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Filibustering in the U.S. Senate

Filibustering in the U.S. Senate

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While the body considered the bill, Maclay had occasion to visit with Senators Langdon (New Hampshire) and King (New York). A few days later, Maclay learned that King had exchanged his vote on the assumption bill for another ( unknown) ...
The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful ...

The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful ...

Peter J. Denning

He went on to become a great admiral. Bill Maclay, Sustainable-Design Architect As a student in the 1960s, Bill Maclay was angered by social injustice, gender inequities, environmental pollution, and powerless of individuals to effect change.
The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties

The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties

Carol Berkin

One of the few windows into the workings of the Senate during the summer and fall of 1789 comes from the daily diary kept by William Maclay of Pennsylvania. It is doubtful that his reporting was unbiased, for the very democratic Maclay ...
The journal of William Maclay, United States senator from ...

The journal of William Maclay, United States senator from ...

William Maclay

Note. — As the diary of William Maclay covers a space of only two years, the public affairs of that period are treated very fully, and in detail. This threw peculiar difficulties in the way of the indexer. If the exceedingly numerous and oft- repeated ...
The diary of William Maclay and other notes on Senate debates

The diary of William Maclay and other notes on Senate debates

William Maclay

Awarded the Thomas Jefferson Prize by the Society for History in the Federal Government.
The Chelsea Green Reader: Selections from 30 Years of ...

The Chelsea Green Reader: Selections from 30 Years of ...

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LeadingEdge Design and Construction of Homes and Buildings for a Renewable Energy Future William Maclay and Maclay Architects 2014 The NewNet Zero hasbeen heralded by The NewYork Times andothers as a masterwork offering the ...
The New Net Zero: Leading-Edge Design and Construction of ...

The New Net Zero: Leading-Edge Design and Construction of ...

Bill Maclay

Olivier, David. Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Recent Experience on Mainland Europe. Herefordshire, England: Energy Advisory Associates, 1992. Romm, Joseph J., and William D. Browning. Greening the Building and the Bottom Line: ...
The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the ...

The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the ...

Trysh Travis

17. Sandage, Born Losers, 2. 18. The most thoughtful of the various Bill Wilson biographies is Matthew J. Raphael's Bill W. and Mr. Wilson. See also Cheever, My Name is Bill; Hartigan, Bill W.; and Thomsen, Bill W. 19. Raphael, Bill W., 61, ...
Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Made in America: An Informal ...

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Made in America: An Informal ...

Megan Yarnall

Megan Yarnall. Bryson worked in journalism before he started writing nonfiction ( Bill Bryson). Bryson has no published fiction works. Sources and Additional Reading Bill Bryson UK: Bill Bryson Biblio.com: Bill Bryson The Independent: Book ...
Passages Level 13 (reading Today And Tomorrow)

Passages Level 13 (reading Today And Tomorrow)

Isabel L. Beck

... out how the multi- talented Bill Cosby uses television as a teaching tool. Bill. Cosby. by Lynda Etkin Bill Cosby's appearance in "I Spy" was a breakthrough achievement. Television producer Sheldon Leonard saw Bill Cosby perform on a. 352.
Journal of Proceedings

Journal of Proceedings

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House bill to pay George M. France, 749, 800, 820. Senate bill to pay Henry C. Rawlings, 752, 829, 892, 1137. Senate bill making appropriation for Peninsula Horticultural Society, 754. House bill to pay claim of Oscar Paskell and others, 844.
National Geographic complete birds of North America

National Geographic complete birds of North America

Jonathan K. Alderfer

... L. Garrett BITTERNS, HERONS, AND ALLIES Bill Pranty Kurt Radamaker IBISE§ AND SPOONBILLS Bill Pranty, Kurt Radamaker STOR1
Good Afternoon Gentlemen, the Name's Bill Gardner

Good Afternoon Gentlemen, the Name's Bill Gardner

Bill Gardner

And many familiar faces have queued up to add their comments in this book which shows just what it is that makes Bill Gardner unique among the toughest and the greatest of them all.
The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction

The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction

Akhil Reed Amar

A professor of Constitutional law at Yale analyzes the history and meaning of each clause of the original Bill of Rights and shows how a later generation of abolitionists profoundly changed the Bill into the one Americans know today.
Bill W.: A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill ...

Bill W.: A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill ...

Francis Hartigan

Draws on interviews with Bill Wilson's wife to provide a close-up look at a man whose work transformed the lives of thousands of people but who led a complex, sometimes turbulent private life. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Buffalo Bill Wanted!

