Martha Washington 1731-1802 George Washington's wife was the first to be given the title "lady" by the press, as in "Lady Washington," and the first wife of a president to appear on U.S. postage stamp.   ... Louisa Adams 1775-1852 John Quincy Adams' wife was the only first lady born in a foreign country-England. ... Letitia Tyler 1790-1842 John Tyler's first wife was a stroke victim and the first president's wife to die in the White House. ... Hayes' wife was the first to ban all alcoholic beverages from the White House. ... Bush's wife ...

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The man who is in the public eye most of the time, who leads the country and makes all the important decisions not just for himself and people around him, but for his own country, is untruthful and unrighteous in his actions. ... Clinton also uses pathos to convince the viewers to be more understanding of his actions and as if to feel sorry for him when he discusses his wife and family "I mislead people including even my wide. ... Also now the former president drifts away from the actual subject of the speech "We have more important work to do - real opportunities, real problems to solve, real...

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There are two presidents that are recognized in history as two of a kind, yet they served our great country 100 years apart. ... He was shot in the head sitting in Box 7 at Ford's Theater with his wife. His wife was not injured. ... He was also shot in the head sitting in a Ford vehicle, a Lincoln limousine, and the 7th car of the Dallas motorcade, beside his wife who was not injured. ...

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While his wife worked in the hospitals, Hoover directed the building of barricades, and once risked his life rescuing Chinese children. ... By being opened minded we can discover new ways of accomplishing many things and how we can make our country better. ... As a political tradition liberalism has varied in different countries. ...

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To some folks, the presidential election may be just another political decision, but for most it is the biggest decision our country's voters can make. ... If he can't make a correct choice on his wife, can he make correct political choices? ... George Bush has had his shot at being president and hasn't shown our country much. ...

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He was in Ford's Theater with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln when it all happened. ... Lincoln's death got in the way of everything, especially in the way of Lincoln's plan to rebuild the south so that the country could come together. ... The circumstances for the assassination of foreign leaders is if there is tyranny or a dictatorship going on in that certain country. ... Assassination's happen only when there are people in one's own country who don't approve of a political leader and when other foreign countries dislike you as well. ...

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He kept the U.S. neutral and often visited other countries trying to get them to agree on peace. ... The League of Nations would have members from several countries come together and discuss problems in the world. Many countries liked the idea of a group who would try and prevent wars from happening. ... During this time he fought sickness and his wife continuously begged him not to travel anymore. ... Without President Wilson, the country be are were are today....

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Viewing themselves as guardians of the United States COnstitution was not a completely accurate view shared by the Jacksonian Democrats. Many Events during Jackson's presidency did not demonstrate dedication to the Consitution. A few of these events were The Corrupt Bargain, The Eaton Affair, and th...

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On top of this, Wilson's wife died from a kidney problem. ... Most of America did not want anything to do with the war and thought it was not their problem, so Wilson sided with America and stated that we were a neutral country. ... While in Paris, a number of countries came together and wrote up the League of Nations. ... Edith Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's second wife, was very protective of him after this happened. ...

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What would the people of the United States say about a woman being the President and running their country? ... She is also the wife of one time presidential candidate Bob Dole. ... In countries that have seen a woman president or prime minister, unless they came in after their husband or father was assassinated, the country has had far more women at the top, particularly in politics. The Nordic countries are a good example. ... (www.abcnews.go.com) With her answers being as straightforward as they are, it seems to me that she is for a woman running our country. ...

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Through hard work and motivation, which stemmed from experiencing the effects of the Great Depression, he managed to open and run a grocery store and an IGA market, which allowed him to support his wife and children. ... The Strenuous Life was a period of transformation in the country's thinking and social expectations. ... The country had become extremely "soft" in the eyes of people such as Theodore Roosevelt. ...

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Late Friday night, Abe Lincoln and his wife went out for the night to see Our American Cousin at the Ford Theater. ... His assassination had a long-lasting impact upon the United States, and he was mourned throughout the country in both the North and South. ... On the Sunday after Lincoln's death, clergymen around the country praised Lincoln in their sermons. ...

