John Adams fashioned much of pre-Revolutionary radical ideology, wrote the constitution of his home state of Massachusetts, negotiated, with Franklin and Jay, the peace with Britain and served as our first Vice President and our second President.

Brooks Adams preferred the chronicles of Froissart or the style and theorizing of Edward Gibbon, for at least they took a stand on the issues about which they wrote.

Upon arriving at Baltimore, Selkirk on December 22 wrote to John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State at Washington, inquiring about laws covering trade with `` Missouri and Illinois Territories ''.

English writer Douglas Adams, who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, used the metaphor of a living puddle examining its own shape, since, to those living creatures, the universe may appear to fit them perfectly ( while in fact, they simply fit the universe perfectly ).

Living first in Philadelphia, then seeking refuge close in Virginia, he wrote a book entitled The Prospect Before Us ( read and approved by Vice President Jefferson before publication ) in which he called the Adams administration a " continual tempest of malignant passions " and the President a " repulsive pedant, a gross hypocrite and an unprincipled oppressor ".

Chapman and Douglas Adams wrote a pilot for a TV series in 1975, Out of the Trees, but it never went beyond the initial episode.

It contains scripts Chapman wrote with Douglas Adams and others, such as " Our show for Ringo Starr, a. k. a. Goodnight Vienna ".

Adams first learned of the Declaration of Independence from the letters his father wrote his mother from the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

After spending some time with Jay discussing the treaty, Adams wrote home to his father, in support of the emerging treaty because he thought America should stay out of European affairs.

As Secretary of State, he negotiated the Adams – Onís Treaty ( which acquired Florida for the United States ), the Treaty of 1818, and wrote the Monroe Doctrine.

Adams, under Monroe's supervision, wrote the instructions for the ministers ( ambassadors ) to these new countries.

Grand Pianola Music ( 1982 ): Adams commented, " Dueling pianos, cooing sirens, Valhalla brass, thwacking bass drums, gospel triads, and a Niagara of cascading flat keys all learned to cohabit as I wrote the piece.

Adams wrote, " in almost all cultures other than the European classical one, the real meaning of the music is in between the notes.

That the Louisiana Purchase was illegal was described pointedly by the historian Henry Adams, who wrote: " The sale of Louisiana to the United States was trebly invalid ; if it were French property, Bonaparte could not constitutionally alienate it without the consent of the Chambers ; if it were Spanish property, he could not alienate it at all ; if Spain had a right of reclamation, his sale was worthless.

" Organization is the secret of victory ," an editor in the Adams camp wrote.

" Adams wrote of Cicero that " as all the ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher united in the same character, his authority should have great weight.

In March 2011, Adams wrote a blog post on the topic of men's rights after men's rights advocates responded in large numbers to his request for readers of his blog to choose his next topic.

Elected Vice President in 1796, when he came in second to John Adams of the Federalists, Jefferson opposed Adams and with Madison secretly wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which attempted to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts.

After realizing he was no longer in possession of such a grand collection he wrote in a letter to John Adams, " I cannot live without books ".

US President John Adams once wrote to his son, " Terence is remarkable, for good morals, good taste, and good Latin ... His language has simplicity and an elegance that make him proper to be accurately studied as a model.

Samuel Adams articulated the goals of this church when he wrote that Paine aimed " to renovate the age by inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity and universal philanthropy ".

In October 1805 John Adams wrote to his friend Benjamin Waterhouse, an American physician and scientist:

As Thomas Jefferson in Paris wrote to John Adams in London, " It really is an assembly of demigods.

There he worked closely with Samuel Adams to advance colonial opposition to Parliamentary colonial policies.

There are definite examples of humor restricted by copyright law on the internet ; examples include the Dilbert cartoons of Scott Adams or the newspaper columns of Dave Barry.

There Adams signed the renewal of the very liberal Prussian-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce after negotiations with Prussian Foreign Minister Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein.

There was no need, however, because Adams ' compromise defused the issue.

There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.

There must be a clear intention to create a trust ( Re Adams and the Kensington Vestry )

* There were rumors that southern electors pledged to Jefferson were coerced by Alexander Hamilton to give their second vote to Pinckney in hope of electing him president instead of Adams.

* There is a Tilden Street in Raleigh, NC intersecting Glenwood Avenue, one of a series of parallel streets honoring U. S. Presidents including Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Cleveland.

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.

There are also 31 elementary schools in the city: John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Cesar Chavez, Corona Ranch, Coronita, Eastvale, Dwight Eisenhower, Foothill, Ben Franklin, Garretson, Harada, Highland, Home Gardens, Jefferson, Lincoln Alternative, William McKinley, Norco, Orange, Parkridge, Prado View, Promenade, Rosa Parks, Riverview, Sierra Vista, Stallings, Temescal Valley, Dr. Bernice Todd, Vandermolen, Vicentia, Victress Bower, George Washington and Woodrow Wilson.

