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Onetti, Juan Carlos

(Encyclopedia) Onetti, Juan Carlos, 1909–94, Uruguayan novelist and short story writer, b. Montevideo. One of the great 20th-century Latin American novelists, Onetti wrote of the dissipation of…

Azores

(Encyclopedia) Azores Azores əzôrzˈ, āˈzôrz [key], Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (2021 pop. 236,657), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), and autonomous region of Portugal, in…

Brutus V

Brutus V13 December 1787AbstractA powerful rebuttal of Hamilton, the logic of Brutus can be found in a supreme Court decision of 1819, McCulloch v. Maryland. Taken from "Brutus" fifth essay,…

Brutus I

Brutus IFederalist Power Will Ultimately Subvert State Authority18 October 1787AbstractThe "necessary and proper" clause has, from the beginning, been a thorn in the side of those seeking to…

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Opinion

This Supreme Court Case addressed the issue of Federal power and commerce. In the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down one of his most…

Barcelona

(Encyclopedia) Barcelona Barcelona bärˌsəlōˈnə, Catalan bärˌsəlōˈnə, Span.…

Civil Rights Cases (1883)

Historical BackgroundBetween 1866 and 1875, Congress passed several civil rights acts to implement the 13th and 14th amendments. One was the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which imposed various…

Holidays: Religious and Secular, 2011

Society and Culture > Calendar & Holidays by Liz Olson Related Links Holidays: Frequently Asked Questions National Holidays Around the World Holiday…