Full Text Search Details
...against him; it made him harsh with the poor innocent, which brought him still a peg lower in his wife’s esteem; and (to conclude) it was a bond of un... ...” he cried, bearing down my interruption, “had I been the least petty chieftain in the Highlands, had I been the least king of naked negroes in the Af...

Full Text Search Details
...gs like that. A Mexican war on that level might be as tedious as the South African war. But if the United States preferred to go into Mexican affairs ... ...is conditional upon the good behaviour of other people. “Unless the T rade Unions are more reasonable,” they will say. Or, “Unless the shipping intere... ...s repetition of incoherent discontent with authority, with direction, with union, with the European effort. It wants to do nothing. It just wants effo... ...ce that must follow this struggle. There is no question of their practical union. It is a thing that must be. But it is remarkable that while the Fren... ...y one of the Alpini silenced a machine gun by throwing stones. In the West African campaign we have employed troops armed with bows and arrows, and th... ...a certain freemasonry of thought. It is an impalpable and hardly conscious union of intention. It thinks not in terms of national but human ex- perien... ... plain right thing is a world shipping control, as impartial as the Postal Union. What right and reason and the welfare of coming genera- tions demand...

Full Text Search Details
... attended a meeting of the men on the bank. He was secretary to the Miners Union for his colliery, and had heard a good deal of silly wrangling that l... ...ecause a lot of ignorant monkeys want a monkey of their own sort to do the Union work, and jabber to them, they want to get rid of you, and you eat yo... ...you. If you cared for your wife and children half what you care about your Union, you’d be a lot better pleased in the end. But you care about nothing... ...lood. It wasn’t frightened. All the rest are craven—Europeans, Asiat- ics, Africans—everyone at his own individual quick craven and cringing: only con... ...ing itself of the moment, and seeking further, deeper interests. These old Africans! And Atlantis! Strange, strange wisdom of the Kabyles! Old, old da... ... them. Such scenes as the last were too horrible and unreal. As for future unions, too soon to think about it. Let there be clean and pure division fi...

Full Text Search Details
...id impressively to his brother, “the British Empire’s done. It’s U-P . The Union Jack, so to speak, won’t be worth the paper it’s written on, T om.” “... ... city, and men hurrying in the unwonted darkness across City Hall Park and Union Square came upon the dim forms of soldiers and guns, and were challen... ...ion of the Wetterhorn—for that is the only possible word for the act—above Union Square, and not a mile away from the exemplary ruins of City Hall. Th... ...xposing itself to a rifle attack. Overnight there had been a gun placed in Union Square. It had never been mounted, much less fired, and in the dark- ... ...ounded like a football some one has kicked and when they looked out again, Union Square was small and remote and shattered, as though some cosmically ... ...y. But at any time such a village would be liable to a raid of Asiatics or Africans or such-like air-pirates, de- manding petrol and alcohol or provis...

Full Text Search Details
... a common sailor, so intensely black that he must needs have been a native African of the unadul- terate blood of Ham. A symmetric figure much above t... ...be num- bered by thousands, ran up with huzzas the British colors with the union and cross wiped out; by that cancellation transmuting the flag of fou...

Full Text Search Details
...at I never reckoned on getting the prize; and, had the gov- ernment of the Union offered a hundred thousand dol- lars, it would have been none the poo... ...res spontaneously, and not by the closeness of its rivets; and its perfect union of the materials en- ables it to defy the roughest seas. “These two h... ... inquiries, and found that a certain James Hobbs, second lieutenant of the Union of Calcutta, after landing on an island situated 8º 18' S. lat., and ... ...d a girdle of two miles in circumference. The Nautilus then approached the African shore, where the depth of the sea was greater. There, between two w... ...h of a submarine valley which is between this Cape and Sierra Leone on the African coast. This valley bifur- cates to the parallel of the Antilles, an... ...ding the thirty miles that sepa- rated the Nautilus from the coasts of the Union. One un- fortunate circumstance thwarted the Canadian’s plans. The we...

