25 years ago in reason."So valuable were Reverend [Jim] Jones's political connections ... that one can only speculate why he was never asked to join the Carter administration Noun 1. Carter administration - the executive under President Carter executive - persons who administer the law on the cabinet level." --Thomas Hazlett, "Pleading Jim Jones's Case" "Napoleon Napoleon French Napoléon Bonaparte orig. Italian Napoleone Buonaparte (born Aug. 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island) French general and emperor (1804–15). was respected--because he was feared. Jefferson was respected--because he inspired men with a practical vision of liberty." --Robert Poole Jr., "On the Decline of U.S. Power" "'Drop your guns or someone might get hurt,' one of the officers yelled yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. . The wives and children complied--but someone was already hurt ... John Singer was dead: the result of resisting a court order that he comply with state compulsory schooling laws." --Gerald M. King, "Man vs. State" "[Sen. Robert] Taft demonstrated that an anticommunist need not ... be a cold warrior Cold warrior is a phrase used to describe the men and women involved in the shaping and executing of American and Soviet policy during the Cold War. Since the end of the Cold War, the term has sometimes been used pejoratively to imply that a person's views are obsolete. and that a foreign policy concerned with preserving internal civil and economic liberties will ... be more limited in scope and goals than one whose grandiose grandiose /gran·di·ose/ (gran´de-os?) in psychiatry, pertaining to exaggerated belief or claims of one's importance or identity, often manifested by delusions of great wealth, power, or fame. purpose is to advance human rights throughout the world." --Michael. McMenamin, "Anticommunist? Yes. Cold Warrior? No." |
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