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...ritish Empire and throughout America his ownership was scarcely disguised, Congress and Parliament were usu- ally regarded as antique, curious gatheri... ...was ready, and so were the aeroplanes. We expected a little trouble in the continental cities, and in America. But things are very quiet in America. T...

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... American Notes – Dickens 94 hotel with stores about its base, like some Continental theatre, or the London Opera House shorn of its colon nade, pl... ... and longed for the Forest and the Prairie. I asked him what he thought of Congress? He an swered, with a smile, that it wanted dignity, in an Indian... ...ish them. The number of cadets being about equal to that of the members of Congress, one is sent here from every Con gressional district: its member ... ...y year, the tone of public feeling must sink lower down; year by year, the Congress and the Senate must become of less account before all decent men; ...

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... party which he had adopted. He had been, for a biennial term, a member of Congress, after winning some distinction in the legisla ture of his native... ... does not even sit his horse like an Englishman, but in that absurd, stiff continental way, as if a poker should get on horseback. Neither has he an E... ...nted by the President, by and with the advice of the Senate, to one of the Continental missions, usually esteemed an object of considerable ambition t...

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...ct to him, and to all inferiors, was generally over- bearing (nor does the continental domestic like to be treated with insolence as our own better-te... ...heard up the stair of the house where the Osbornes occupied a story in the continental fashion. A knock might have been heard at the kitchen door; and... ...s the gayest and most admired of En- glishwomen: and had a little European congress on her recep- tion-night. Prussians and Cossacks, Spanish and Engl... ...were her sphere, and her wealth enabled her to receive splendidly in those continental towns whither her husband’s diplomatic duties led him. There wa... ... hear him cry); sometimes she found the brilliant dandy diplomatist of the Congress of Vienna dragging about a child’s toy, or nursing the keeper’s ba... ...which she requested him to mind his book, and said she was going to take a Continental tour, during which she would have the plea- sure of writing to ... ... always have a lawsuit, and very simple English folks, who fancy they see “Continental society” at these houses, put down their money, or ate their me...

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...me. It is my yearning and my thirst. ‘Are you, sir, aware of any member of Congress in England, who would undertake to pay my expenses to that country... ... sir, that is the 491 Charles Dickens Honourable Elijah Pogram, Member of Congress; one of the mas- ter-minds of our country, sir. There is a brow, s... ...ound up. ‘Mr Pogram,’ said the introducer, ‘is a public servant, sir. When Congress is recessed, he makes himself acquainted with those free United St... ...m (he voted for Pogram) had thun- dered the last sentence from his seat in Congress, at the head of an unpopular President. It told brilliantly; for t... ...ou. And may it, My friends, be written on My tomb, “He was a member of the Congress of our common country, and was ac-Tive in his trust.”’ ‘The Com-mi... ...s I tell my friend, the beehive, the beehive. You projected a short little continental trip, my dear friend, of course?’ Jonas maintained a dogged sil...

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...uave breeches and a fez, a few narghilehs and a sprinkling of the ordinary continental shopboys. – In the evening I tried one more walk in Syra with A... ...e and America – practically the whole scientific world – at the Electrical Congress in Paris in the years 1882 and 1884. An important paper of thirty ...

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...ity. 3 Woodrow Wilson WHY WE ARE AT WAR By Woodrow Wilson Messages to the Congress January to April, 1917 by W oodrow Wilson, President of the United... ...OTE* This book presents in convenient form the memorable mes- sages to the Congress read by President Wilson in January, February, and April, 1917. Th... ...War II THE SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELA- TIONS WITH GERMANY Message to the Congress February 3, 1917 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: The Imperial German Go... ...s to which it is clearly my duty to call your attention. Let me remind the Congress that on the 18th of April last, in view of the sinking on the 24th... ... dictates of humanity, I shall take the liberty of coming again before the Congress to ask that authority be given me to use any means that may be nec... ...regulations herein contained shall extend and apply to all land and water, continental or insular, in any way within the jurisdiction of the United St...

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...afraid, States to be curb’d and thoughts to be confined, Conspiracy or Congress to be made— Cobbling at manacles for all mankind— A tinker... ...he tongue more free. And yet the British ‘Damme’ ‘s rather Attic: Your continental oaths are but incontinent, And turn on things which no aris... ... Queen— I have seen crowns worn instead of a fool’s cap— I have seen a Congress doing all that ‘s mean— I have seen some nations like o’erload... ...ke a bank of vapour. Who hold the balance of the world? Who reign O’er congress, whether royalist or liberal? Who rouse the shirtless patriots... ... a pretty poet. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Fifteen” 313 The conference or congress (for it ended As congresses of late do) of the Lady Adelin...

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...ent gave his inau gural address before a joint session of the two Houses of Congress assembled inside the Senate Chamber. FELLOW C ITIZENS OF THE S... ...sident Washington’s second oath of office was taken in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the Continent... ...e Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen... ... Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet of... ...ll of the House of Representatives in Federal Hall before a joint session of Congress. WHEN IT WA S FIRST PERCEIVED, in early times, that no middl... ...tier in a single day, it was then certainly foreseen by some who assisted in Congress at the formation of it that it could not be durable. Negligence ...

