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  ORANGE FREE STATE - LoveToKnow Article on ORANGE FREE STATE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The difficulties of the state were at that time (1858) so great that the volksraad in December of that year passed a resolution in favor of confederation with the Cape Colony.
The Free State, in fact, from its geographical position reaped the benefits without incurring the anxieties consequent on the settlement of a large uiilandcr population on the Rand.
Mr Fischer, the leader of the party, was one of the ablest statesmen on the Boer side in the pre-war period.
81.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OR/ORANGE_FREE_STATE.htm   (12421 words)

  
 1884   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar).
May 1st, called May Day or Labour Day, is now a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
October 6 - United States Naval War College established in Newport, Rhode Island.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/1/18/1884.html   (582 words)

  
 A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts
The statistics of this edition are from the State census for 1885 (the last volume of which was issued in June of the present year) or from later sources, as, in part, from the clerks of the towns and cities.
The bowlders which cover the surface of the State were deposited in the glacial period, marks of which may be distinctly traced in the scratching of the ledges from the shore of the ocean to the summit of the mountains.
In the early settlement of the State, the people were greatly annoyed by the depredations of the fl and brown bear and the wolf, which ranged the deep forests, and often came by night to prey upon the cattle in the clearings.
capecodhistory.us /Mass1890/MassachusettsGazetteer.htm   (9999 words)

  
 Articles - Federation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The difference between a federation and this kind of unitary state is that in a unitary state the autonomous status of self-governing regions exists at the sufferance of the central government, and may be unilaterally revoked.
A unitary state may closely resemble a federation in structure and, while a central government may possess the theoretical right to revoke the autonomy of a self-governing region, it may be politically difficult for it to do so in practice.
Alternatively, or in addition to this practice, the members of an upper house may be indirectly elected by the government or legislature of the component states, as occurred in the United States prior to 1913, or be actual members or delegates of the state governments, as, for example, is the case in the German Bundesrat.
www.worldhammock.com /articles/Federation   (2725 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The clergyman, Mr Jeston, states that in October, 1832, the parish officers threw up their books, and the poor assembled in a body before his door while he was in bed, asking for advice and food.
And this doctrine, proper to a state of constant warfare, is a doctrine which socialism unawares re-introduces into a state intended to be purely industrial.
That state of miserable dilapidation into which these abodes of the poor are allowed to fall, is due to the absence of competition from new houses.
www.ecn.bris.ac.uk /het/spencer/manvssta   (13248 words)

  
 Eastern Patriarchates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 544, Jacob Baradaeus (a Monophysite leader) consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch in opposition to the Imperial-backed Orthodox candidate.
With the establishment of an independent Armenian state in Cilicia in 1058, the Armenian patriarchate was transferred to Sivas, eventually settling in the city of Sis.
During the ascendancy of the Mongols, many notable leaders, including Hulegu (the first Ilkhan), belonged to this church, and though reliable statistics are not available, it is likely that this church, whose remnants today number at most a few million, boasted the largest population of any Christian denomination.
www.hostkingdom.net /orthodox.html   (1948 words)

  
 Cambodia (10/05)
Although Cambodia had a rich and powerful past under the Hindu state of Funan and the Kingdom of Angkor, by the mid-19th century the country was on the verge of dissolution.
The executive branch comprises the king, who is head of state; an appointed prime minister; seven deputy prime ministers, 15 senior ministers, 28 ministers, 135 secretaries of state, and 146 undersecretaries of state.
U.S. citizens who are long-term visitors or traveling in dangerous areas are encouraged to register their travel via the State Department’s travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov or at the Consular section of the U.S. embassy upon arrival in a country by filling out a short form and sending in a copy of their passports.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2732.htm   (5230 words)

  
 1883   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
1880 1881 1882 - 1883 - 1884 1885 1886
February 23 - Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
October 15 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional since it allowed individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/1/18/1883.html   (553 words)

  
 GREAT LEADERS
Mandela, Nelson - A leader in the fight against South Africa's racial policies of apartheid, Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years and then became president of South Africa in 1994.
Golda Meir (1898-1978), born in Kiev, Russia, was a founder of the state of Israel and served as its labor minister, foreign minister, and then prime minister from 1969-1974.
She was elected to the House of Commons in 1959, elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, became Prime Minister in 1979, and went on to become the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.
cbae.nmsu.edu /~dboje/teaching/338/great_leaders_list.htm   (2023 words)

  
 Collections Pertaining to Women's History and Women's Issues - State Library & Archives of Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Florida State Archives, under the Florida Department of State, is the official repository for the public records of the state of Florida.
The Florida State Society is the central organizing committee for the various local chapters of the DAR, a women's society of descendants of American Revolutionaries whose mission is to promote historical, educational and patriotic work.
Bolton's instrumental role in the fight for equal rights for women and other minorities in the state and country is well documented in these records which reflect her life's work.
dlis.dos.state.fl.us /barm/fsa/women'sguide.htm   (6171 words)