Buffalo Bill Wanted!

Alex Simmons

But then a policeman is attacked and beaten—and the clues point to Buffalo Bill and one of his troupe, a Sioux warrior. As the plot thickens, Buffalo Bill turns to Sherlock Holmes for help, but the great detective is nowhere to be found.
Southern Pulp and Paper Manufacturer

Southern Pulp and Paper Manufacturer

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Second row, I to r: Mrs. R. E. Bell, Max Alvarez, Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Ramsey, Champion Papers Inc., Canton, N. C; Mrs. Tom Orr, Bill Shoemaker, Mrs. Bill Shoemaker, Bill Lloyd, Mrs. Bill Lloyd. Bottom row, I to r: Don Laduron, Mrs. Jack Vogelsang, ...
My Search for Bill W: Biography

My Search for Bill W: Biography

Mel B.

Mel B.'s search for Bill W. culminates in this book: a fascinating, in depth look at who Bill W. really was and how, from his own painful past and a strong bent for anonymity, he emerged as a powerful presence on the American scene.
The James Club And The Original A.A. Program'S Absolute ...

The James Club And The Original A.A. Program'S Absolute ...

Dick B.

(MN: Hazelden, 2001); Robert Fitzgerald, S. J., The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S.J. and Bill Wilson in Letters. (MN: Hazelden, 1995 ); Francis Hartigan, Bill W.: A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill  ...
The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home

The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home

Arlie Hochschild

Before she made her decision, Nancy had claimed that Bill Beaumont, who lived two doors down the street, did half the housework without being reminded. Evan gave her Bill Beaumont, but said Bill was an exception. Compared to most men, ...
The Healing Power of Self Love: Enhance Your Chances of ...

The Healing Power of Self Love: Enhance Your Chances of ...

Oscar Bamwebaze Bamuhigire

Francis Hartigan, Lois Wilson's private secretary, revealed that by the time Ebby Thatcher, who was Bill's sponsor, died in 1966 from emphysema, Bill had tried to quit smoking for more than twenty years. Bill knew he had contracted ...
Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out

Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out

Bill Graham

The national best-selling autobiography of Bill Graham, the colorful, larger-than-life architect of the modern concert industry
Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out

Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out

Bill Graham

The national best-selling autobiography of Bill Graham, the colorful, larger-than-life architect of the modern concert industry
A Few Hares to Chase: The Life and Economi of Bill Phillips

A Few Hares to Chase: The Life and Economi of Bill Phillips

Alan Bollard

This was the daunting faculty that confronted student Bill Phillips with his bare pass in sociology. The folk wisdom about what happened is recounted by James Meade, later to become Bill's close mentor and colleague: Mr Phillips had next to  ...
Bill Evans Fake Book

Bill Evans Fake Book

Bill Evans

Counterlines, codas, chord extensions and chord changes for improvisation are included. Added features are lyric versions of 10 tunes, 3 essays about Bill Evans' life and music, photographs, and discography.
Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie: The Correspondence between ...

Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie: The Correspondence between ...

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Iris, part of this letter overlaps with material in a letter to Roy Edgley. Do you know Roy? I had occasion to talk to him about my mate Bill Ivey. I'll send you the valedictory address that I delivered for Bill some time back. Bill, Albert Facey,18 my ...
Code 936

Code 936

Jr. Bill Kimbrell

To my daughter, LeVan and son-in-law, Pete's good friend Bill Stearns, writer, English professor, missionary, who helped with my first chapters To friend Bill Thurman, who introduced me to author and gentleman, Eric Fruge, who introduced ...
The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill

The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill

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Lydia Sarah Cody was Bill's first cousin once removed; that is, her grandfather, Philip, was the brother of Bill's father, Isaac. Lydia, who had taught social science in Columbia University, was engaged in social welfare work in New York City ...
Alpha Male: A Tale of the Battle of Commerce

Alpha Male: A Tale of the Battle of Commerce

Sam Foster

“Bill Woodward here, Jack. I hear you've been on vacation. Hope you had a good one.” Jack was silent, trying to recall who Bill Woodward might be. “Deputy Bill Woodward. San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department,” the caller explained.
Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down

Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down

Bill Press

Bill Press—a progressive champion and former chair of the California Democratic Party, a one-time co-host of CNN’s Crossfire, and the popular nationally syndicated radio and television host of The Bill Press Show—reflects back on what ...

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