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...towed them all away in a shrewd intellect and a vigorous memory. He was an American born, was Captain Jorgan,—a New-Englander,—but he was a citizen of... ...world, and a combination of most of the best qualities of most of its best countries. For Captain Jorgan to sit anywhere in his long-skirted blue coat... ...of nothing,—which was pretended to be found out, I believe, by one of them Latin critters,” said the captain with the deepest disdain; “as if Adam had...

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... seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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...ns of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, wer... ...- tion of the day. How could I be otherwise? I had read and reread all the American and European papers without be- ing any nearer a conclusion. This ... ...ofes- 11 Jules Verne sor, and not give too much cause for laughter to the Americans, who laugh well when they do laugh. I reserved for myself a way o... ...friends and collections—and accepted without hesita- tion the offer of the American Government. “Besides,” thought I, “all roads lead back to Europe; ... ...ed, I tried to remember my first lessons, and to narrate our adventures in Latin, but with no bet- ter success. This last attempt being of no avail, t... ... twentieth time. “We speak to those rogues in French, English, German, and Latin, and not one of them has the politeness to answer!” “Calm yourself,” ... ...he, in a calm and penetrating voice, “I speak French, English, German, and Latin equally well. I could, therefore, have answered you at our first inte... ...ertain to meet sharks, is quite another thing! I know well that in certain countries, particularly in the Andaman Islands, the negroes never hesitate ... ...It was plain to me that this Mediterranean, enclosed in the midst of those countries which he wished to avoid, was distasteful to Captain Nemo. Those ...

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...paper and cane as Tom had done, but with a penny packet of Boys of England American ciga- rettes. His language shocked his father before he was twelve... ...t was that particularly impressed Bert Smallways. “If them Germans or them Americans get hold of this,” he said impressively to his brother, “the Brit... ...r and cigarette shop opposite dis- played such placards as this:— REPORTED AMERICAN ULTIMATUM. BRITAIN MUST FIGHT. OUR INFATUATED WAR OFFICE STILL REF... ...ever the twain shall meet. Instead of which, Egypt, India, and the subject countries generally had produced new generations in a state of pas- sionate... ... Even more pacific than the British Empire were France and its allies, the Latin powers, heavily armed states indeed, but reluctant warriors, and in m... ...the whole world was at war, that he formed any image at all of the crowded countries south of these Arctic solitudes stricken with terror and dismay a... ...n across France, Belgium, Germany, England, Ireland, and a number of other countries. It was an interesting thought and suitable for conversation, but...

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...ion flowering away at home, feeding rankly on rumour; Opinion in neu- tral countries; Opinion getting into great tangles of misun- derstanding and inc... ...rgely made up for by the good will and generous efforts of the English and American press. An interesting monograph might be written upon these variou... ... in their task. The aim of the national intelligence in each of the allied countries is not to exalt one’s own nation and confuse and divide the enemy... ...re of the risk Italy has faced in undertaking this war for an idea. With a Latin lucidity she has counted every risk, and with a Latin idealism she ha... ...ut out a bed of begonias. In Paris I met a charming 50 War and the Future American writer, the wife of a French artist, the lady who wrote My House o... ...nally into the writer’s study there come to hand drifting fragments of the American literature upon the ques- tion of “preparedness,” and American pap... ...ery complicated appliances and mu- nitions now needed for its prosecution. Countries like Mexico, Bulgaria, Serbia, Afghanistan or Abyssinia are no 7... ... would seem that in each case England displays the finer developments. The Latin mind is directer than the English, and its standards—shall I say?—mor... ... situation. Nothing on the same scale is percep- tible in the press of the Latin allies. A great movement on the part of capitalists and business orga...

