...klin with introduction and notes edited by Charles W. Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...n with introduction and notes edited by Charles W. Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...man’s death he returned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to... ...turned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to which he contrib... ...in 1775 he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to Massachusetts the famous letter of Hutchinson and Oliver. On his arrival ... ...f my future fortune being known to Him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions. The notes one of my uncles (who had the same kin... ...ry of the Province, Isaac Pearson, Joseph Cooper, and several of the Smiths, members of Assembly, and Isaac Decow, the surveyor general. The latter w... ...nted and supported by the crown, and a grand council was to be chosen by the representatives of the people of the several colonies, met in their respe...

...ion: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the ?New England Courant.? To this journal he became a ...

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...iftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, and fortified with iio... ...larey '07, of Great Barrington made the opening address. "Fellow students: members of the faculty, hiding behind the trees; fair sisters of North Adam... ...to register an earthquake shock, caused by Clough walking across the camp- us. If Herzfeld had not stopped talking a moment he would not have noticed ... ...fe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illustri- ous orators from the lower classes. Ijet me introduce to you the sophomore orator, Mr. ... ...ng Stal>lea Uain and Sooth Strssm, Oppoeite Greylork Hotel Wllllamstown, - Massachusetts Lone DI«tance Telephone OLYMPIAN Bowling and Billiard Parlors... ...i, Tufts. WesJHyan and Will- iariia atlilotio counnils each ap pointed two representatives to at- tend tlio meeting, at which gen- eral eligibility ru...

...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...

...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ...KS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook direct... ... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaison channels from the Central ... ... The United Nations System 278 B. International Organizations 279 C. Country Membership in International Organizations 282 D. Mathematical Conversions... ...ommon law; constitution came into effect on 1 April 1982 Branches: 11-member House of Assembly, seven-member Executive Council Government leaders: All... ...iction Branches: bicameral legislative, 17-member popularly elected House of Representatives and 17-member Senate; executive, Prime Minister and Cabin... ... 22,960 km 2 ; land area: 22,800 km 2 Comparative area: slightly larger than Massachusetts Land boundaries: 515 km total Coastline: 386 km Maritime cl...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and sp...

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of po... ...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...her to foster curiosity about past Information Technology. Paraphrased from Henry Hobhouse’s introduction to Seeds of Change. Table of Contents... ...Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. ... ...e Following <<<<< Noah‘s Flood‘s Language Impact 6 Did members of an agrarian community on the northeast shores of a freshwater l... ...their territory and redistributed the tribe‘s remaining members among the households of his own clan. Rather than make them slaves, he made them mem... ...ope enjoyed an open intercourse; all the roads were temporarily open, and representatives of every nation (e.g., Marco Polo) appeared at the Court o... ...War II, Bush became for many the ―sage of Cyberspace.‖ Born in Everett, Massachusetts, he earned his bachelor‘s degree at Tufts College in just th...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books...

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every...

...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sen...

... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constituti... ...for a free people. He found that the American people, through their chosen representatives who were instructed by their wisdom and experience and were... ...vident to all alike that a great democratic revolution is going on amongst us; but there are two opinions as to its nature and consequences. To some i... ...thusiasm and of an ardent faith, great sacrifices may be obtained from the members of a commonwealth by an appeal to their un- derstandings and their ... ...ty of the people had been introduced into the bosom of the monarchy of the House of T udor. The religious quarrels which have agitated the Christian w... ...he Hudson; they are now six in number: 1, Connecticut; 2, Rhode Island; 3, Massachusetts; 4, V ermont; 5, New Hamp- shire; 6, Maine. 49 Tocqueville m...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of th...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publicat... ...FICERS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. W ASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 1862. TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The third section of the “Act further to promote ... ...SSAGE TO CONGRESS. W ASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 1862. TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The third section of the “Act further to promote the effic... ...h the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squad- rons and single... ...laces that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infan- try, two Companies cavalry, putting General Banks... ... the border States hold more power for good than any other equal number of members, I feel it a duty which I cannot justifiably waive to make this ap-... ...ac: Owing to the press in behalf of Daniel Sullivan, Company E, Thirteenth Massachusetts, and the doubt; though small, which you express of his guilty...

