In the Congress of the Confederation, the master minds of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were constantly engaged through the closing years of the Revolutionary War and those of peace which immediately succeeded. View in context The second essay titled "A Contemporary Analysis of James Madison'...
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 Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have ex...
I hope Acemoglu and Robinson are right. Nepal was mentioned by the authors several times as a destabilized place. I am hopefully curious to see whether the implementation of more inclusive institutions; envisioned by Nepal’s new Constitution (as amended) and new local elections; bring about a ...
Bill Robinson was also known as Bojangles, a nickname from his childhood in Richmond, Virginia. Clockwise, from top left, with his second wife Fannie Clay in 1933; performing the stair dance with Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel (1935); profile illustration by Peggy Bacon; Robinson with ...
N. W. on John Mills being the plantation whereon my Father William Hemphill deceased and formerly lived. William McQuiston Hemphill of St. Clair Co., Illinois, sworn before James S. Robinson, Justice of the Peace on Feb. 23, 1836. Witnesses were James Wilson Sr. and James Wilson, Jr....
Chris Robinson has told Howard Stern that he wouldn't attend the ceremony: "I'm not going. Look, Jerry Garcia didn't go, I'm not going," he said. "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, to me, is like going to the mall or something." (Rapp) Blackfoot Rick Diamond, Getty Images Blackfoot...
died out in “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” (1976). The astronauts are emotionally and psychologically unprepared for a world where they have no meaning. “Houston” won a Nebula for bestnovellaand shared the Hugo Award for best novella (with Spider Robinson’s “By Any Other Name”)....
Chris Robinson has told Howard Stern that he wouldn't attend the ceremony: "I'm not going. Look, Jerry Garcia didn't go, I'm not going," he said. "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, to me, is like going to the mall or something." (Rapp) Blackfoot Rick Diamond, Getty Images Blackfoot...
James Tallon, a Binghamton native who served for several years as majority leader of the New York State Assembly, has died. He was 82 years old. Tallon was born in 1941. He took an interest in government and public speaking at an early age. As a ninth grade student at East Junior High...
Anthony Wayne's army down the Ohio to Fort Washington. John married Rachel Robinson on 15 July 1802. He had just been appointed Indian Factor at Fort Wayne; well-regarded as a government employee attached to the War Department, Johnston served as paymaster and quartermaster during the War of ...