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...ich scroll were written in ancient Hebrew, and in ancient Greek, and in good Latin of the school, and in Spanish these words: “Land ye not, none of yo... ...– Bacon 14 air into all parts, to bring them news and intelligence of other countries. It was answered by us all, in all possible humbleness, but yet... ...ns before named. And (as it cometh to pass) they had many times men of other countries, that were no sailors, that came with them; as Persians, Chalde... ...tle subject to earthquakes, but by a particular deluge, or inundation; those countries hav ing at this day far greater rivers, and far higher moun t... ...low. So you see, by this main accident of time, we lost our traffic with the Americans, with whom of all others, in regard they lay nearest to us, we ...

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... who deserve a special word of condemnation. One of them was Scots; the other claimed to be American; admitted, after some fencing, that he was born i... ...ne, for instance, the composition of which he had bought years ago for five dollars from an American pedlar, and sold the other day for a hundred poun... ...ead break in the course of our enjoyment. STEERAGE TYPES WE HAD A FELLOW on board, an Irish-American, for all the world like a beggar in a print by Ca... ...he children came to their full age they fled the house, and established themselves in other countries; some did well, some not so well; but the father... ...y father’s library was a spot of some austerity; the proceedings of learned societies, some Latin divinity, cyclopaedias, physical science, and, above... ...akes one undivided chamber; here are set forth tables on which to model imaginary or actual countries in putty or plaster, with tools and hardy pigmen... ...e taste; and that the best school for a lover of nature is not to the found in one of those countries where there is no stage effect—nothing salient o...

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...ignificance remains. You may perhaps look with a smile on the profusion of Latin mottoes – some crawling endwise up the shaft of a pillar, some issuin... ... the Orkneys; nor so much as a poor, over-driven, Covenanting slave in the American plantations; but can lay claim to a share in that memorial, and, i... ...song he affected, carry your mind ‘Over the hills and far away’ to distant countries; and you have a vision of Edinburgh not, as you see her, in the m...

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... II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Lib... ...pire V. The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism VI. Add Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghan... ...sons XIV. The Iraqi and the Madman XV. Just War or Just a War? The Roots of Anti-Americanism By: Dr. Sam Vaknin The United States is one of the... ...ed "What the World Thinks in 2002". "The World", was reduced by the pollsters to 44 countries and 38,000 interviewees. Two other surveys published l... ...of anti-American groundswell everywhere: among America's NATO allies, in developing countries, Muslim nations and even in eastern Europe where Ameri... ...a and Pakistan. Two thirds of Russians and overwhelming majorities in 13 out of 15 countries regarded the conduct of the USA in Iraq as a greater t... ...ates acted as a classic colonial power, vying for real estate first with Spain in Latin America and later with the Soviet Union all over the world... ...Roman culture - constructed on Greek foundations - permeated the nascent empire and Latin became the Lingua Franca. But, as Cato the Elder forewarn... ... move. Many said that they preferred the rule of the Turks to being enslaved by the Latin West. Soon their wish would come true. On May 29, 1453 Tu...

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...ionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid... ... Uni­ versity. He was also required to maintain a rigorous teaching schedule in American Indian Culture and Artifacts. In addition, he had contracte... ...est. He of­ ten felt dumb in her presence when she started talking about Native American history. But right now all he could feel was how much he mi... ...m of a necklace draped smoothly just above her breast. A row of square, silver American Indian amulets diagonally circled her waist from the top of... ...s of rivers and lakes, not to mention what he's done to at least a dozen other countries. " An owl clock on the desk chimed. "It's nine o'clock. I'... ...eposits in the country on Federal land leaseholds, not to mention various other countries which I might add, have minimum safety standards. You al~o... ... became simply known as, I.E. Pierce loved the obscurity of the name, I.E., the Latin acro­ nym for, 'That Is'. Pierce had let Matloch recruit him a...

