Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch said, “ The government is fully aware of the abductions but allows them to happen because it ’ s eager for an ally against the Tamil Tigers ”.

During preparations for the Supreme Court hearing, Cinquè tells Adams that he is invoking the spirits of his ancestors.

He started toward the stairway, then turned to add, `` Tell her to come to Adams's room, that Adams is in trouble.

What is exposited by this observation is not the inherent prejudices of Englishmen but the Anglophobia of Brooks Adams.

To Adams that age in which religion exercised power over the entire culture of the race was one of imagination, and it is largely the admiration he so obviously held for such eras that betrays a peculiar religiosity -- a sentiment he would have probably denied.

The importance of knowing in what chemical forms the hormone may exist is accentuated by the recent observation that there exists an abnormally long-acting TSH in blood drawn from many thyrotoxic patients ( Adams, 1958 ).

`` What is the point '', Charles Adams reports the Pakistanis as asking, `` in demanding an Islamic state and society if no one, not even the doctors of the sacred law themselves, can say clearly and succinctly what the nature of such a state and society is ''??

* 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $ 5, 000 USD to purchase " such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress ".

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Dilbert is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams.

The comic strip's popular success is attributable to its workplace setting and themes, which are familiar to a large and appreciative audience ; Adams said that switching the setting from Dilbert's home to his office was " when the strip really started to take off.

Terms invented by Adams in relation to the strip, and sometimes used by fans in describing their own office environments, include “ Induhvidual .” This term is based on the American English slang expression “ duh !” The conscious misspelling of individual as induhvidual is a pejorative term for people who are not in the DNRC ( Dogbert's New Ruling Class ).

* 1968 – Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams.

* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is named for a fictional galactic encyclopedia that one of the main characters works for.

The transgalactic nature of the gin and tonic is discussed in Douglas Adams ' novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Adams is best known as a diplomat who shaped America's foreign policy in line with his ardently nationalist commitment to America's republican values.

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 to John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams ( née Smith ) in Braintree, Massachusetts, what is now Quincy, Massachusetts.

John Quincy Adams Birthplace is now part of Adams National Historical Park and open to the public.

The Quincy family name was pronounced, as is the name of the city in Massachusetts where Adams was born.

Though technically incorrect, this pronunciation is also commonly used for Adams ' middle name.

Adams House at Harvard College is named in honor of Adams and his father.

Maguire had also been contacted by supporters of Gerry Adams, then and now President of Sinn Féin, and a supporter of the change in the Provisional IRA constitution.

The tournament, which was now considered by some as the most important in Europe, was won by fellow Hungarian Péter Lékó while Polgár scored 7 / 13 to tie for fourth with Alexander Grischuk, Michael Adams and Kramnik.

The houses were demolished in 1927 and the site is now occupied by the Hay – Adams Hotel.

The operation was successful, and Adams ' voice is now completely functional.

One of the leaders of this movement, Sir Grantley Adams, founded the Barbados Progressive League ( now the Barbados Labour Party ) in 1938.

Adams, once a political visionary and now a man blind to the needs of his country, not only held fast to his notion of defending the monarchy but also made additional attempts to form similarly flawed Federation-like entities after that union's demise.

The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams, now incumbent President, and Andrew Jackson, the runner-up in the 1824 election.

Notable companies include Adams Musical Instruments of Ittervoort, The Netherlands and Ross Mallet Instruments, now owned by Jupiter Band Instruments of Austin, Texas, United States.

In the 1950s, Harriet ( by now Harriet Stratemeyer Adams ) began substantially revising old volumes in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, updating them by removing references to " roadster " and the like.

The book now contains transcripts of all Hitchhikers radio sketches, barring a sketch for Marvin that Adams wrote for the BBC Radio 1 show Studio B15 to promote the television version of the serial, which was broadcast in 1982.

* Adams State College, now known as Adams State University, 1956-1967 ( remained in conference since the 1967 RMAC reorganization )

There is now speculation that interest in human vs. computer chess competition will plummet as a result of the Bonn match and other recent matches involving Kasparov, Kramnik, Adams, and various chess programs.

The school district came into effect in the northern hemisphere fall 2008 ; at the time Saraland Elementary and Adams Middle were now a part of the city district, but high schoolers had to attend county schools because Saraland High School was not yet open.

Additionally, Adams Middle School ( now closed ), a portion of Serra Adult School and Saint David School are also located within the CDP.

* Ralph Adams Cram, architect, resided in Sudbury on Concord Road and built his family their own private chapel which is now owned and operated by Saint Elizabeth's Episcopal Church

* Adams Shore was originally developed as a summer resort location and is now a year-round residential area.

* Thomas Adams: 19th century founder of the Adams Chewing Gum Company, now part of Cadbury plc, built one of the finest houses on Awixa Avenue.

* Adams Oshiomhole, Ex Nigeria Labour Union President ; now Gorvenor of Edo State.

Adams did not attend the inauguration of his successor, Andrew Jackson, who had openly snubbed him by refusing to pay the traditional " courtesy call " to the outgoing president during the weeks before his own inauguration.

Sinn Féin continued its policy of refusing to sit in the Westminster Parliament even after Adams won the Belfast West constituency.

" Prior to this, Adams had maintained a policy of refusing to condemn IRA or their splinter groups ' actions.

: But some whites, refusing to be comforted, had referred to the original racial restriction covenant that came with the development of West Adams Heights back in 1902 which restricted " Non-caucasians " from owning property.

Adams speculated that " With Mr Wolfowitz so far refusing to step down, the board may need to take radical action to break the stalemate.

After refusing to do so for some time, Adams finally released the report of the affair, resulting in a wave of passionate anti-French sentiment across the U. S. This seriously damaged the Republicans and helped the Federalists win the 1798 elections.

After the emperor's second abdication he was banished from France and, refusing an offer for employment from czar Alexander I of Russia, he emigrated to the United States, where, being made a brigadier-general of engineers, he designed a number of extensive forts for the Army, notably Fort Monroe, Va., Fort Adams in Newport, RI, Fort Morgan ( Alabama ), and around New York, and did a large amount of the civil engineering connected with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and tile Delaware Breakwater.