After graduating Columbia Law in 1976, he immediately went to Washington D.C., where he still resides to this day with his wife (an obstetrician) and his three children. ... During this time (1993 to today), Holder Jr. has excelled in his leadership in Washington D.C., his philanthropy in his community and beyond, and his special role among African Americans as a powerful and respected force. ... His philanthropy and wise business sense has led him to be a permanent fixture in the Washington D.C. area and, although, he seems to know and work with many politicians, he is tough on corruption....

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They found items that had belonged to Presidents Washington, Lincoln, and Madison. ... Kennedy's influence extended beyond the White House in a variety of projects: she redesigned the President's Rose Garden to be a natural sanctuary outside the Oval Office where the President greets special visitors and large groups to this day; she saved the historic homes along Lafayette Square from demolition and commissioned a plan that placed the proposed new government office buildings in back of the period townhouses, thereby preserving the historical identity of the Square; she also advocat...

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James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States. He was a Democrat from Tennessee. He was elected President of the United States and Henry Clay who represented the Whig party and who had previously lost to Andrew Jackson, a Federalist. Polk lived from 1795-1849. He married Sara Child...

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Integration of Central High Beals, Melba Pattillo. Warriors Don't Cry. New York: Washington Square Press, 1994. In "Warriors Don't Cry," Beals talks about the Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The first day of school began for nine African American students on Sep...

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Washington forced economic sanctions that practically destroyed the economy. ... Throughout this process, the U.S. press followed Washington's lead, selecting villains in terms of current needs. ... The Washington-media coalition and the main magazines abstained from passing judgment on the falsified elections, but dismissed as utterly worthless the Sandinistas' far more free and honest election in the same year. ... Suharto of Indonesia, arguably the worst killer of them all, remains a Washington-media "moderate."" The fact was that at exactly the moment it invaded Panama becaus...

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Government Spending & Budget As many Federal departments and agencies lurch into an era of running without funds, the leaders of both parties of Congress are spending less and less time searching for a compromise to balance the budget, and more and more time deciding how to use it to...

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Woman suffrage is the right of women to vote. Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men. But they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, and they had to overcome strong opposition to get them. Reading Jailed for Freedom has been like peeking into a w...

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With a group of other students Nixon set out to break the Franklins social monopoly by organizing the Orthogonians, a name from the Greek word meaning "square-shooters-. ... "The Washington Post thundered that Nixon must be dropped from the ticket- ( ). ...

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