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...re in US dollars unless otherwise indicated. Political entities: Some of the countries, entities, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and gove... ...um products Major trade partners: exports mostly USSR and other Eastern bloc countries; imports mostly USSR and other Eastern bloc countries Afghanis... ...983) Aid: bilateral commitments, ODA and OOF (1970-80) from Western (non-US) countries, $20 million Budget: (current) revenues, $40 million; expenditu... ...ces Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IDE Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTER... ...ruban Ethnic divisions: 85% mixed African; remainder Carib Indian, European, Latin, and Oriental Religion: 82% Roman Catholic, 8% Protes- tant; also s... ... Europe, DAC, ECE, EFTA, EMA, ESRO (ob- server), FAO, GATT, IAEA, IDE Inter- American Development Bank, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, In... ...ICOM, CDB, Common- wealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDE Inter-American De- velopment Bank, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAS, PAHO... ...visions: 23 states, 3 territories, 1 federal district Legal system: based on Latin codes; dual system of courts, state and federal; consti- tution ado... ... fertilizers, wheat, copper Major trade partners: exports 27% US, 27% EC, 9% Latin America, 5% Japan, 32% other (1985); imports 35% Middle East and Af...

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...- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American continent -- Killing of Thorwald by natives -- His last instru... ...- Snakes and crocodiles -- The return to France -- Bougainville in the war for American independence 415- 422 CHAPTER XL. A Brief Biography of Captain... ..................................................... 54 Thorfinn's voyage to the American shores................................. 55 Killing of the firs... ...ot tell us how they were destroyed, we will now undertake to show that the new countries discovered by navigators in the past five centuries were form... ...He was absent for a period of five years, discovering a great many islands and countries, and giving names to them, but which fail to designate any pr... ...Romans, having made themselves masters of all Europe, Northern Africa, and the countries of Western Asia, sent an expedition of many sail against the ... ...heir chief who, ordering them to retire, approached Zeno, and addressed him in Latin. This chief, whose name was Zichmni, proved to be a bold rover fr... ... for many interpreters from whom one was at length obtained who understood the Latin language, which it happened that one of the fishermen too could s... ...land was evident from the fact that in the king's library were to be seen many Latin books, these affording additional evidence of the claim that the ...

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...aph theory and matrix theory. The authors thank Dr. Minh Perez of the American Research Press for his constant support and encouragement towards... ...V FIN SCA STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMS CAPITAL STRUCTURE FINANCING COUNTRIES, MARKETS, SEGMENTS SWOT-FACTORS CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS C... ... variations on the cost of fuel or electricity: due to the fact that most countries have long term reserves, and the process of oil transport and re... ...ment from one country, where each vector consists of measurement from 106 countries. The method presented here requires that each numerical vector b... ...ool of refugees, waiting in a political refugee camp in Turkey to get the American visa, a% have the chance to be accepted – where a varies in the s... ...hennai, March 2000. 4. Ashbacher, C. Introduction to Neutrosophic Logic, American Research Press, Rehoboth, 2002. http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smar... ...Indian edition), New Delhi, 1969. 43. Hart, J.A. Cognitive Maps of Three Latin American Policy Makers, World Politics, 30 (1977) 115-140. 44. Jan...

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...ject in the light of contrasts. It is absurd for an Anglo Saxon to say: “The Latin is this or that” unless he makes the mental reservation, “or at lea... ...esemblance to the original. Lastly, the use of the labels “Anglo Saxon” and “Latin,” for purposes of easy antithesis, must be defended and apologised ... ...ecific instances. There fore, when he had laid down the principle that every American’s ruling passion is money making, he cast about for an instance,... ... strong in death seems to establish once for all the good old truth that the American cares only for money making; and it was clever of the critic to ... ...an ones as well. It is probable that not a day passes in which the observant American new to France does not reach conclusions as tempting, but as wid... ...change of experience than now that a great cause has drawn the hearts of our countries together while a terrible emergency has broken down most of the... ...s the extraordinary politeness of all the people who are often rude in other countries: post office and railway officials, customs offi cers, policemen,... ...ength and breadth of France, the most fruit loving and fruit cultivating of countries, the same queer conviction prevails, and year after year the gr... ...at ugliness, untidiness and squalor. When industrialism came to the wise old Latin cities—Paris, Lyons, Bor deaux, Florence —their river banks were a...

