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  George Washington
Washington was appointed by Governor Dinwiddie as one of the four district adjutants, with the rank of major in the Virginia militia.
Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and he remains the only person ever to be elected president unanimously (a feat which he duplicated in the 1792 election).
Modern doctors believe that Washington died from either epiglottitis or, since he was bled as part of the treatment, a combination of shock from the loss of five pints of blood, as well as asphyxia and dehydration.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_washington.html   (6099 words)

  
 Bob Dylan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With Joan Baez during the Civil Rights March in Washington D.C. While an interpreter of traditional songs, Dylan's singing voice was unusual and untrained and his phrasing as a vocalist was eccentric.
He sang his songs in a style that hearkened back to the folk-singers of the 1920s and 30s, which was almost unheard-of in the music industry of the time.
In August 1965 at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, the group was heckled by an audience who, Newport notwithstanding, still demanded the acoustic troubadour of previous years; their reception on September 3 at the Hollywood Bowl was more uniformly favorable.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Dylan   (8352 words)

  
 Vignette: Sam McKinney
During the 1960s, McKinney marched in the streets of Seattle and, along with the leaders of CORE, the NAACP, and the Urban League, pushed for equal employment, housing, and educational opportunities.
He marched with Dr. King in Washington, D.C. in 1963 and in Selma and Montgomery in 1965.
The Samuel Berry McKinney Manor with 40 units for low income residents was built in 1998, across the street from the church.
faculty.washington.edu /qtaylor/aa_Vignettes/mckinney_samuel.htm   (294 words)

  
 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS BY STAFF AND ASSOCIATES
Taylor, S. J., and Blatt, S. In search of the promised land: The collected papers of Burton Blatt.
Washington, DC & Oxford, NY: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.
Walker, P. From community presence to sense of place: Community experiences of adults with developmental disabilities.
thechp.syr.edu /staffpublist.htm   (2486 words)

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