engels understood that this bizarre phenomenon was another way in which the U.S. might not conform...
...late 1840s that the archetypal American migration, wagons of pioneers rolling into the West, began in earnest. What had been an insignificant trickle of immigrants in the early '40s, only dozens a year, increased 10 or 20 times during the middle of the decade, and then, with the Gold Rush, by more than another order of magnitude in 1849 alone. And just as the Western exodus reached full speed, American cities became true modern metropolises. In 1800, New York had only 60,000 people, but by the middle of the century, the population had grown to half a million. Filling...