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Why don't Uncle Sam mind his own fucken business??
`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.
in the spacious hunting grounds of `` Uncle Sam '' ; ;
Into its chanceries each day pour reports from ministries around the earth and an endless stream of home-office instructions on how to handle Uncle Sam in an infinite variety of contingencies.
Uncle Sam would then accuse them of creating a monopoly by `` unfair competition ''.
* Uncle Sam ( initials U. S .) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers.
An Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original " Yankee Doodle " lyrics of the Revolutionary War.
With the American Revolutionary War came " Brother Jonathan " as another personification and finally after the War of 1812 Uncle Sam appeared.
Costumes may serve to portray various other characters during secular holidays, such as an Uncle Sam costume worn on the Independence day for example.
The production stirred deep controversy by featuring nude performers in Mickey Mouse masks dancing on the ruins of the World Trade Center and a female singer with a painted on Hitler toothbrush moustache performing a straight arm Nazi salute, along with sinister portrayals of American soldiers, Uncle Sam, and Elvis Presley impersonators.
American recruiting poster depicting Uncle Sam
* 1766 – Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam ( d. 1854 )
Originally co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of UNCLE ambiguous so it could be viewed as either referring to " Uncle Sam " or the United Nations.
Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam ( the male personification of the American people ), Columbia ( the female personification of American values ), or the Democratic donkey, though he did popularize these symbols through his art.
His nickname became " Sam " among army colleagues at the academy, since the initials " U. S ." stood for " Uncle Sam ".
* July 31 – Samuel Wilson, American thought to be the real-life basis for Uncle Sam ( b. 1766 )
Editorial cartoon: Uncle Sam directs U. S. Senators and Representatives implicated in the Crédit Mobilier scheme to commit Hari-Kari.
Political cartoon from 1860 depicting Stephen A. Douglas receiving a traditional " over-the-knee " spanking from Historical Columbia | Columbia as Uncle Sam looks on approvingly.
Democratic cartoon from 1833 showing Jackson destroying the bank, to the approval of the Uncle Sam like figure to the right, and annoyance of the bank's president, shown as the Devil himself
** The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam: Part Two-Haboush Company, Goldstone Films-Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
He wrote " If you wanted to sum up the relative position of Britain and America in this century – the ebbing away of the pink areas of the map, the fading of national self-confidence as Uncle Sam proceeded to colonise the globe with fizzy drinks and Hollywood – you could do it like this: they had Star Trek, we had Blake's 7 ... No ' boldly going ' here: instead, we got the boot stamping on a human face which George Orwell offered as a vision of humanity's future in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
* Uncle Sam ( October 30-December 1911 ) ( Broadway )
Illustration of Sam from the 1888 " New Edition " of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Uncle and Memorial
* A public sculpture by Giuseppe Moretti honoring Stephen Foster and commemorating his song " Uncle Ned " sits in close proximity to the Stephen Foster Memorial.
Image: Uncle Sam Memorial Statue, Arlington, MA-general view. jpg | Uncle Sam Memorial Statue, Arlington, Massachusetts
Image: Uncle Sam Memorial Statue, Arlington, MA-Uncle Sam. jpg | Uncle Sam statue detail
Image: Uncle Sam Memorial Statue, Arlington, MA-Samuel Wilson. jpg | Samuel Wilson detail
* Uncle Sam Memorial Statue
He attracted such figures as President Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie to Atlanta, the former returning after Harris ' death to lecture for the Uncle Remus Memorial Association.

Uncle and Statue
* In the Sinfest webcomic Lady Liberty, a humanized version of the Statue, is the spouse of a similarly humanized Uncle Sam.

Uncle and marks
The story marks the second appearance of Scrooge in a story but the first where he acts as the leader in a treasure expedition, a theme that Barks would later use often and is currently considered traditional for an Uncle Scrooge story.