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Different countries and the cultures within them have different beliefs on what a woman's status should be. ... No one would even dream of a woman being president or making important decisions for the country. ... Hilary Clinton not only was the wife of the president, she spoke out in many ways. ...

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Andrew Jackson had many jobs ranging from lawyer to politician, politics actually lead him to meet his wife. ... Jackson changed the presidency in such a powerful way he strengthened the power of the president as well as the nation and gained the United States more respect from the foreign affairs, and lead the country towards democracy. ... America grew off the Jacksons and his strong will to build America to what he thought was the most powerful, and greatest country in the world. ...

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His Four Point Plan supported the UN, continued the Marshall Plan (which aided Europe financially after WWII and formed NATO), supported collective defense against communist aggression, and aided third-world countries. ... Truman died in 1972 and is buried in the courtyard of the Truman Library next to his wife. ...

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Although it may not account for everything, the "modern hand" had a very tight grip on the country's development over the course of time. ... Revolutionist activities spread out from the heartland to different parts of the country. ... This paved the way for him, his wife, and so called crony capitalists to control and manipulate the country's enterprises. ... The country's economic struggles may ultimately lead to a successful so-called "mass-consumption society". ... Although, its success is very much questionable, the practice of bureaucracy, along with i...

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He continued to serve his country and gained a well-respected reputation. ... Even with all this opposition Adams continued to work hard and serve his country. Serving his country meant not firing his political rivals if they did their jobs. ... He had given up a good part of his life to serve his country. ... Adams said, "I should have been one of the greatest benefactors of my country.... ...

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His wife improved his reading and writing skills because she was far smarter and more educated then him. ... He was inspired when his wife taught him about President Arithmetic. ... Johnson exclaimed that the Union would provide many minor countries, which would be ruled by miscellaneous forms of government. ...

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Some might remember him as a wonderful president who helped our country pulls through the millennium unscathed. ... He made some mistakes and bad choices, but in the whole, he helped our country excel and flourish. ... Will they explain how Clinton's moral hypocrisy divided a country? ... For the second time in our country existence we had a surplus. ... Financially our country was better off now that it has been in the last twenty years. ...

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Roosevelt extended the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 and declared that the United States would not allow any non-American intervention in Latin-American affairs and also police the area in order to guarantee that these countries met their obligations, this was the beginning of the American "philosophy". ... On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Serbia. ... Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendship. ... If every country washed by the Carribean Sea would...

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"Never explain, never complain," Henry Ford II said after wrecking a car that was not a Ford, accompanied by a lovely woman who was not his wife. ... America is not a particularly ideological country. ...

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President Washington had served as the new country's leader for eight years. ... Washington's primary purpose of signing the treaty was to avoid a war the country could not afford. ... Jefferson spread conspiracy theories about how Washington was allowing the English to take back the country from the inside. ... Adams wife died in 1818, and it greatly affected him. ... The people of the new country had to band together to be able to keep their nation. ...

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When Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office in September 1901, he presided over a country that had made tremendous change over the last fifty years. ... Much later, he lost his mother and wife on the same day and was devastated. ... This was especially significant during a time where Industrialization was beginning to cause environmental problems for the country. ...

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Abraham Lincoln sat next to his wife and behind some important government officials. When Lincoln was in his booth, during the last few hours of his life, it seemed like the country was at peace. The war was near its end, with Lincoln having clearly obtained his objective of a slavery free country. ... Surprisingly, the item that stopped John Wilkes Booth from running into the South where he would be free to leave the country and avoid punishment was not a person or a weapon. ... Surrounding him were his wife, one of his sons, many Cabinet members, Generals, and Chief Justice Chase. ...

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In the summer of 2003 President George W. Bush waged a military campaign in Iraq with false justifications and fabricated documents that were used as evidence to further his war agenda. Throughout literature there are uncanny resemblances to this moment in current events. Ranging from the dictatoria...

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