Adam entered into would not be binding on remote descendants thousands of years later, even if a line of descent could be identified. His refutation was widely accepted as decisive, and in any event the theory of the divine right of kings ceased to be taken seriously in England after 1688....
Russian Provisional Government, internationally recognized government of Russia from February to October (March to November, New Style) 1917, formed after the fall of the Romanovs. It was reorganized twice in eight months but failed to grapple with the m
After the American Revolution won in 1787, the new government in the U.S.A. had to choose a capital city. The thirteen states quarreled about this. So the government decided to build a completely new capital. The land on the River Potomac was given the name District of Columbia (D.C)...
the practices of the carpetbaggers, Northerners who, after the Civil War, sought private gain in the South from the Reconstruction government. —carpetbaggery,n. Castroism the doctrines and policies of Fidel Castro, communist premier of Cuba. ...
But the revolution left the former government complex in tatters and in need of a clear direction forward both culturally and architecturally. A former French colony, Burkina Faso is home to 19 million people, 50 different ethnicities and more than 60 languages. The country would require a new ...
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After inciting a revolt in 1908 in which the Sultan was deposed, the Young Turks remained a viable political force until the end of World War I. By extension, young Turk has assumed figurative implications as evidenced in this quote from John Gunther (1901-70), cited in Webster’s Third:...
People Get To Play Around With Mega-JackHammer/Mega-Crane/Mega-Mover Mega-Mining, Yellow People Get To Build Robots To Make EveryThing, And Everybody Else Just Get Drugged For Whatever They Are Doing And Get Stoned After Their Light Work Because 8 Hour Days At The Same Thing Are Just ...
Colombia’s internal development quickened after 1905, withcoffeeexports expanding by nearly 10 percent per year between 1909 and 1928. At the beginning of the 20th century, Colombia supplied about 3 percent of world coffee exports; by 1923 its share had risen to nearly 10 percent. In the late...
But the revolution left the former government complex in tatters and in need of a clear direction forward both culturally and architecturally. A former French colony, Burkina Faso is home to 19 million people, 50 different ethnicities and more than 60 languages. The country would require a new ...