Uncle and site
* University of Virginia Web site " Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: A Multi-Media Archive "— edited by Stephen Railton, covers 1830 to 1930, offering links to primary and bibliographic sources on the cultural background, various editions, and public reception of Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel.
The site of the academy and old Spencerville was located less than 1, 000 yards from the current southern border of Pushmataha County, and it is entirely possible Uncle Wallace resided in Pushmataha County.
Located south of Lexington, it is the site of the Kennedy House, said to have been used in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Bristol is probably best known for being the site of some of the first commercial recordings of country music, showcasing Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, and later a favorite venue of the mountain musician Uncle Charlie Osborne.
* Uncle Tungsten on Oliver Sacks ' official site
The story begins with the arrival not of a detective, but of disaster: Badfort is for sale, but when Uncle decides to buy it, demolish it, and build a pleasantly appointed park on the site, he is forestalled.
Bristol is best known for being the site of the first commercial recordings of country music, showcasing Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, and later a favorite venue of mountain musician Uncle Charlie Osborne.
In 1890, Bozeman resident H. F. Richardson ( known as Uncle Tom ) was given a permit to operate a ferry across the Yellowstone River near the site of today's Chittenden Bridge and take tourists down into the canyon below the lower falls on Uncle Tom's Trail.
* Uncle Seth official web site

Uncle and near
Stowe's novel lent its name to Henson's home — Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, near Dresden, Ontario — which since the 1940s has been a museum.
Later that night, a street gang starts a motorcycle race near Uncle Bill's apartment.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site is a museum of the Dawn Settlement, established in 1841 by Josiah Henson near Dresden as refuge for the many slaves who escaped to Canada from the United States.
Marta learns Uncle Chris is near death, and she takes Katrin to say goodbye to him at his ranch.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site | Josiah Henson Interpretive Center, near Dresden, Ontario | Dresden, Ontario, Canada.
Located near Dresden, Ontario, in Canada, Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site includes the cabin that was home to Josiah Henson during much of his time in the area, from 1841 until his death in 1883.
His voice is heard during the Pirates of the Caribbean ride as well as the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland as Uncle Theodore, the lead vocalist of the singing busts in the cemetery near the end of the ride.
Uncle Arthur grew up near the Collyer mansion and was inspired by the brothers.
Uncle Monty warns the Baudelaire children never to allow the snake near a typewriter.
They don't want to, but when they find out that some of the areas they are going to go singing are near people who have given them bad presents, they decide to take over the show and start to sing songs to them ( for example, Uncle George had given Ginger a book called ' Kings and Queens of England ', and to pay back for it he went to his house with the other 16 or so boys and sung bad songs at the top of his voice ).
In Prince Caspian, Reepicheep is the leader of the twelve mice who help to fight against Caspian's Uncle Miraz in the Second Battle of Beruna, near Aslan's How.
* Uncle Karl: Fred's uncle who runs a cheese shop near Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
In Uncle Jack ( 2005 ), author Tony Williams claimed that Kelly had been found on the 1881 census return for Brymbo, near Wrexham.
Uncle Green soon met an ascendant Brendan O ' Brien, near the beginning of his producing career, with whom they recorded the albums You and What An Experiment His Head Was for DB Records.
File: Uncle Sam Plantation 09 cropped. jpg | Hexagonal pigeonnier with a pointed roof at Uncle Sam Plantation near Convent, Louisiana
A shortage of money means that Myra and her son have to move and they rent the house out while they move to Birmingham to be near Uncle Sydney.
Sleddale Hall, the filming location for Uncle Monty's cottage Crow Crag, is located near Wet Sleddale Reservoir.
Dick was placed in a saddlery apprenticeship in Horsely Fields, Wolverhampton with his Uncle William Cullwick ( 1781 – 1853 ); Ellen lived with Aunt Small ( née Sarah Owen ) on their large farm in Westbury near Albrighton ; and Polly went to live with her spinster Aunt Elizabeth Cullwick ( 1789 – 1866 ) in Haughton, Shifnal.

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