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...rld peace. There are a few special secretaries employed by phil- anthropic Americans, and that is about all. There has been no provision made even for... ...hat does not destroy in these “possessions” the national preference of the countries that own them and 10 What Is Coming? that does not prepare for t... ...tainly, however, thousands of intelligent people in those great Eu- ropean countries who believe themselves ardent for a world peace will be staggered... ...“possessions” are like tar- iffs, like the strategic occupation of neutral countries or se- cret treaties; they are forms of the conflict between nati... ... the White House, by the clash of political parties, by interferences with American overseas trade and the security of American citizens. He has no mo... ... so suicidal a possibility. America too, it may be, will develop some Pan- American equivalent. Probably the hundred millions of Latin America may ach... ...ll develop some Pan- American equivalent. Probably the hundred millions of Latin America may achieve a method of unity, and then deal on equal terms w... ...th a concen- tration and intensity unprecedented before the war, is specu- lating how it can contrive to get a different sort of ruler and administrat... ...t educational process has consisted. Its backbone has been the teaching of Latin by men who can read, write, and speak it rather worse than a third-ra...

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...R X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................................... 151 CHAPTER XI: CERES AMERICANA .......................................................................................................... 169 CHAPTER XII: BUFFALO TO NEW YORK ..........................................................................

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....................................................... 151 CHAPTER XI: CERES AMERICANA .................................................................... ...t now my primary object. Thirty years ago my mother wrote a book about the Americans, to which I believe I may allude as a well- known and successful ... ...may perhaps be able to add something to the familiarity of Englishmen with Americans. The writings which have been most popular in England on the subj... ...logistic; and though true, not offensive. Who has ever traveled in foreign countries without meet- ing excellent stories against the citizens of such ... ...the very one which has made shipwreck so many attempts at freedom in other countries. It argues that confusion between social and political equality w... ...f its kind, and from thence he will take a light wagon, so called in these countries. And here let me pre- sume that the traveler is not alone: he has... ...to understand the cold hearts, correct eyes, and cruel ambition of the old Latin race. In Switzer- land he will surround himself with a flood of grand... ...y interference which is signified to the world by those two unintelligible Latin words. A man’s body shalt not be kept in duress at any man’s will, bu...

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...misfortunes in a lower key, are not wholly undesirable, as means of stimu- lating the lazy energies, and disturbing a slumber which is, or soon will b... ...Catalina spoke: she knew by heart, from the services of the convent, a few Latin phrases. Latin!—Oh, but that was charming; and in one so young! The g... .... The amusement was of the worst kind. It consisted chiefly in conjugating Latin verbs, especially such as were obstinately irregular. T o show him a ... ...after so long a voyage, she only, out of the total crew, was thrown on the American shore, with one hundred and five pounds in her purse of clear gain... ...foot of Kate’s little account. But unhappily for Kate’s début on this vast American stage, the case was otherwise. Mr. Urquiza had the misfortune (equ... ... like the mist that sits, through sultry afternoons, upon the river of the American St. Peter, sometimes rarefying for minutes into sunny gauze, somet... ...companion reproves his want of charity, observing that travellers into far countries have always had a license for lying, as a sort of tax or fine lev... ...are crossing a man’s path on starting in the morning, has been held in all countries alike to prog- nosticate evil in the course of that day. Thus, in... ...reams. Soon after he began again to talk of journeys, of travels in remote countries, &c., and, in consequence, we repeated our former excursion sever...

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... across the sea. As the Guiding Light she was very badly wanted in a South American port for the little matter of entering harbour at full speed, coll... ...e was very nearly sunk, and her riddled hull gave emi- nent lawyers of two countries great profit. After a season she reappeared as the Martin Hunt pa... ...d for the nerves. They had kept the hardest work to the last, as boys save Latin prose, and, worn though they were, Mr. Wardrop did not dare to give t... ...ving-wheels into the brick ash-pit beneath him. 007 was an eight-wheeled “American” loco, slightly different from others of his type, and as he sto... ...ive-cent sidewalk-fakirs’ mechanical toys! Here’ s an eight-wheel coupled ‘American’ don’t know what a hot-box is! Never heard of an emergency-stop ei...