Full Text Search Details
...ry and bad poetry, and a few hundred deaths in battle, conquered the South African Boers at a gross cost of about three thousand pounds per head —they... ...nd chil- dren shown by the colliers in striking merely for the sake of the union, and this stirred me to controversy, and distracted me a little from ... ... with that,” I said, clearing my throat. “If the men didn’t strike for the union now, if they let that be broken up, where would they be when the pinc...

Full Text Search Details
...38 Cambodia 40 Cameroon 41 Canada 42 Cape Verde 44 Cayman Islands 45 Central African Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chile 49 China (Taiwan entry on page 274) 5... ...ne 218 Singapore 219 Solomon Islands 220 Somalia 221 South Africa 223 Soviet Union 224 Spain 226 Page Sri Lanka 228 Sudan 230 Suriname 231 Swaziland ... ...ribbean IV. South America V. Europe VI. Middle East VII. Africa VIII. Soviet Union, East and South Asia IX. Southeast Asia X. Oceania XI. Arctic Regio... ... the Census, and the Department of State. Country abbreviations: CAR Central African Republic FRG Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) GDR Germa... ...outh Yemen) UAE United Arab Emirates UK United Kingdom US United States USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) YAR Yemen Arab Republi... ...navailable because of fighting (1986) Organized labor: government-controlled unions are being established Government Official name: Democratic Republi... ...: noun Anguillan(s); adjec- tive Anguillan Ethnic divisions: mainly of black African descent Beligion: Anglican, Methodist, and Catho- lic Language: E... ...Antiguan(s); adjec- tive Antiguan Ethnic divisions: almost entirely of black African origin; some of British, Portuguese, Lebanese, and Syrian origin ... ...4% Nationality: noun Aruban(s); adjective Aruban Ethnic divisions: 85% mixed African; remainder Carib Indian, European, Latin, and Oriental Religion: ...

Full Text Search Details
...b countries, such as Egypt and Jordan. Everyone - Europeans and Arabs, Asians and Africans - think that "the spread of American ideas and customs ... ... vying for real estate first with Spain in Latin America and later with the Soviet Union all over the world. The Marshall Plan was a ploy to make ... ... hotels (or luxurious apartments) overlooking the communist, or Middle-Eastern, or African shantytowns. They drive utility vehicles to the shabby o... ...ntinople. The West wringed its hands but provided no material or military help. The union of the two churches - Rome and Constantinople - was celebr... ...e into its constituent states, the world will breathe a sigh of relief. A European Union (EU)-like economic zone between the parts of the former US... ...nationalism and racism. The USSR, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic, the EU (European Union, then European Community), the Commonwealth led by the Uni... ...he noted that: "Muslim countries in the region trade less with one another than do African countries, and much less than do Asian, Latin American o... ...rt of the world. Muslim countries in the region trade less with one another than do African countries, and much less than do Asian, Latin American o... ... sold $90 million of oil to South Africa's Strategic Field Fund, charged the South African opposition Democratic Alliance. The Ukrainian UNIAN new...

Full Text Search Details
...rely life. In the past, he would have caused an uproar when he took the hand of an African princess whose own lineage was hanging by the thread of t... ...ormer world before the wars. Today, their differences were nonexistent while their union was more than beneficial to the survival of their nation. He... ...ial to the survival of their nation. He smiled as he looked upon the result of the union of him and his wife. Saria’s skin was a warm beige tint... ... attack as they have all these years.” A smile crossed her lovely face. “Perhaps a union will strengthen our forces against them.” ***** Banie... .... I fear you disregard your duties in the process.” “My duties? My love, this union with the Allorian Elves is my duty.” “Does that include... ...as she spoke. “There is much to prepare for in the coming days, Jacina. This union is most essential during this time of change.” “I agre...

Full Text Search Details
...xpedition -- Trouble with the sultan of Zanzibar -- Reception of da Gama by an African King -- Making good use of a soothsayer -- The King is invited ... ...outh Sea -- Cavendish is appointed to the command -- Capture and plunder of an African village -- Drake on the coast of Patagonia -- Discovery of the ... ...ast of Britain...................................... 40 Fabled Mermaids of the African coast..................................... 42 Meeting of Cartha... ...ic. ASTOUNDING ADVENTURES OF HANNO. Hanno, the other brother, sailed along the African coast southward and discovered the Fortunate Islands, which mig... ... sails had long whitened the great sea, and adventurous spirits had penetrated African wilds and the wondrously rich regions of the far east, the cond... ...ructions to his companions, admonishing them of the necessity of maintaining a union that no divisions could separate; for it was his hope that the co... ...considerable while until he had completely doubled the cape and discovered the union of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. On the 28th of October the El...

