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 Compound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A compound is an area of land that is surrounded by fences, walls, or barbed wire and is used for a particular purpose, especially an area containing buildings and where the entry and exit of people is controlled.
An interval that is compound is an interval which exceeds or is wider than one octave, whereas a simple interval lies within one octave.
In geometry, a polyhedral compound is a polyhedron which is itself composed of several other polyhedra sharing a common centre, the three-dimensional analogs of polygonal compounds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Compounds   (424 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bush Compound
Marvin Pierce Bush (born October 22, 1956) is the youngest son of George H. Bush and Barbara Pierce, and brother of George W., John (Jeb), Neil and Dorothy.
Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955 in Midland, Texas) is the son of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush (Barbara Lane Pierce) and younger brother of President George Walker Bush and Governor Jeb Bush.
Dorothy Bush Koch (born August 18, 1959), sometimes called Doro, is the younger sister and youngest sibling of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bush-Compound   (761 words)

  
 Articles - George W. Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bush took a hard line on capital punishment and received much criticism from advocates who wanted to abolish the death penalty and also those who argued that there were tangible imperfections in the Texas legal system that required a more cautious approach to carrying out the death penalty.
Bush is opposed to the legal recognition of gender-neutral marriage, but supports the establishment of civil unions ("I don't think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement" — ABC News October 26, 2004).
Bush is the first Republican president to appoint an openly gay man to serve in his administration [40] (Scott Evertz as director of the Office of National AIDS Policy), and the first president to see one such (successful) appointment, that of openly gay Ambassador to Romania Michael E. Guest.
www.1shredder.com /articles/George_W._Bush   (9429 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Marvin Bush
Barbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. Bush, and was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the current President of the United States and former Governor of the State of Texas.
Marvin Bush is a former director of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc (HCC), and is currently listed as an advisor to the board of directors [1].
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Marvin-Bush   (1170 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bush cheers 'a hopeful day' in the Mideast - April 28, 2002
Bush said he would welcome a visit with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who is expected to travel to the United States week after next.
Israel says four of the Palestinians in the compound are wanted in connection with the October assassination of an Israeli government minister.
Another wanted man in the compound is Fouad Shobaki, a top Palestinian official the Israelis believe was responsible for the attempted smuggling of weapons on the ship Karine-A earlier this year.
www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/04/28/mideast/index.html   (1360 words)

  
 No Einstein - George W. Flunks Math By Michael Kinsley
Bush can compound 2 percent as often as he likes, but when he stops, it will still be 2 percent.
Bush presumes that all the money you put into his "diversified personal retirement accounts" gets to compound away just for you.
This last notion is Bush's "compassionate conservatism" in self-parody: a government program to divert tax dollars so that every American child can inherit money from her parents.
www.slate.com /id/82945/device/html30   (1083 words)

  
 CBS News | Israel Ends Siege Of Arafat Compound | June 13, 2002 07:14:27
Tanks had encircled Arafat's battered compound in the raid, which the army said was intended to arrest militants blamed for suicide bombings against Israelis in the more than 20-month-old uprising against Israeli occupation.
Bush said he wanted to see the development of Palestinian institutions in preparation for Palestinian statehood.
Bush made a critical mistake by supporting this crazy prime minister whose policy is endangering the interests of the United States in the Middle East," said Jibril Rajoub, a Palestinian security chief in the West Bank.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/06/13/world/main512086.shtml   (902 words)

  
 All About Laura Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Laura Welch Bush (born Laura Lane Welch on November 4, 1946) is the wife of President George W. Bush and serves as First Lady of the United States.
Bush has taken a decidedly less prominent role in policy-making than her predecessors.
Bush took an interest in mitigating the emotional effects of the attacks on children, which were disturbing particularly as the images were repeatedly replayed on TV.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0505/news/laura_bush.html   (805 words)

  
 ReligionLink - Presidential politics and the evangelical movement
George W. Bush, 57, was raised Episcopalian in Connecticut in a prominent, wealthy family with a history of activism in the Republican Party.
Bush reportedly told Robison that he had given his life to Christ and that he believed that God wanted him to be president.
Bush "is among a small number of American presidents to have undergone a profound religious transformation as an adult," Mansfield writes, adding: "He came to the presidency, then, with the zeal of the newly converted."
www.religionlink.org /tip_040503a.php   (3928 words)

