The general acceptance of the idea of governmental ( i.e., societal ) responsibility for the economic well-being of the American people is surely one of the two most significant watersheds in American constitutional history.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

It is different with his volume The Swedes And Their Chieftains ( Svenskarna och deras Hovdingar ), a history intended for the general reader and particularly suited for high school students.

In this essay, we are, along with most historians, interested in the more general or more inclusive ideas, that are so to speak `` writ large '' in history of literature where they recur continually.

In short order, the general history became his most popular work and has remained, aside from his later Social history, the work most widely favored by the public.

Meanwhile he has been thinking about the facts surrounding the problem, facts which he knows can never be complete, and the general background, much of which has already been lost to history.

He finished the war as a major general, commanding a full division, and at 25 was the youngest major general in the history of the U.S. Army.

He assembled quantities of facts about the nature of American politics in general, as well as about the day-to-day course of the closest Presidential election in American history.

** This German publication is both one of the most comprehensive general introductions to the life and works of the philosopher and physician Avicenna ( Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037 ) and an extensive and careful survey of his contribution to the history of science.

* 1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.

Many circumstances in the history of Ambrose are characteristic of the general spirit of the times.

Women with alcoholism are more likely to have a history of physical or sexual assault, abuse and domestic violence than those in the general population, which can lead to higher instances of psychiatric disorders and greater dependence on alcohol.

The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx ( 2009 ), popular general history

The general tendency of his mind, nevertheless, was counter to tradition, and he is remarkable as resuming in his individual history all the phases of Protestant theology from Luther to Fausto Sozzini.

There is now general agreement that Joshua was composed as part of a larger work, the Deuteronomistic history, stretching from Deuteronomy to Kings.

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A general history, originally published around 1911.

On August 20, 1999, Bob Gebhard, the only general manager in franchise history, announced his resignation.

The UNESCO general history of Central Asia, written just before the collapse of the USSR, defines the region based on climate and uses far larger borders.

In contrast, just as postmodernism has so far failed to take root in ethnic Chinese circles as opposed to a general sense of Chinese nationalist moral certainty, much of ethnic Chinese scholarship of Chinese history remains largely modernist or even outright traditionalist in outlook.

Although his name and history were taken from his early life with his adoptive Earth parents, everything about Clark was staged for the benefit of his alternate identity: as a reporter for the Daily Planet, he receives late-breaking news before the general public, has a plausible reason to be present at crime scenes, and need not strictly account for his whereabouts as long as he makes his story deadlines.

He had coached for 15 years and served as general manager for 31 years on a handshake, and his 36 – year tenure as general manager is still the longest for any general manager in NHL history.

However, all modern Germanic languages save English and Scots retain the more general sense: for example, German Tier, Alemannic Diere or Tiere, Pennsylvania Dutch Gedier, Dutch dier, Afrikaans dier, Limburgish diere, Norwegian dyr, Swedish djur, Danish dyr, Icelandic dýr, Faroese dýr, West Frisian dier, and North Frisian diarten, all of which mean " animal.

The general Faroese term for skuas is kjógvi.

In addition to general cargo for the British garrison in the Faroes, Sauternes was also carrying 22, 500 Danish kroner minted in the United Kingdom for use by the Faroese, since Denmark had been occupied by the Germans and was not sending any coin.

They began making music which was heavily inspired by Norse mythology, Faroese traditional music, and heavy metal music in general.

Since the start of the " Special Period " in 1991 ( energy shortages caused by the loss of the Soviet Union as a trading partner ), hitchhiking and carpooling have become important parts of Cuba's transportation system and society in general.

The principal industries are heavy and general machine-building, iron and steel production, metalworking, chemical production, electronics, transportation equipment, textiles, glass, brewing, china, ceramics, and pharmaceuticals.

They do not suggest that, in general, state laws or law enforcement machinery were inadequate to prevent local obstructions or interferences with interstate transportation, or presented any problem requiring the interposition of federal authority.

Scholes International Airport at Galveston is a two-runway airport in Galveston ; the airport is primarily used for general aviation, offshore energy transportation, and some limited military operations.

Some tolls are used as general tax fund for local governments and may have little or nothing to do with transportation facilities.

* an inter-colony railroad which would improve trade, military movement, and transportation in general

Hysham slowly grew by a general process typical throughout the frontier where an initial commercial or transportation need would establish the site, which would then grow as settlers homesteaded nearby.

There is limited bus service by Sound Transit and King County Metro, but in general it is not easy to get around by public transportation in the area.

These were the major deregulation acts in transportation that set the general conceptual and legislative framework, which replaced the regulatory systems put in place between the 1880s and the 1930s.

A two cent sales tax for general revenue, capital improvements, and transportation provides the largest revenue source.

Expansion continued from manufacture of wagons for westward migration as well as for farming and general transportation.

* General purpose vehicles, used for general support and transportation duties of officers or equipment

Zhou Dynasty era Chinese were known to use temporary pontoon bridges for general means of transportation, but it was during the Qin and later Han Dynasty that large permanent pontoon bridges were assembled, and used for purposes of warfare ( first written account of a pontoon bridge in the West being the oversight of the Greek Mandrocles of Samos in aiding a military campaign of Persian Emperor Darius I over the Bosporus ).

Al-Husseini issued a series of warnings, threatening the ' revenge of God Almighty ' unless the Jewish immigration were to stop, and the general strike began, paralyzing the government, public transportation, Arab businesses and agriculture.

He discussed other public questions, for example, the subject of transportation and the general question of secondary punishments.

Interestingly, Akerman was the “ only person from the Confederacy to reach cabinet rank during Reconstruction .” Having become attorney general shortly after the creation of the new Justice Department, Akerman dealt with legal issues from the Department of the Interior, such as the question of whether competing railroad companies deserved more land in the West in return for expanding the country ’ s transportation system.

Private transport, as opposed to public transport, is transportation service which is not available for use by the general public.

Life in general for families in the county was disrupted by things such as the changes in daily times to get children ready and receive them after school, transportation logistics for extra curricular activities, and parental participation activities such as volunteer work in the schools and PTA meetings.

Thus, five major rivers of China, namely the Hai River, Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River, and Qiantang River all were connected: this facilitated transportation to and from Hangzhou and thus boosted both its own and general economic development.

Biscaynes were produced primarily for the fleet market, though they were also available to the general public — particularly to those who wanted low-cost, no-frills transportation with the convenience, room and power of a full-size automobile.

* Light rail, light railway transportation in general, as opposed to " heavy " freight or standard modern passenger trains.

An important transportation hub for the province of Manitoba, Winnipeg International Airport is the only commercial international airport within the province as the other airports of entry serve general aviation only.

During the fifty years of their existence, zemstvo institutions succeeded in solving in the proper way many problems of general education, public medical service, ways of transportation and agronomy.

Its platform includes striving for general election of the Chief Executive in 2007 and Legislative Council in 2008, public consultation of implementation of Article 23 of the Basic Law by means of a White Bill, stopping reclamation to protect the Victoria Harbour, cutting transportation fares for elderly citizens, and other local affairs.