Full Text Search Details
...r getting round; and so too the losses of the German colonies and the East African War are scarcely to be reckoned with in the main war. They have no ... ...n enterprise as if an elderly jobbing brick-layer, working on strict trade-union rules, set out to stop the biggest avalanche that ever came down a mo... ...n advocate as its finest flower. T o go from the posing and chatter of the Union Debating Society to a university laboratory is, in Britain, to renoun... ...agitation for legal reconstruction. In the case of every other great trade union the war has exacted profound and vital concessions. The British worki... ... full of unpaid workers, and so on. The British legal profession and trade union alone has made no sign of any disposition to relax its elaborate rest... ...h, ignorance of all Europe ex- cept Switzerland, forensic exercises in the Union Debating Society, and cant about the Gothic, the Oxford and Cam- brid... ...hirst-tormented Hereros rise 127 H G Wells up in their thousands from the African dust, protesting. This talk of “legitimate expansion” is indeed now... ...g and courage of outlook, between the Euro- pean and the great Asiatic and African communities, is rap- idly diminishing. If the Europeans squabble mu...

Full Text Search Details
...nd of the squadron which recently rendered such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of ... ...nited States and aims at the overthrow of the Federal Constitution and the Union, was clandestinely prepared during the Winter of 1860 and 1861, and a... ...our despatch about seizing seventy rebels to exchange for a like number of Union men was duly received. I certainly do not disapprove the proposition.... ... JUL Y 1, 1862. June 28, 1861. The undersigned, governors of States of the Union, impressed with the belief that the citizens of the States which they... ...r for our military commanders to employ, as laborers, as many per- sons of African descent as can be used to advantage. The twelfth and thirteenth sec... ... shall employ as labor- ers within and from said States so many persons of African descent as can be advantageously used for military or naval purpose... ...asonable wages for their labor. 3. That as to both property and persons of African descent accounts shall be kept sufficiently accurate and in detail ... ...the colonization, in some country, of the people, or a portion of them, of African descent, thereby making it his duty, as it had for a long time been... ... committees. Applications have been made to me by many free Ameri- cans of African descent to favor their emigration, with a view to such colonization...

Full Text Search Details
...ed and cried after her in the streets with terrific vehemence. Such guilty unions seldom prosper. This husband and wife had lived together but a month... ...a rage and got rid of it again. At one time he wanted it to consent to the Union of England with Scotland, and quarrelled about that. At another time ... ...ndertook a war with the Dutch; principally because they interfered with an African company, established with the two objects of buying gold dust and s... ... her reign, in the month of May, one thousand seven hundred and seven, the Union between England and Scotland was effected, and the two countries were... ... rather lost ground in this respect since the days of Oliver Cromwell. The Union of Great Britain with Ireland—which had been getting on very ill by i...

Full Text Search Details
...hat he thought all things else of mean importance in com- parison: and our union is one in which, following the coun- sel of a sage and seer, I must t... ...led concord comes of it. That is our republic each one to his work; all in union! There’s the motto for us! Then you have music, harmony, the highest,... ...his ‘banana-wreath,’ he liked the fel- low for having volunteered for that African coast-service, and the news of his promotion by his admiral to the ... ...an attack on the Tories for their want of a policy and indifference to the union of classes. ‘I would prescribe a course of it, Cecilia; yes,’ he turn... ...d with her, and the manner of this tall graceful girl in submitting to the union of the measure and reserving her individual distinction, had exquisit... ... much as to let her know that if Nevil broke with his uncle, the treaty of union between the two families, which her father submitted to entertain out...