  
 Bush, Kerry both say policies kind to Earth | ajc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bush announced a goal of protecting at least 3 million wetland acres in the next five years.
The reserve's 1,600 acres of salt marshes, beaches, forests and freshwater wetlands are located a few miles from the Bush family's compound at Kennebunkport.
"President Bush has proposed some far-reaching legislation, the Clear Skies legislation, which, unfortunately, thanks to Senator Kerry and the leadership of the Democratic Party, has not had an opportunity to be voted on by the United States Senate and signed into law," Cornyn said.
www.ajc.com /news/content/news/election/0404nation/23kerryearth.html   (555 words)

  
 AfterDowningStreet.org | For a Resolution of Inquiry
The Bush administration is continuing its assault on Americans' privacy and freedom in the name of the war on terrorism.
The story of President Bush deliberately breaking the law to create a domestic spy operation is a lot of different things: it is a tale of power abuse, arrogance, and contempt for the law by an out-of-control president.
GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
www.afterdowningstreet.org   (2172 words)

  
 The Out-of-Towner - While Bush vacationed, 9/11 warnings went unheard. By Fred Kaplan
Tenet replied, "I was not in briefings at this time." Bush, he noted, "was on vacation." He added that he didn't see the president at all in August 2001.
Joe Conason has calculated that up until Sept. 11, 2001, Bush had spent 54 days at the ranch, 38 days at Camp David, and four days at the Bush compound in Kennebunkport—a total of 96 days, or about 40 percent of his presidency, outside of Washington.
Dana Milbank counts that through his entire term to date, Bush has spent 500 days—again, about 40 percent of his time in office—at the ranch, the retreat, or the compound.
www.slate.com /id/2098861   (1332 words)

  
 Anti-war Protesters Rally at Bush's Maine Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The protest, stemming from the current President Bush's foreign policy, was similar to rallies that were held here during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
The church where the march began Saturday is the church the Bush family attends during the summer.
Built in 1887, the church is where Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker — the ex-president's parents — were married in 1921.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines01/1118-03.htm   (259 words)

  
 He's not the President, he's a very naughty boy - smh.com.au
But when the President visits his parents, as he did at the weekend at the Bush family compound, he sleeps in an upstairs bedroom on the same floor as his brother Marvin, lets his father drive the speedboat and golf cart - and does what his mother says.
At Walker's Point, Barbara Bush is described by friends as the camp director and George Bush snr as the activities director.
One thing Bush the Younger did not do was go for a run along the craggy bluffs of Ocean Avenue, which would have meant shutting down the road and further snarling the already backed-up traffic in town which his parents are loath to do.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/08/1025667115688.html   (471 words)

  
 Marvin Bush Employee's mysterious Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bush still serves as an adviser to the firm.
The source, who has dealt personally with the Bush family in Houston for a number of years, said there should be skepticism when looking at bizarre deaths like that of Champagne.
According to the Post story, Bush told police that Champagne resided at their compound, However, a phone call to the directory-listed residence of Bertha Champagne in Franconia, Virginia resulted in Mrs.
www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ww3/101003_bush_death.html   (1107 words)

  
 At Parents' Home, Bush Resumes Role of Son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bush padded into his parent's bedroom to have coffee with his mother and father and other family members at 6 a.m., a Bush family custom, he made the mistake of putting his feet up on a table.
Before that, George and Barbara Bush and their children, including the current president, stayed with the 41st president's mother in a guest bungalow on Walker's Point, or across the street on Ocean Avenue in a house that 41 owned for a decade in the 1970's.
During the current President Bush's childhood, he was typically loaded up with his siblings into the family car and driven by his mother the 36 hours from Texas for the long summer stay in Maine.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/712394/posts   (1516 words)

  
 Bush invited to prayer service
Bush’s decisions,” Edgar said, “and whether or not he agrees with us, we can agree that we’re all feeling a heavy burden of grief.
The service will take place at “Camp Casey,” an impromptu encampment outside the Bush compound named for Sheehan’s son, Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Baghdad on April 4, 2004.
When President Bush began his 5 week vacation, I decided to camp outside his ranch in hopes of meeting with him to ask some unanswered questions about the war and the needless loss of lives of so many.
www.ncccusa.org /news/050816CrawfordPrayerService.html   (762 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Kennebunkport, Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is perhaps best known as the location of the summer home of former president George H. Bush (additional info and facts about George H. Bush).
The town center located along the Kennebunk River (additional info and facts about Kennebunk River), approximately one-half mile (1 km) from the mouth of the river on the ocean.
The famous "Bush Compound" is located on Walkers Point, a peninsula visible from Ocean Avenue.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ke/kennebunkport,_maine.htm   (566 words)