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...ne by one, through his fingers as he chanted the Ave Maria. His voice rose into a cadence of a Gregorian chant, the beauty of the alliterated ancient Latin echoed through the chapel like a spiritual sonnet. ...

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...se into a cadence of a Gregorian chant, the beauty of the alliterated ancient Latin echoed through the chapel like a spiritual sonnet. As he prayed... ... is on the warpath again. I heard him shouting up and down the halls that the American Bishops were trying to rewrite Church Doctrine again.” Ignor... ...edo momentarily, but then he quickly reminded himself that this was the first American Pope in history, and more importantly the first one of Jewish... ...Not only because he had been newly appointed, but primarily because he was an American Cardinal, and the mood in the Vatican was to return the Papac... ...s due to be here in Rome in a few weeks for a scheduled meeting with the NATO countries. With all the talk of NATO breaking up, the speculation is t... ...l the people through terror; they corrupt the politicians, even Presidents of countries. No, Father, if we are to stop the drug trade we must have an... ... and even more surprised at his answer. Cardona smiled. "Spoken like a true Latin, He said looking up. "Sit, Michael. May I take the liberty of ca... ...ven't you heard, I am El Numero Uno in politics," Brand said exaggerating his Latin pride. "You are nearly broke, your wife took almost everything ... ...for this meeting is to put an end to a plague that has threatened both of our countries." "And what plague is that?" Kang asked warily and shifted ...

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... -- for humans are pleasure-seeking animals. He called the part of the mind that contained this powerful drive for pleasure the ‗id‘, which is Latin ... ... society and religion which gave us our laws, morals and customs. We might call this the conscience. Freud called it the ‗super ego,‘ which is Latin ... ...ome neurotic. The part of the mind that had to make the decisions as to whether the id or the super ego would win was called the ego which is Latin ... ...‘t be surprised when young Germans tortured and killed for Hitler, when young Chinese and Cambodians killed for Mao or Pol Pot, or even young Americ... ...rnments reacting against new ideas. Let‘s look at the case for some vitamins. ―The Danes found that when they sold butter to other countr... ...d of its vitamin A and D containing cream had to have the vitamins A and D added. Those vitamins were in the cream that was removed. But most countr... ... in the vitamin D producing sun, could add the A and D to their skim milk. They don‘t, but are finally thinking about it—sixty years after the Americ... ...eople got 10 to 15 minutes of sunlight a day they could get all the D they need. This may be easy in the southern U.S. and in the low latitude countr... ...ental side, wartime British Prime Minister, historian and author Winston Churchill had a father who wrote of him ‗I have an idiot for a son.‘ Americ...

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... was a scholarly monk named Alcuin. The warrior-king was Charlemagne—in Latin, Carlos Magnus (742–814). He was of the Carolingian dynasty that co... ...terate populations in different regions to communicate with each other in Latin. It became the standard in Europe. Today, we take for granted i... ...ch improvements, here‘s a sentence in a pre-Carolingian format, though in Latin and without the helpful ascenders (on b, d, etc.) and descenders (on... ... more likely stemmed from his encounters with sailors who had touched the American continent. In his revealing COD: A Biography of the Fish that ... ...fisherman kept secret their profitable catches of cod on regular trips to American waters. Mongols fostered exchange of ideas and inventions The ... ...its strength in a righteous fight. By Anonymous, from MacKellar’s “The American Printer” 1887 1... ...s are now being used to stop all US copyrights from expiring—and those in countries outside the United States as well. That‘s what I term ―economi...