Full Text Search Details
...rough many waves of depression. Freights might drop out of sight, Seamen’s Unions throw spanners and nuts at certificated masters, or stevedores combi... ...kards for whom a sea-voyage was recommended; there were frowzy little West African boats, full of rats and cock- roaches, where men died anywhere but ... ...e—a bloomin’ bodysnatcher. There’s justice, I tell you, in England; and my Union’ll prosecute, too. We don’t stand no tricks with people’s insides ‘er...

Full Text Search Details
...eople be- cause he was a great genius. And for some reason he went to kill Africans, and killed them so well and was so cunning and wise that when he ... ..., the cause of the event is neither in the one nor in the other but in the union of the two. Or in other words, the conception of a cause is inapplica... ... and philosophy. History surveys a presentation of man’s life in which the union of these two con- tradictions has already taken place. In actual life... ...ear conception of man’s life. Apart from these two concepts which in their union mutually define one another as form and content, no conception of lif...

Full Text Search Details
... Solitary, singing in the West, I strike up for a New World. 2 Victory, union, faith, identity, time, The indissoluble compacts, riches, mystery,... .... Do you see O my brothers and sisters? It is not chaos or death—it is form, union, plan—it is eternal life—it is Happiness. 51 The past and pres... ...ypes, the bow and arrow, the poison’d splint, the fetich, and the obi. I see African and Asiatic towns, I see Algiers, Tripoli, Derne, Mogadore, Timbu... ...bes and empires! you Russ in Russia! You dim descended, black, divine soul’d African, large, fine headed, nobly form’d, superbly destin’d, on equal te... ... feuillage to me and to America, how can I do less than pass the clew of the union of them, to afford the like to you? Whoever you are! how can I but ... ...bove all towering, With Victory on thy left, and at thy right hand Law; Thou Union holding all, fusing, absorbing, tolerating all, Thee, ever thee, I ... ...thy gold and silver, The inexhaustible iron in thy mines. All thine O sacred Union! Ships, farms, shops, barns, factories, mines, City and State, Nort... ...ver the whole earth from east to west as they lie unclothed, The Asiatic and African are hand in hand, the European and American are hand in hand, Lea... ... part, castle of lord or laborer’s cot, Or frozen North, or sultry South—the African’s—the Arab’s in his tent, Old Asia’s there with venerable smile, ...

Full Text Search Details
...criptural pathos in what followed, as if it were some scene of domestic re-union, opening itself from patriarchal ages. The young officer was the elde... ...imate of all violence. Personal security being so main an object of social union, we are obliged to frown upon all modes of violence as hostile to the... ...own upon all modes of violence as hostile to the central principle of that union. We are obliged to rate it, according to the univer- sal results towa... ...nnocent voluptuousness of *‘Creole.’—At that time the infusion of negro or African blood was small. Consequently none of the negro hideous- ness was d... ... complications of descent from three original strands, European, American, African, the distinctions of social consideration founded on them bred name... ...ing, taking them in the fullest literality, agree in this general point of union— they are all silent incarnations of miraculous power— miracles, supp...

Full Text Search Details
... devil‖—as young print shop helpers were still known before the advent of union apprentices—randomly and appropriately tossed it into a ―hell box.‖ ... ...ibune. Reid became increasingly anti-labor—so angry with the printers‘ union that a lengthy strike ensued. Despite early troubles, such as bro... ...Tribune, a thousand Linotypes had been installed nationwide. The labor union‘s war with the Tribune lasted six years, ending when Reid accepted a ... ...nion‘s war with the Tribune lasted six years, ending when Reid accepted a union shop in order to win the 1892 vice-presidential nomination on the Rep... ...se. That number continued to grow for decades. Pioneer national printers union was powerful Ironically, although two compositors were initially t... ... the reality of segregation at that time and funded separate libraries for African-Americans. o DDC cards in catalog drawers enabled patrons to find...