There is no rail service in town, and the nearest bus services are located in North Adams.

There are also private schools in North Adams and Williamstown which accept students from the town.

There is a park and ride lot located at the junction of Routes 2 and 2A, on the route between Greenfield and North Adams.

There is a private academy in neighboring Charlemont, and other private and religious schools in nearby North Adams.

: There is also the Village of Friendship in Adams County.

: There are also other towns named Adams in Wisconsin.

: There are also other towns named Adams in Wisconsin.

There is also a tongue-in-cheek reference to zebra crossings in the science-fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by English author Douglas Adams, in reference to Man using the improbable creature called the Babel fish as proof of the non-existence of God, the novel says, " Man then goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed at the next zebra crossing.

There have been twelve more presidents in its history: Alice Elvira Freeman Palmer, Helen Almira Shafer, Julia Josephine Thomas Irvine, Caroline Hazard, Ellen Fitz Pendleton, Mildred H. McAfee ( later Mildred McAfee Horton ), Margaret Clapp, Ruth M. Adams, Barbara Wayne Newell, Nannerl Overholser Keohane ( later the president of Duke University from 1993 – 2004 ), Diana Chapman Walsh and H. Kim Bottomly.

There the Free Soilers nominated former Democratic President Martin Van Buren for president, along with Charles Francis Adams for vice president, at Lafayette Square, then known as Court House Park.

: There are also other towns named Adams in Wisconsin.

: There is another Town of Monroe in Adams County, Wisconsin.

There was uniquely three debates on stations TV3, RTÉ and TG4 between Enda Kenny, Michaél Martin and Eamon Gilmore and a five way leaders ' debate on RTÉ also including Gerry Adams and John Gormley along with the other participants from the three way debates.

These include: Oleta Adams " Circle of One " album ( reaching No. 1 in the UK charts 1991 ); Marc Almond " Tenement Symphony " album which included the epic tracks " Jacky " and " The Days of Pearly Spencer "; The Associates " Wild and Lonely " album ; Rick Astley " Free " album ; B * Witched " Awake and Breathe " album ; Chris Botti " Slowing Down the World " album ; Boyzone " A Different Beat " album ; Cher " It's a Man's World " album ; Petula Clark " La Vie en Rose " track ; Lloyd Cole and the Commotions " Rattlesnakes " album ; Andrea Corr " Ten Feet High " album ; Cathy Dennis " Move to This " and " Into the Skyline " albums ; Electronic " Getting Away with It " single ( reaching No. 12 in the UK charts 1990 ); Frankie Goes to Hollywood " Welcome to the Pleasuredome " album which included their 2nd and 3rd No. 1s " Two Tribes " and " The Power of Love "; Elton John " The Big Picture " album ; Martyn Joseph " Being There " album ; Kingmaker " Sleepwalking " album ; Annie Lennox " Medusa " album ( No. 1 in the UK charts 1995 ); Let Loose " Best In Me " single ; Virginia MacNaughton " The Music " album ; Paul McCartney " Press to Play " album ; Malcolm McLaren " Duck Rock " album ; The Men They Couldn't Hang " A Map Of Morocco " single ; George Michael " Careless Whisper " single ( reaching No. 1 in 25 countries ); Liza Minnelli " Results " album ( reaching No. 6 in the UK charts 1989 ); The Moody Blues " Greatest Hits " album ; Moist " Gasoline " single ; Jimmy Nail " Crocodile Shoes " album ( reaching No. 2 in the UK charts 1994 ); The Painted Word " Lovelife " album ; Pet Shop Boys " Very " album ; Pulp " Different Class " and " This Is Hardcore " albums ( both reaching No. 1 ); Rialto " Monday Morning 5: 19 " single ; Frances Ruffelle " Stranger To The Rain " single ; S Club " 7 album " ( No. 1 in the UK charts 2000 ); Scarlet " Naked " album ; Seal first 3 albums " Seal " " Seal II " " Human Being "; Siphiwo " Hope " album ( featuring Nelson Mandela on the title track ); Wendy Stark " Stark " album ; Rod Stewart " A Spanner in the Works " album and " If We Fall in Love Tonight " album and the single " Downtown Train "; Suggs " The Lone Ranger " album ; Travis " More Than Us " EP featuring Anne on the title track ; Tina Turner " Wildest Dreams " album ; Wet Wet Wet " Holding Back the River " album ( reaching No. 2 in the UK charts 1989 ); Wham!