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............................................................ 273 CHAPTER XIV: AMERICAN HOTELS............................................................... ...o believe in the one or in the other. For myself, I have much faith in the American character, but I cannot believe either in Washington City or in th... ...” and I must say she was very nice, pretty, and clean. I have always found American sailors on their men- of-war to be clean and nice looking—as much ... ...lations, and is supposed to be specially conversant with all questions re- lating to foreign affairs. It was understood that Mr. Sumner did not intend... ...all that appertains to them, would cause us to shake and shudder. In other countries we do not see all this, but in the Western States we do. I have e... ...255 Trollope the power of drawing the line of division between the two new countries. That line, so drawn, would have given Virginia, Maryland, Kentuc... ... best effect, is the richest. On this account England is richer than other countries, and is able to bear, almost without the sign of an effort, a bur... ...d justifying a national quarrel. They cannot form a casus belli. Those two Latin words, which we all understand, explain this with the ut- most accura...

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...ng and dancing from the best profes- sors, Italian poetry, French sonnets, Latin epigrams; nothing came amiss to Sidney, the flower of English youth: ... ... meddle not.’ The Austrian priest had no common language with Berenger but Latin. He asked a few questions, and on hear- ing the answers, declared tha... ... own castle, and win fame and honour under the banner of France in the Low Countries. As the Lucy Thistlewood, she was far too discreet to feel any di... ... sitting over letter newly received from London, giving hints from the Low Countries of bloody work in France. And when he returned to his home, his w... ...onsolable for the loss of his friend, had offered to escort him to the Low Countries, whence he would make his way to England, and would present himse... ...y, in her low conventual chant, sang, almost under her breath, the noonday Latin hymn, the words of which, long familiar to Lucy, had never as yet so ... ...in general the scum of the nation—were apt to comport themselves more like American buccaneers than like champions of any form of religion. La Sableri...

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...utrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D.C., it is a spy novel about an international conspiracy of the Latin countries against the English-speaking world with the aim to take over world control.Plot summary: The eponymous heroine, Isabel Thorne, is a young woman, half British, half Italian, who works for the Italian secret ser...

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...The ex- ecutives of T wentieth Century Fox had seen Lucas’s previous film, American Graffiti, and vowed to pro- duce Lucas’s next movie. Lucas made a ... ...ces across the country and soon becoming the most successful film in North American history. In 1978, Lucas began production of the second chapter of ... ... however. The very setting of this movie is symbolic of our way of life as Americans. This movie, as its title may suggest, is set in space, a place t... ...e. This is the freedom we fight for when we send our military into foreign countries to overthrow oppres- sive regimes. And this is the soul of the na... .... We are the most diverse country in the world. We have African Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans Christians, Jews, Muslims, Bud- dhists, Sc...

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... be no better place to describe the duties, regulations, and customs of an American merchantman, of which ours was a fair specimen. The capta... ...ming out. She hailed us, and an officer on board, whom we supposed to be an American, advised us to run in before night, and said that they were boun... ... board, and soon after, the governor, dressed in a uniform like that of an American militia officer, the Padre, in the dress of the grey friars, wit... ... of curious and useful information in seamanship, ship’s customs, foreign countries, etc., from their long yarns and equally long disputes. No man ... ...tisfaction as I ever felt at Cambridge on seeing a ‘‘bene’’ at the foot of a Latin exercise. - 37 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana CH... ...of the crew, (who indeed knew none at all,) and had been at college and knew Latin, I got the name of a great linguist, and was always sent for by the... ...on my way, and got the word from him; and then, by signs, and the help of my Latin and French, contrived to get along. This was a good exercise for m... ...r crews, in the course of a year, than the masters of vessels from Catholic countries. Yankees don’t keep Christmas, and shipmasters at sea never k...

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...sts put into words; for truly so are a great part of the municipal laws of countries, which are only so far right as they are founded on the law of Na... ...annot be a clearer demonstration of any thing than several nations of the Americans are of this, who are rich in land and poor in all the comforts of... ...retences to their natural common right, which originally they had to those countries; and so have, by positive agreement, settled a property amongst t... ... Essay – Locke the first commoners of the world look after—as it doth the Americans now—are generally things of short dura tion, such as if they ar... ...ance, or other public owning of, or submission to, the government of their countries. 63. The freedom then of man, and liberty of acting according t... ...nt of that age; and though that honour and respect, and all that which the Latins called piety, which they indispensably owe to their parents all thei... ...em. They are of no more account by her standard than the Wampompeke of the Americans to an European prince, or the silver money of Europe would have b...