...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have th...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publicat... ...either Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matte... ...ow do “events” of the same sort come on in your family? Are you possessing houses and lands, and oxen and asses, and men-servants and maid-servants, a... ...ur room (the same that Dr. Wallace occupied there) and boarding only costs us four dollars a week. Ann Todd was married something more than a year sin... ... Last night we held a Whig caucus for the House, and nominated Winthrop of Massachusetts for speaker, Sargent of Pennsylvania for sergeant-at-arms, Ho... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The President of the United Sta... ...of the act of the last session of Congress. The first amendment desired by members of this House had for its only object to give bounty lands to such ...

...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would su...

...ublication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...f water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the sea-board as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might... ...es the country is wild, trackless, unbridged, uninhab- ited, and desolate. Massachusetts Avenue runs the whole length of the city, and is inserted on ... ... sportsman, you will desire to shoot snipe within sight of the President’s house. There is much un- settled land within the States of America, but I t... ...therefore, is wrong side foremost, and all mankind who enter it, Senators, Representatives, and judges included, go in at the back door. Of course it ... ...o save the secretaries who sit in the bu- reaus from a too rapid influx of members of Congress. This statement I by no means indorse; but it is undoub... ... difficult—I may say impossible— to sound his praises in his own land. Let us suppose that a courteous Frenchman ventures an opinion among En- glishme...

........................................................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ............................................................

...ries Publication Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...s Publication Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ................................................. 116 LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE ........................................................................ ...a single characteristic of tyranny: a Governor and Council, holding office from the King, and wholly indepen- dent of the country; laws made and taxes... ...and taxes levied without con- currence of the people immediate or by their representatives; the rights of private citizens violated, and the titles of... ...ive all his country- men—to stand aside or be trampled on!” “Nay, nay, let us show respect to the good grandsire,” said Bullivant, laughing. “See you ... ...hom he could not save. There were the dea- cons, and other eminently pious members of his church. There, also, was the Reverend Mr. Clark, of Westbury... ...peril, and therefore, in their eyes the most eligible, was the province of Massachusetts Bay. The fines, imprisonments, and stripes, liberally distrib...

...Excerpt: There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II, the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies, and sent a harsh and ...

...Contents THE GRAY CHAMPION....................................................................................................... 4 THE WEDDING KNELL .......................................................................................

...The Federalist Papers A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Federalist Papers is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University... ...tronic Classics Series Publication The Federalist Papers is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...- cieties of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend ... ...hem to suspi- cion) into interested or ambitious views. Candor will oblige us to admit that even such men may be actuated by upright intentions; and i... ...f the convention, for it is well known that some of the most distinguished members of that Congress, who have been since tried and justly approved for... ...If Shays had not been a desperate debtor, it is much to be doubted whether Massachusetts would have been plunged into a civil war. But notwithstanding... ...mplacable of the opponents of Louis XIV . In the government of Britain the representatives of the people compose one branch of the national legislatur... ... the State. In that memorable struggle for su- periority between the rival houses of Austria and Bourbon, which so long kept Europe in a flame, it is ...

...Excerpt: To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subjec...

...AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters By H.G. WELLS 1914 A Penn... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...L rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gym- nastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. ... ...l, and Mr. Latham, his rival, had jolly bad luck. That is what it means to us first of all. It also, I reflect privately, means that I have under-esti... ...rarer for a son to follow in his father’s footsteps or die in his father’s house. The thing is as simple as the rule of three. We are off the chain of... ...the part of those who deal with Labour speeches, Labour literature, Labour representatives, and Labour claims. Labour is necessarily at an enormous di... ...oportional representation, with large constituencies return- ing each many members, there is to be found a way of escape from this disastrous embarras... ...eir lungs become black and choked with small particles of anthracite….” In Massachusetts, at Fall River, the Hon. J.F. Carey tells how little naked bo...

...Excerpt: The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices i...

...Contents THE COMING OF BLRIOT ......................................................................................................... 5 MY FIRST FLIGHT...................................................................................

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...newal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 7... ...tate Department and the Defense Department 93 3.6 . . . and in the White House 98 3.7 . . . and in the Congress 102 4. RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA’S I... ...r Bob Kerrey John F . Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R.Thompson COMMISSION MEMBERS Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page xi Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:2... ...Law 107-306, November 27, 2002). Our mandate was sweeping.The law directed us to investigate “facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attack... ...with one pair of ready fighters: Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton,Virginia. 100 Other fa... ...iances. It was composed of his own al Qaeda Shura together with leaders or representatives of terrorist organizations that were still independent. In ...

...Excerpt: We present 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 an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...