  
 Blindness-Related Emailing Lists
This list, a first of its kind in South Africa, is not heavily moderated, but should serve as a springboard to varied academic access discussions, including (but not limited to) access to literature, adaptive technology, and the broader activities of academic institutions.
AERNET distribution list exists to enable members of AER, The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, to share ideas, receive up dates on important issues which affect members, and communicate with colleagues about issues related to serving the needs of individuals who are blind and visually impaired.
The main thrust of the list is to provide blind and sighted people with a way to exchange feelings and techniques for dealing with the complications of dating and relationships and to vent their frustrations.
www.hicom.net /~oedipus/blist.html   (6996 words)

  
 Men of progress. Wisconsin. A selected list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, ...
The state institutions for the education of the blind and the deaf, and for the care of the insane and other dependent and defective classes, and the Wisconsin Veteran's Home, are among the evidence of an enlightened benevolence beyond what was known in Greece or Rome.
Wisconsin is to-day is a state of 2,000,000 inhabitants.
The leaders of the organization, however, were not content with the decision of the judge or with the opinion of the court of appeals and took steps looking to his impeachment by congress, but nothing came of it, as the judgment of all unbiased people was in favor of the stand taken by Judge Jenkins.
lcweb2.loc.gov /gc/lhbum/19127/19127.sgm   (19882 words)

  
 Georgia State Capitol--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Atlanta became the temporary location of the State capital in 1868, and when this became permanent in 1877, the city offered the State five acres on which to erect a capitol building.
In continuous use as a state capitol housing the legislative and state government offices, it remains an important architectural and historic landmark.
The Georgia State Capitol is located at 206 Washington St. on Capitol Square in downtown Atlanta, near the intersection of I-20 and I-75/85.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/atlanta/geo.htm   (481 words)

  
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Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him.
President of the United States dies due to an infected wound caused by an assasins bullet and is succeeded by Vice President
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) is founded, and the first U.S. Tennis Championships are played.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/1881   (269 words)

  
 A Subject List of Book, Manuscript and Archival Collections Available in the Penn State Libraries Microforms Section ...
Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870.
Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870.
Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of the Free City of Danzig, 1919-1939.
www.libraries.psu.edu /newsandmicroforms/microfinder/subad.htm   (3662 words)

  
 Herbert Spencer: The Man versus the State
From inspecting lodging-houses to limit the number of occupants and enforce sanitary conditions, we have passed to inspecting all houses below a certain rent in which there are members of more than one family, and are now passing to a kindred inspection of all small houses.
The buying and working of telegraphs by the State is made a reason for urging that the State should buy and work the railways.
And that the connexion of cause and effect here alleged is a real one, we may see clearly enough in the present state of Germany.
www.constitution.org /hs/manvssta.htm   (14569 words)

  
 The History of the State of Israel - Page 1
We are currently in the process of transferring all the links listed on our site to a new searchable database (annotated with keywords and many more functions)!
Eliyahu Golomb (1893-1945), Leader of the Jewish defense effort in Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah between 1920 and 1948 - The Jewish Agency
Aharon David Gordon (1856-1922), Hebrew writer and Zionist, leader of the movement for settlement on the land (the halutzim) - The Jewish Agency
jewishhistory.huji.ac.il /Internetresources/Zionism.htm   (1168 words)

  
 A Subject List of Book, Manuscript and Archival Collections Available in the Penn State Libraries Microforms Section
Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Palestine, 1945-1949.
Records of the Department of State Relating to the Internal Affairs of Palestine, 1930-1944.
United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania.
www.libraries.psu.edu /newsandmicroforms/microfinder/submr.htm   (3217 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
HM141.L3742 1999 Leader to leader : enduring insights on leadership from the Drucker Foundation's award-winning journal.
QE627.5.S85 C66 2002 Contributions to crustal evolution of the southwestern United States.
HV6446.K43 2000 Kelly, Robert J. Encyclopedia of organized crime in the United States : from Capone's Chicago to the new urban underworld.
warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu /library/acqlist/FEB2003.htm   (3424 words)

  
 Idaho History Reference Series
This list appears in numerical order; the number of pages in the article appears in parentheses.
(1) Lieutenant Governors of the State of Idaho
The Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives maintains an extensive vertical file of clippings and ephemera.
www.idahohistory.net /reference_series.html   (2087 words)

  
 Welcome to KeepMedia
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As you read, we'll suggest similar articles and list them here.
In particular, lists a number of websites which contain helpful information for "distance caregivers."
www.KeepMedia.com   (392 words)

  
 The Democratic Party
Created the national convention process, the party platform, and reunified the Party on the issue of states' rights
Democrats retake control of the Senate under Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Democrats swept to victory in races all across the nation, including races for Virginia Governor and Lt. Governor, New Jersey Governor, and 39 out of 42 major mayoral races including Los Angeles and Houston.
www.democrats.org /a/2005/06/landmark_dates.php   (778 words)

  
 The Military 100: The 100 Most Influential Military Leaders
The list below is from the book The Military 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Military Leaders of All Time (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Press: Secaucus, New Jersey, 1996), written by Michael Lee Lanning.
Lanning served as public affairs officer for Gen. H.
He spent more than twenty years on active duty in the U.S. Army.
www.adherents.com /people/100_military.html   (65 words)

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