Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency by Logan Beirne attempts to answer the question, "What would Washington do if he were here today?," based on what he and his fellow Founders actually did 225 years ago. The book provides details on how the nation's ...
George Washington Had Contracted Smallpox in Barbados In 1751, when Washington was 19 years old, he and his brother Lawrence sailed to Barbados in the hopes that the warm island air would cure his sickly sibling of tuberculosis. Just a day after landing, the brothers dined in the home of ...
Old and upcoming Star Wars TV shows (Image credit: Lucasfilm) Of course, the Star Wars universe isn’t limited to just the movies, and there are a variety of live-action and animated TV series that serve as canonical entries in the timeline. Better yet, all of them are available on Di...
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Ford O'Connell, adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Political Management of the George Washington University, told Xinhua that Democrats are "trying to quickly mobilize their base." "Chances are it's not going to stop what's going to happen in November," O'Connell said, noting that...
On the film front, Bros, Ticket to Paradise, How I Learned to Fly (featuring Cliff “Method Man” Smith), Get On Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Billy Madison, Carlito’s Way, How High, Jarhead, Law Abiding Citizen, and several other notable titles join the Starz app this month.You ...
met him and said, “You’re the stone upon which I will build my church.” After Constantine legalized Christianity in A.D. 313 with the Edict of Milan, he quickly began building that church. For Constantine, Jesus would have been as old as George Washington is in relative history...
The NBA will allow pre-approved designated back-to-back allowances for players who are 35 years old on opening night or have career workloads of 34,000 regular-season minutes or 1,000 regular-season and playoff games combined, sources said. ...
Today, a fiscal cliff can emerge from time to time but none has caused a serious financial crisis. Understanding a Fiscal Cliff Who first uttered the words "fiscal cliff" is not clear. Some believe that it was first used by Goldman Sachs economist Alec Phillips. Others credit Federal Reserve...
Alpha is a 96-year-old leading incumbent in the Brazilian health diagnosis industry, offering a broad range of services. In 2014, the company started its renewal, in particular by reshaping and intensifying innovation activities, moving from traditional reactive medicine with diagnostic services to pr...