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...ate should return suppliant, like a prodigal son, kneeling on the floor of Congress, each with a separate rope of humiliation round its neck. Such was... ...t endowed with State govern- ments or a participation in the United States Congress.) “For a time they must, perhaps, lose their full privileges; but ... ...er francs and shil- lings which disgrace, in Europe, many English and many continental inns. All this is, as must be admitted, great praise; and yet I... ...unt in determining the number of represen- tatives which should be sent to Congress by each State. That number depends on the population but it was de... ...eet I extend my custom on a different system; and when I make my start for continental life I have with him a matter of unsettled business to a consid... ...plished intelligence, Chicago in its internal trade, and Washington in its Congressional and State politics. New York has its literary aspirations, it... ...the most populous State of the Union, having the largest representation in Congress—on which account it has been called the Empire State—I propose to ...

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...confessed later that Marx was in the right. He became a member of the Slav Congress in Prague, where he vainly endeavored to promote a Slav insurrecti... ...t ideas. Originally it was by no means wholly Socialist, but in successive Congresses Marx won it over more and more to his views. At its third Congre... ...le following in French-Switzerland, France, Spain and Italy. At the fourth Congress, held at Basle in September, 1869, two currents were strongly mark... ...tional. The final suppression of Bakunin’s faction occurred at the General Congress of the International at the Hague in 1872. The meeting-place was c... ...ter the war, some such means of expression as it found before in Socialist congresses. By this time Bakunin’s health was broken, and except for a few ... ...h almost single-handed in the British Press has kept creditably abreast of Continental Syndicalism, thus clearly set forth the significance of the Gen...

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...of Concord and Lexington, he went with a Connecti- cut company to join the Continental army, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill. He served u... ...lieve, never attended any other institution of learning—have held seats in Congress, and one, if not both, other high offices; these are Wadsworth and... ...omas L. Hamer, one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced, was our member of Congress at the time, and had the right of nomination. He and my father had... ..., infantry and cavalry tac- tics, and conduct. Early in the session of the Congress which met in Decem- ber, 1839, a bill was discussed abolishing the... ... annexation of Texas was at this time the subject of violent discussion in Congress, in the press, and by indi- viduals. The administration of Preside... ...called. The climate was delightful. Near the close of the short session of Congress of 1844-5, the bill for the annexation of T exas to the United Sta...

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...re the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, th... ... to produce that movement and war: reproaches for the nonobservance of the Continental System, the Duke of Oldenburg’s wrongs, the movement of troops ... ...e great points and with tranquility ev- erywhere, I too should have had my Congress and my Holy Alliance. Those ideas were stolen from me. In that reu...

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...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to...

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...Department 93 3.6 . . . and in the White House 98 3.7 . . . and in the Congress 102 4. RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA’S INITIAL ASSAULTS 108 4.1 Before... ...3 Unity of Effort in Sharing Information 416 13.4 Unity of Effort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 42... ...that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioner... ...n, and how can we avoid such tragedy again? To answer these questions, the Congress and the President created the National Commission on Terrorist Att... ...ey Air Force Base Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) NORAD Headquarters Continental Aerospace Command Region (CONR) Cleveland Center Indianapolis ... ...ld need time to arm the fighters and organize crews. NEADS reported to the Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) headquarters, in Panama City, Florida,... ...eneral Larry Arnold, commanding general of the First Air Force and NORAD’s Continental Region. Marr sought authorization to scramble the Otis fighters... ...aped conversations at FAA centers; contemporaneous logs compiled at NEADS, Continental Region headquarters, and NORAD; and other records. Yet this res... ...eening System CENTCOM Central Command CIA Central Intelligence Agency CONR Continental U.S. NORAD Region CSG Counterterrorism Security Group CTC Count...

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...s made, it would have been made, ostensibly, to the opinions and wishes of Continental Europe. We expected anything, in short, which would have been w... ...g act; that the journalists, the orators, many lawyers, the Lower House of Congress, and Mr. Lincoln’s own naval secretary, should be told in the face... ...hich that constitution forbids. It does forbid interference by the Federal Congress with slavery in the Slave States; but it does not forbid their abo... ... it as protects the internal legislation of each State from the control of Congress; who aim at abolishing slavery wherever it exists, by force if nee... ...he abolition question will by that time have settled itself. For assuredly Congress will very soon make up its mind to declare all slaves free who bel... ...s would ensure to freedom a decisive and constantly increasing majority in Congress. It 18 The Contest inAmerica would also be right to abrogate that...

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...son and Oliver. On his arrival in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissio... ...er. On his arrival in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissioner for the ... ..., and, being fortified by their approbation, I ventur’d to lay it before the Congress. It then appeared that several of the commission ers had form’d... ...several colonies, met in their respective assemblies. The debates upon it in Congress went on daily, hand in hand with the Indian business. Many objec... ... 1754 Appointed one of the Commissioners from Pennsyl vania to the Colonial Congress at Albany; proposes a plan for the union of the colonies. 1755 P... ...hosen a delegate to the Sec The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 160 ond Continental Congress; placed on the committee of se cret correspondence;... ...gate to the Sec The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 160 ond Continental Congress; placed on the committee of se cret correspondence; appointed o...