It was Trump’s first public appearance since the assassination attempt and his first with Vance since announcing him as his vice presidential pick. The speakers for the next three days have not been announced yet, but Vance and Trump are sure to address the convention crowd. Vice presid...
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and the achievements of Monteverdi, Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart had to be known only by hearsay.Yet, this is precisely the situation that exists in acting. The actor, in the words of the 19th-century American actorLawrence Barrett, “is forever carving a statue of snow.” That is why th...
Monroe was the presidential choice of both Thomas Jefferson andJames Madison. Hisvice presidentwas Daniel D. Tompkins. The Federalists ran Rufus King. There was very little support for the Federalists, and Monroe won 183 out of 217 electoral votes. His victory marked the death knell for the ...
Polk's War: American Opposition and Dissent, 1846–1848 (Madison, Wis., 1973). User Contributions: 1 LaChauna ⚠ THIS IS A NICE ARTICLE. IT REALLY IS HELPING ME WITH MY PROJECT. I LIKE TO READ BUT NOT ON PRESIDENTS. SO CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ARTICLE ON HIM AND JAMES MONROE IN ...
While those who make a career out of these things overplay their importance, the hard-nosed policy-maker may question their success in relation to the resources expended. For a people whose actual achievements are thin, the thrills of espionage may be a welcome escapism to a world of exciting...
Mishkin M: Presidential address. Division of Physiological and Comparative Psychology, American Psychological Association. Washington DC, Sept. 1-4, 1969 Pribram KH: Neocortical function in behavior. Biological and biochemical bases of behavior. Edited by: Harlow HF, Woolsey CN. 1958, Madison: Univers...
In recognition of this achievement, Liao received the Presidential Green Chemistry Chal- lenge Award (2010). In 2012, for innovations in renewable energy, he was among the White House Champions of Change. He was also named chair of UCLA’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. ...
Also known as: James Knox Polk Written by George Clarence Robinson Professor of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. Editor ofDictionary of Presidential Disapprovals. George Clarence Robinson Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
James Baker is an American government official, political manager, and lawyer who occupied important posts in the Republican presidential administrations of the 1980s and early ’90s, including that of U.S. secretary of state (1989–92). (Read James Bake