Full Text Search Details
... most violent warrior. We need only look at the various sects of every religion to see how the spectrum of holiness varies from an individual union ... ...genes. There is also a great deal of animal research that points to the existence of instincts. ―We mentioned Robert Ardrey‘s book ‗Africa... ...ned Helen Keller who, deaf and blind, graduated from college and became a famous author and lecturer. Then there is Oscar Pistorius, the South Africa... ...for justice. Just the exact opposite of those using power to subdue others in business, politics or sport. ―I cringed when I saw the Africa... ...senting adults is one thing while non-willing teenagers is something else. Just look at the female genital mutilation in Africa. Twenty eight Africa... ...ter, to ‗turn the other cheek‘ and to ‗do unto others.‘‖ —―It‘s not just the religious right! Hitler, the Keiser, Saddam Hussein, and Africa...

Full Text Search Details
...38.6% Mixed Race 23.6% Native Hawaiian or Pacifc Islander 10% Black or African American 1.6% Other 1.5% HAWAI‘I’S POPULATION BY RACE State Popula... ...ished diplomatic posts around the world, joined the International Postal Union, and sent scholarship students to the United States, China and Japa...

Full Text Search Details
...r ago thirteen various and very jealous states worked out the problem of a Union, and became—after an enormous, exhausting wrangle—the United States o... ...to interfere to protect the lives or property of aliens in any part of the union outside the district of Columbia. The state governments still see to ... ...t it is still chary of such intervention. And these states of the American Union were at the outset so independent-spirited that they would not even a... ...n my 30 In the Fourth Year “ignorance” from the burthen of thinking about African prob- lems, I find myself obliged, like most other people, to do so... ... of the next decade. I know this is not a claim to be interested in things African, such as the pro- moter of a tropical railway or an oil speculator ... ...nd the essential thing I would like to point out to these authorities upon African questions is that not one of them even hints at any other formula w... ...even hints at any other formula which covers the broad es- sentials of the African riddle. What are these broad essentials? What are the ends that mus... ... Sharpe, and the other authorities can object to at least an international African “Disarmament Commission” to watch, warn, and protest. At least they... ...delegated certain powers to Washington. That was the ini- tial idea of the union. Only later did the idea of a people of the States as a whole emerge....

Full Text Search Details
...rds the second point, singularly enough Washington is the only city of the Union that has been in an enemy’s possession since the United States became... ... present population of Washington; and there are, I fear, few towns in the Union so little likely to enjoy any speedy increase. Three avenues sweep th... ...t of the House of Repre- sentatives, and the Supreme Judicial Court of the Union. It may be said that there are two centers in Washington, this being ... ... pillars or wayside letter-boxes, as are to be found in other towns of the Union—no subsidiary offices at which stamps can be bought and letters poste... ...on the very spot chosen by himself for the center temple of an everlasting union, what would he then say as to that boast made on his behalf by his co... ...By colored men I alluded to mulattoes, and all those of mixed European and African blood. The word “colored,” in the States, seems to apply to the who... ...an or woman in whose veins there can have been presumed to be any taint of African blood. In Jamaica they are daily to be found in society. Every Engl... ...willingly join my lot with theirs. I do not wish to have dealings with the African negro, either as a free man or as a slave, if I can avoid them, bel... ... other mode of protestation I may to guard myself. In thus speaking of the African negro, I do not venture to despise the work of God’s hands. That He...

Description Details
...nglish version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little-known incidents of the South African war, but also because of the keen personal interest of the events recorded. It is more than a history. It is a dramatic picture of the hopes and fears, the devotion and bitterness with which some patriotic women in Pr...

Full Text Search Details
... for and never have. We are the most diverse country in the world. We have African Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans Christians, Jews, Musli... ...tween gays. He announced his beliefs on the issue in the 2004 State of the Union Address: A strong America must also value the institu- tion of marria... ... President Clinton. That statute defines marriage under federal law as the union of a man and a woman, and declares that one state may not redefine ma... ...ation must de- fend the sanctity of marriage, protect its status as a holy union entered into through the blessings of the Almighty, and stand firm an... ...or we will never be free. Works s s s s Cited Bush, George W. State of the Union Address. 19 January 2004 <http:// s88741803.onlinehome.us/2004SOTU/ 2... ...hment are equally compelling. For one, the death penalty is biased against African Americans. Statistical evi- dence shows that African Americans are ... ...are four times more likely to receive the death penalty than Cau- casians. African Americans comprise only 13 per- cent of the U. S. population, but 4...

