George Washington University April 19, 2000 MR. BALLMER: Well, I certainly want to thank President Trachtenberg and Dean Phillips for the kind introduction, and for giving me this opportunity.But I really think it’s important to get a couple of things out of the way first. Number one...
The vote by the Student Association Senate late on Monday night was 14 in favor, 15 against, and one abstention, the Washington DC-area university student newspaperThe Hatchetreported. The student senate held three hours of public comment by supporters and opponents of the resolution before the v...
What if all the politicians, university professors, TV commentators, newspaper editors, rock stars, CEO's, athletes, authors, and think-tanks repudiate the Vine & Fig Tree vision and tell you not to believe it? In that day, saith the LORD,will I assemble her that halteth,and I will gat...
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS…Mothers and children wereMary Cassatt’sfavorite subjects. Among the examples shown in 1932 at the Durand-Ruel Galleries’Exhibition of Pastelswere Cassatt’sA Goodnight Hug(1880) andFrançoise, Holding a Little Dog, Looking Far to the Right(1909). (Sotheby’s/Christie...
Much to the president's displeasure,partisan politicsemerged in a contest betweenAlexander HamiltonandThomas Jefferson. Washington's popularity hit a major snag in 1795, involvingJay's Treatywith Britain and he was the target of unsparing criticism from such Republican newspaper critics asBenjamin Bach...
(1949), Kenneth Tynan’s Curtains (1961), and Hilton Kramer’s The Age of the Avant-Garde (1973) consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their erudite contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation ...
Cable, George Washington (1844–1925) writer; born in New Orleans. When the Union forces occupied New Orleans in the Civil War, he joined a Mississippi cavalry regiment and fought in a number of engagements. After the war he held several jobs, contributed to a New Orleans newspaper, and in...
George Washington warned the nation of his dire concern when writing his Farewell Address. The United States, furthermore, faced issues with foreign affairs in Europe during George Washington's two terms as president. Caught in the middle of a war between France and Britain, the United States ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - If ever there was an Exhibit A for a team not being ready to play, it was on display Saturday at George Washington's Charles E. Smith Center.The Colonials are one of the surprise teams in the Atlantic 10 this season, something Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley told ...
While UCSD is best known for its contributions to science and technology, it has also built a vibrant arts community. The university hopes sci-fi may bring both worlds closer together…. … UCSD is calling their Comic-Con-adjacent programming “The Science of Story.” It will be centered aro...