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In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.
Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.
In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent tubes, similar to the one above the counter, illuminated the entire hall.
Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.
It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.
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Just as I know I would make a bad soldier even though I cannot sincerely call myself a pacifist, so too I would not be either a hangman by profession or, if I could avoid it, even a member of a hanging jury.
-- I, too, congratulate the American Legion, of which I am proud to have been a member for more than 40 years, on the recent state convention.
I hope the man who plans to sit on his hands until the emergency comes will have a change of heart, will get busy and be the first member of our `` plus-one '' shelter club.
I am also pleased to note that Mr. John B. Oakes, a member of the Times staff since 1946, has been appointed as editorial page editor.
At the workshop, Mrs. Schenk will discuss `` the board and the staff, librarian-board relationships, personnel policies, how good is our librarian and staff, how good am I as a library board member and how good is our library ''.
His fellow students — there were 38 in all — included young Samuel I. Hayakawa ( later to become a Republican member of the U. S. Senate ), Ralph Moriarty deBit ( later to become the spiritual teacher Vitvan ) and Wendell Johnson ( founder of the Monster Study ).
The earliest known member of the house, Esiko, Count of Ballenstedt, first appears in a document of 1036, and is assumed to have been a grandson ( through his mother ) of Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark.
The position that " Christian theological anti-Judaism is a phenomenon distinct from modern antisemitism, which is rooted in economic and racial thought, so that Christian teachings should not be held responsible for antisemitism " has been articulated, among other places, by Pope John Paul II in ' We Re member: A Reflection on the Shoah ,' and the Jewish declaration on Christianity, Dabru Emet .. Several scholars, including Susannah Heschel, Gavin I Langmuir and Uriel Tal the General Synod has affirmed that " the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ is for all and must be shared with all including people from other faiths or of no faith and that to do anything else would be to institutionalize discrimination ".
Edgar Chamorro, a former Contra and member of the FDN's political directorate who later became a critic of the Contras, stated that during his time with the Contras, he frequently received reports about atrocities committed by Contra troops against civilians and against Sandinista prisoners: " As time went on, I became more and more troubled by the frequent reports I received of atrocities committed by our troops against civilians and against Sandinista prisoners.
During his reign, he also set about creating the Second Mexican Empire ( headed by his choice of Maximilian I of Mexico, a member of the House of Habsburg ), to regain France's hold in the Americas and to achieve greatness for the ' Latin ' race.
Hackett, who would become a member of the football rules committee in December 1907 and officiated games into the 1930s, was quoted the next day in Ed Wray's Post-Dispatch article: " It was the most perfect exhibition ... of the new rules ... that I have seen all season and much better than that of Yale and Harvard.
The college is a dual member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division III and National Christian College Athletic Association ( NCCAA ) Division I.
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At the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, Williams defeated Conchita Martínez in the final to win her first title in over a year and the second Tier I title on clay of her career.
At the beginning of the clay-court season, Williams reached the semifinals of the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, where she lost to Jelena Janković on a third set tiebreak.
Johnson composed many hit tunes including the theme song of the Roaring Twenties, " Charleston " and " If I Could be With You One Hour Tonight " and remained the acknowledged king of New York jazz pianists until he was dethroned c. 1933 by the recently arrived Art Tatum, who is widely acknowledged by jazz critics as the most technically proficient jazz pianist of all time.
Johnson composed many hit tunes in his work for the musical theatre, including " Charleston " ( which debuted in his Broadway show Runnin ' Wild in 1923, although by some accounts Johnson had written it years earlier, and which became one of the most popular songs of the " Roaring Twenties "), " If I Could Be With You ( One Hour Tonight )", " You've Got to Be Modernistic ", " Don't Cry, Baby ", " Keep off the Grass ", " Old Fashioned Love ", " A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid ", " Carolina Shout ", and " Snowy Morning Blues ".
On clay, Henin failed to retain her title at the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, losing in the semifinals to third-seeded Patty Schnyder 2 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 2.
Henin then withdrew from the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina because of an injury to her right knee.
Labor Party News quoted Leonard Riley, President of the Charleston International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422 as saying, " Given the results of the past few elections, I think the workers of South Carolina would jump at the opportunity to consider a Labor Party which would guarantee an uncompromising voice for working people on their issues.
Included in this gallery is a 1603 English broadsheet showing the coronation of James I ; a 1787 copy of The Maryland Gazette containing the new United States Constitution ; The Charleston Mercury ’ s 1860 extra enthusiastically proclaiming, “ The Union Is Dissolved !”; a copy of the 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune mistakenly announcing, “ Dewey Defeats Truman .”
I was a member of the Alabama legislature being 28 years of age, and at the time was made a delegate to the State Convention held at Montgomery and there made a delegate to the National Convention that was held at Charleston, SC.
Harvard law professor Theophilus Parsons wrote, “ I am just as certain that Wilkes had a legal right to take Mason and Slidell from the Trent, as I am that our government has a legal right to blockade the port of Charleston .” Caleb Cushing, a prominent Democrat, and former Attorney General ( under Franklin Pierce ) concurred: “ In my judgment, the act of Captain Wilkes was one which any and every self-respecting nation must and would have done by its own sovereign right and power, regardless of circumstances .” Richard Henry Dana, Jr., considered an expert on maritime law, justified the detention because the envoys were engaged “ solely a mission hostile to the United States ,” making them guilty of “ treason within our municipal law .” Edward Everett, a former minister to Great Britain and a former Secretary of State, also argued that “ the detention was perfectly lawful their confinement in Fort Warren will be perfectly lawful .”
Mabel enters dressed as one of Sennett's famous bathing beauties and dances a youthful Charleston to " That's How Young I Feel " before reprising " Look What Happened to Mabel " backed by Mack, the cameraman, a stage manager and a few extras.
On clay, Zvonareva then reached her third final overall and second Tier I final of the year at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.
Fred Astaire, in his autobiography Steps in Time ( 1959 ), says Raft was a lightning-fast dancer and did " the fastest Charleston I ever saw.
Safina reached her second final of the year at the Tier I Charleston in April, after retirements from Tatiana Golovin and Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively.
The name Charleston seems to have arisen during World War I, when anti-German sentiment flourished as the United States entered the war.
Anti-German sentiment during World War I brought about another name-change that left today's very Anglo-Saxon sounding names: McLean, Shakespeare, Charleston, and Palmer.
After her father's death during World War I, Alicia and her mother moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
Despite a first round-loss to Alicia Molik in Miami, Hantuchová rebounded in the Tier I Charleston event, making her fifth quarterfinal in seven events, losing to Ashley Harkleroad, 2 – 6, 1 – 6.
Following Charleston, Hantuchová helped Slovakia earn a place in the World Group I for the 2011 Fed Cup by scoring two singles victories and a doubles victory in the World Group play-offs against Serbia.
Sugiyama won her 9th Tier I doubles title with Srebotnik at Charleston at the Family Circle cup, their third team title, scoring 6 – 2, 6 – 2 over Edina Gallovits-Hall and Olga Govortsova.
She was also five-time semifinalist on four different surfaces: on hardcourt at Gold Coast, losing to Schnyder in 3 sets and later that year again on hardcourt at Seoul, losing to Jelena Janković in three sets ; on carpet at Paris Indoors, which was her second straight semifinalthere, losing the third set tie-break against Dinara Safina ; clay at Charleston, where she secured her third career Top 10 victory versus No. 8 Venus Williams en route to her first Tier I semifinal, before falling to Justine Henin-Hardenne in 2 sets ; and grass at Birmingham, losing to Maria Sharapova.
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