Full Text Search Details
...akfast. Here I cannot but remember the advice of the cook, a simple hearted African. ‘‘Now,’’ says he, ‘‘my lad, you are well cleaned out; you haven’... ...go to hell after all, would be hard indeed!’’ Our cook, a simple hearted old African, who had been through a good deal in his day, and was rather ser... ...ication table and the tables of weights and measures; then the states of the union, with their capitals; the counties of England, with their shire t... ...Seamen’s Friend Society, and of the other smaller societies throughout the Union, have been a true blessing to the seaman; and bid fair, in course ... ...ch any one might have seen could not be right, and which turned out to be an African Baptist meeting house. But my friend had many capital points of ... ...ple were alike, nearly all of the English race, though from all parts of the Union. The latest French bonnets were at the head of the chief pews, and ... ...re the Mast Richard Henry Dana educated men and women from all parts of the Union I met with; where New England, the Carolinas, Virginia, and the ne...

Full Text Search Details
...that some hours only of travel in this direction 1 Chapter first published in Union Magazine, 1848. 2 The Maine Woods will carry the curious to the ve... ... We inquired the time; none of my companions had a chronometer. At length an African prince rushed by, observing, “Twelve o’clock, gentlemen!” and 9 C...

Full Text Search Details
... is a dream,” said Pierre. “Understand, my dear fellow , that outside this union all is filled with deceit and falsehood and I agree with you that not... ...se features he adored: that same face and same look and step, and the same union of majesty and mildness.... And the feel- ing of enthusiasm and love ... ... bear my cross. But if I forgive her for the sake of doing right, then let union with her have only a spiritual aim. That is what I decided, and what ... ... people because he was a great genius. And for some reason he went to kill Africans, and killed them so well and was so cunning and wise that when he ... ..., the cause of the event is neither in the one nor in the other but in the union of the two. Or in other words, the conception of a cause is inap- pli... ...nd philosophy. His- tory surveys a presentation of man’s life in which the union of these two contradictions has already taken place. In actual life e...

Full Text Search Details
... in Khartoum. 30 Bin Ladin agreed to help Turabi in an ongoing war against African Christian separatists in southern Sudan and also to do some road bu... ...ationships with other extremist groups from these same countries; from the African states of Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda; and from the Sout... ...been boiling there even before the Central Asian departments of the Soviet Union became indepen- dent states. 39 This pattern of expansion through bui... ...in his weakest position since his early days in the war against the Soviet Union.The Sudanese government had canceled the registra- tion of the main b... ...eo- ple, none of them Americans. Interviewed later about the deaths of the Africans, Bin Ladin answered that “when it becomes apparent that it would b... ...ologies that gave us insight into the closed-off territories of the Soviet Union during the Cold War are of limited use in identifying and tracking in... ...omoted by fellow officers while he paid his bills by selling to the Soviet Union the names of U.S. operatives and agents, a number of whom died as a r... ...expectation of civ- ilized behavior among nations.” 99 In his State of the Union message in January 1995, President Clinton prom- ised “comprehensive ... ...ve seen no per- suasive evidence that al Qaeda funded itself by trading in African conflict dia- monds. 129 There also have been claims that al Qaeda ...

Full Text Search Details
... annual sums, equal to the revenue of a small king dom, in blockading the African coast, for a cause in which we not only had no interest, but which ... ...sage in Mr. Seward’s let ter, in which he said that “if the safety of the Union required the detention of the captured persons, it would be the right... ...een contending for; to win back, if opportunity of fers, the South to the Union by surrendering the whole point. If this be the true state of the cas... ... party have taken their stand on law, and the existing constitution of the Union. They have disclaimed all right to attempt anything which that consti... ... ciples in which their supporters are unanimous. The preser vation of the Union is an object about which the North are agreed; and it has many adhere... ...gainst slavery. The Republicans well know that if they can reëstablish the Union, they gain every thing for which they originally contended; and it w... ...19 J S Mill be at war with the new Confederacy within five vears about the African slave trade. An English Government will hardly be base enough to re... ...on of slavery to come and go free, and unexamined, between America and the African coast, would be to renounce even the pretence of attempting to prot...