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...were also whole fields full of ferns, now rusty and withering, which in older countries are commonly confined to wet ground. There were very few flowers,... ...of our domains before the dew was off, and found that the ground hemlock, or American yew, was the prevailing under shrub. We breakfasted on tea, hard... ...ot the invention of historians and poets. It was a purely wild and primitive American sound, as much as the barking of a chickaree, and I could not un... ...f Maine, foreigners are not allowed to kill moose there at any season; white Americans can 84 The Maine Woods kill them only at a particular season, ... ...ing at all, merely keeping up the idea. He then said that he would sing us a Latin song; but we did not detect any Latin, only one or two Greek words ... ...etect any Latin, only one or two Greek words in it, — the rest may have been Latin with the Indian pronunciation. His singing carried me back to the p... ...le midge called the No see em ( Simulium nocivum, the latter word is not the Latin for no see em), especially over the sand at the water’s edge, for i... ... carries, a sound which I had associated only with more open, if not settled countries. The area for locusts must be small in the Maine woods. We were...

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...r the kind priest’s orders. At first they read much and regularly, both in Latin and French; the Father not neglecting in anything to impress his fait... ..., my son, you may testify, with a safe conscience, that you saw me burning Latin sermons the last time I was here before I went away to London; and it... ...rooper. “Hold thy prate, and read that bit of paper,” says Westbury. “’Tis Latin,” says Dick, glancing at it, and again saluting his of- ficer, “and f... ...et mind at finding himself so cheerful. To see with one’s own eyes men and countries, is better than reading all the books of travel in the world: and... ...t was the Com- mander-in-Chief’s intention to carry the war out of the Low Countries, and to march on the Mozelle. Before leaving our camp at Maestric... ..., was a wicked wretch,” the sick sinner continued. “When he was in the Low Countries he seduced a weaver’s daughter; and added to his wickedness by ma... ... is independent in all but the name, (for that 350 Henry Esmond the North American colonies shall remain dependants on yon- der little island for twe...

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...ent the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this repo...

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...Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “Planes O... ...r stairwell with deviations p. 312 The Twin Towers following the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Penta... ...1 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Pentagon after being struck by American Airlines Flight 77 p. 313 American Airlines Flight 93 crash site, ... ...lion pages of documents and interviewed more than 1,200 individuals in ten countries. This included nearly every senior official from the current and ... ...owers of a Saudi exile gathered in one of the most remote and impoverished countries on earth. 46 THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:... ...ern islands.America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim countries, derided by al Qaeda as “your agents. ” Bin Ladin has stated flat... ...t to be viewed as targeting persons in the United States and possibly vio- lating laws that governed NSA’s collection of foreign intelligence. 68 An a... ...binet, Clarke drew up what he called “Political-Military Plan Delenda.”The Latin delenda, meaning that something “must be destroyed,” evoked the famou...

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...ll we eager him to eat of it himself. The same spirit inspired Miss Bird’s American missionaries, who had come thousands of miles to change the faith ... ... their ignorance of the religions they were trying to supplant. I quote an American in this connection without scruple. Uncle Sam is better than John ... ...the largest, to a clique of states; and the whole scope and atmosphere not American, but merely Yankee. I will go far beyond him in reprobating the as... ...ficiency no better justified than the Britannic. It is so, perhaps, in all countries; perhaps in all, men are most ignorant of the foreigners at home.... ...more sharply marked within the borders of Scotland itself than between the countries. Galloway and Buchan, Lothian and Lochaber, are like foreign part... ... read little, was constant to his favourite books. He had never any Greek; Latin he happily re-taught himself after he had left school, where he was a...