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Steven Jordan, 2006 News

lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, was charged in April with cruelty and maltreatment, dereliction of duty, lying to investigators, and other violations in connection to the detainee abuse…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene IV

Scene IVForres. The palaceFlourish. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, and AttendantsDuncanIs execution done on Cawdor? Are not Those in commission yet return'd?MalcolmMy liege, They…

San Marino, country, Europe

(Encyclopedia) CE5 San MarinoSan Marinosän märēˈnō [key], officially Republic of San Marino, republic (2015 est. pop. 33,000), 24 sq mi (62 sq km), in the Apennines near the Adriatic Sea, SW of…

totalitarianism

(Encyclopedia) totalitarianismtotalitarianismtōtălˌĭtârˈēənĭzəm [key], a modern autocratic government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its…

Abu Hamza al-Masri, 2006 News

Muslim cleric, was convicted in February by a London jury of 11 charges of soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. The judge in the case said…

The Devil's Dictionary: Acknowledge

by Ambrose Bierce ACHIEVEMENTACQUAINTANCEACKNOWLEDGE -v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Biographical Sketch

Biographical SketchThe Emersons first appeared in the north of England, but Thomas, who landed in Massachusetts in 1638, came from Hertfordshire. He built soon after a house, sometimes railed…