  
 Peace activists march again on Bush compound - Monday, November 19, 2001
President Bush used it in a recent speech, paying tribute to the last words of one of the heroic passengers who confronted terrorists on Flight 93 over Pennsylvania.
At Walkers Point, the group gathered next to the Secret Service guardhouse at the entrance to the Bush compound.
There author and Maine Militia member Carolyn Chute told the throng she was all for men and women bearing arms.
www.nancho.net /press/bjt17th.html   (1091 words)

  
 Marvin Bush: mysterious death - connections to 9/11?
A babysitter for the family of Marvin Bush was found dead Monday night outside the family's Fairfax County home, and police said that she had been crushed when her car rolled into her, pinning her between the vehicle and an outbuilding on the property.
But the Bush Administration has never disclosed the ties of a presidential brother and the Bush family with the firm that intersected the weapons and targets on a day of national tragedy.
Marvin P. Bush, a younger brother of George W. Bush, was a principal in the company from 1993 to 2000, when most of the work on the big projects was done.
www.apfn.net /messageboard/10-16-03/discussion.cgi.16.html   (1291 words)

  
 CNN.com - Crawford protest moves nearer to Bush - Aug 17, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Sheehan, founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, is demanding a meeting with Bush in hopes of asking the president what her son Casey died to achieve and to press for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.
The White House has said Bush met with Sheehan after her son's death in April 2004 and has announced no plans to talk with her again.
Bush: 'We are winning the war in Iraq'
www.cnn.com /2005/POLITICS/08/17/crawford.protest   (773 words)

  
 Propositional Logic [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.
While the above compound sentence is itself a statement, because it is true, the two parts, "Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter" and "Ganymede is a moon of Saturn", are themselves statements, because the first is true and the second is false.
Bush is a son of a president of the United States.
www.iep.utm.edu /p/prop-log.htm   (8796 words)

  
 National Ledger - Cindy Sheehan Digs Defensive Position at Bush Compound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bush reportedly met with the Sheehan family and other families of fallen troops in June 2004 at Fort Lewis near Seattle.
Bush thinks I’d be impressed and intimidated by Joe Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff and Stephen Hadly, national security advisor, sent to talk me, he’s sorely mistaken.
President Bush must face her, swallow his bitter pill and utter, “The loss of a loved one in the war on terror is heartbreaking, but will happen in defense of liberty.
www.nationalledger.com /artman/publish/article_2726190.shtml   (671 words)

  
 Bone, organs found near Bush Maine home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The state medical examiner will inspect the items found within a mile of the Bush compound, which include at least one bone and what appeared to be internal organs, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the state Public Safety Department.
McCausland said state police would not send investigators to the scene, located suspiciously close to the Bush compound, unless an examination shows the body parts are from a human.
A mile away and the Bush compound is in the title.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/977735/posts   (1593 words)

  
 OfficialWire: Bush Refuses To Meet With Sheehan
Sheehan, 48 (shown here), traveled to the president's Crawford ranch after Bush said that fallen U.S. troops had died for a 'noble cause' and that the mission must be completed.
The protestors had marched approximately one half-mile down the country road leading to Bush's compound before police stopped them at a bend in the road, still nearly five miles from the ranch's gate.
Kenneth Vanek of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office said the group was stopped because some marchers ignored instructions to walk in the ditch beside the road, not on the road.
news.baou.com /main.php?action=recent&rid=20396   (474 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. attacks Taliban 'leadership compound' - November 27, 2001
Sources said the pilot reported hitting the compound, but officials said they did not know if anyone on the ground was killed, or if Omar was there.
Iraqi and Arab League officials reacted negatively to President Bush's warning that if Saddam Hussein does not agree to allow international weapons inspectors "he'll find out" the consequences.
Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations called Bush's statement "unfortunate," and Arab League Secretary-General Amer Moussa said U.S. military action against Iraq would be "the end" of Arab participation in the U.S.-led anti-terrorism coalition.
www.cnn.com /2001/US/11/27/gen.war.against.terror/index.html   (1276 words)

  
 R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens
Sheehan led similar protests this summer, a little more than a year after her son was killed in action in Iraq.
President Bush said pulling American troops out of Iraq now would be the wrong thing to do and send the wrong message to the rest of the world.
President Bush used his weekly radio address to discuss a secret eavesdropping program that was exposed early this week.
www.rnews.com /Story_2004.cfm?ID=32343&rnews_story_type=18   (1982 words)

  
 Dedication Ceremony Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
George Bush stand for the presentation of colors at the opening of the dedication ceremony.
DCI George J. Tenet introduces President Bush with stories of former DCI Bush's term at CIA.
George and Barbara Bush share in a humorous moment during the dedication ceremony.
www.cia.gov /cia/public_affairs/speeches/1999/photo042699.html   (124 words)

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