He promised to have a peaceful solution and sale of territory to the United States.  ... Nevertheless, he remained the most powerful individual in Mexico until 1853, when his sale of millions of acres in what is now southern Arizona and New Mexico to the United States united liberal opposition against him. ... Once the Americans got in the city, the soldiers proceeded with house to house and hand to hand fighting. The Texas Rangers taught the soldiers the trick of throwing lighted grenades into houses which worked as primitive grenades; they blew the Mexicans wounded and bleeding them out of...

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Sent from Tokyo to a Japanese Embassy in Washington, it was encoded in the top-level Japanese "Purple Code", it stated that the Japanese were going to end relations with the United States. ... These men were the military's "top brass" in Washington and the only officers authorized to forward such sensitive intelligence to remote commanders. ... The most stunning was a "joint House-Senate probe" that reiterated the Roberts Commission findings. ... But, a close friend of Knox, the secretary of the Navy, later revealed that Knox, Stark, and Marshall spent most of that night in the White H...

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A letter from Delegate Joseph Jones to George Washington suggests the immediate pay to the solider by enforcing tariffs and taxation. George Washington blocked this threatened military coup aimed at strengthening the central government and guaranteeing back pay and pensions to officers as the war came to an end. ... The addition of the western lands would strengthen the Congress because the sale of lands would provide a source of national revenue. ... In a letter from John Jay to George Washington June 27, 1786 (Doc. ... In a speech to the South Carolina House of Representatives (Doc. ...

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Many people, including farmers, businessmen, and high ups in Washington alike, believe that the lifting of the embargo would be beneficial for business and tourism, as well as the possibility to help steer Cuba as a whole away from the communist government they are currently ruled by, and to have them adopt some sort of democracy (Berrios 3). ... The sale of food and medical supplies to individuals rather than Cuba as a government is permitted, as well as humanitarian aid, special granted visiting rights for certain U.S. citizens (students learning abroad, journalists, artists and sporting g...

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Johnson's personal behavior, drinking problems, and the way he forced industrialists to create certain codes contributed to disaffection with him inside and outside the White House. ... The NRA staff was among Washington's most skilled experts in the emerging art of public relations, But Johnson's obliviousness often threatened to undo their efforts at brightening the NRA's reputation for effectiveness. ... The live chicken codes contained price-fixing, short-weighting, the sale of sick chickens, and the falsification of the signs that signified kosher slaughtering. ... How...

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House of Representatives. After one year in the house, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. senate. ... Nearing the age of 62, Jackson arrived in Washington D.C. for his inauguration. ... It directed government agents to accept only gold or silver for the sale of land. ... He brought this rugged tough guy attitude to the white house and people appreciated it. ...

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Together they founded the Women's State Temperance Society "with the goal of petitioning the State legislature to pass a law limiting the sale of liquor.... Around 1905, she met with the President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., "To lobby for an amendment to give women the right to vote.... Apart from that, a group of woman bought the house where Anthony used to live in, and developed a museum out of it. ... Anthony Museum and House. ...

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Wanted to replace NY slums with parks, while reformers worked for tenement house laws. ... Hull House- Adams started a coffee-house here in attempt to lure neighbors away from evils of saloon Women's Christian Temperance Union- headed antiliquor movement in 80's-90's, and after 1900 by the Anti-Saloon League and religious/social supporters. ... Same day Pure Food and Drug Act passed Newlands Act- Natl Reclamation Act set aside proceeds from sale of public land to pay for irrigation projects, limited water in the West. ...

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(Drinking 1) Representative Scott Klug from Washington visits many University campuses, and is always asked by students why the federal government sets the legal drinking age at 21. Klug who agrees with young adults, and is in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18 has recently introduced "The States Rights Act of 1996", which would end Washington's financial coercion to adopt a national standard. ... Three house members in particular are in favor of Klug's plan. ... The manufacture and sale of alcohol produce revenue for the government, and employment for many people who work...

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In a speech to the Illinois House of Representatives, on December 18, 1840, Abraham Lincoln said, "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. ... Since then Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Maine, and Nevada have passed similar laws. ... His strategies would consist of the government exercising strong regulatory powers over all large-scale production and sale of marijuana and to make marijuana available only to competent adults, just the same as alcohol and tobacco. ... (Unanswered) Richard Dennis, the chairperson of the advisory board of the Drug Policy Foundation ...

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Taylor talks of the actions of the Prime Minister, "Baldwin, went off to Washington to settle Great Britain's debt Baldwin agreed to an unconditional settlement on harsh terms." ... The old fashioned England of villages and churches; the England of roads, cafes and new houses, the England of new industries and prosperity and the fourth England of mass unemployment. ... During this time local councils built approximately 700,000 houses for letting, whilst private industries built two million for sale. ... House building and buying increased. ...

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Originally the business was based out of his garage in his Washington home. ... Amazon added Marketplace, where sellers of used books could offer products for sale with a small commission collected by Amazon and also teamed up with many companies to offer their products through the website. ... Bezos's company is located in Seattle, Washington. ...

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The act regulates imported guns, expands the gun-dealer licensing and record keeping requirements, and places specific limitations on the sale of handguns. ... In 1972, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms was created to control the illegal use and sale of firearms and to enforce the federal firearm laws (US Gov. ... In 1977, Washington D.C. became the first state to enact gun registration laws. ... This is helpful in cases where the gun is at a house with children around. ...

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Sebastian Mauchly had a PhD in physics from the University of Cincinnati and in 1913 the family moved to Washington D.C. when Sebastian was "appointed as head of the Terrestrial Electricity and Magnetism section at the Carnegie Institute" (upenn). ... As a boy whenever the "neighbors had trouble with the wiring in their houses" (McCartney), they would often call young Mauchly. ... He graduated from The McKinley Technical High School of Washington, D.C. in 1925. ...

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Starbuck's Fact Sheet Locations: • Starbucks' corporate headquarter is located in Seattle, Washington. ... The Start of Starbucks It all stared in 1971, in Seattle, Washington, when three buddies decided to go into business together. ... Also, Starbucks made arrangements to supply an exclusive coffee blend to Nordstrom's for sale only in Nordstrom stores, to operate coffee bars in Barnes & Noble bookstores, and to offer coffee service at some Wells Fargo Bank locations in California. ...

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The Americans were fed up with the restrictions of movement West in the continent, the heavy taxes on imported goods and property, laws making the sale of certain items illegal, and the idea of having practically no rights. ...

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The state of Washington reported in May of 2000 that 70% of people in their local prisons were drug related. ... The Rotterdam Police Department superintendent in Amsterdam says; "when there are no coffee shops" (a place where people go to buy marijuana) "they [kids] will go to the illegal houses, where the dealer says, "OK, you want to have marijuana. ... Of these arrests, 87.2% were for possession -- not sale or manufacture. ...

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Twenty states and the District of Columbia have passed laws that allow individuals to use marijuana for medical purposes, including legalization of recreational use for adults over 21 in Colorado, Alaska and Washington. ... Around the world, similar places have been present since the 1970's, such as in Amsterdam's "coffee houses". ... They have a progressive model for the sale of marijuana that has allowed many dispensaries to open and flourish. ...

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She decided to sale baked goods to raise money for her school. ... Over several years, the small house that had begun as a school, soon became a thirty-two-acre campus with 400 students and fourteen buildings for students to learn in. ... Due to the efforts of NCNW President Dorothy Height, Bethune's exemplary life of service to others has been honored in the form of a statue which graces Washington DC's Lincoln Park" (Mary 2). ...

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