The active sponsor of Jefferson's measure for religious liberty in Virginia, Madison played the most influential single role in the drafting of the Constitution and in securing its ratification in Virginia, founded the first political party in American history, and, as Jefferson's Secretary of State and his successor in the Presidency, guided the nation through the troubled years of our second war with Britain.

This may just be pride in my adopted State of Washington, but certainly I love to visit their mound cities near Yakima and Prosser in July or August, when the bees are in their most active period.

On chemical grounds it seems most likely that iodide is first converted to Af and then to Af as the active iodinating species.

Albert ( 1949 ) has concluded that the most active preparations of TSH made during this period, from 1931 to 1945, were probably about 100 to 300 times as potent as the starting material.

The most active preparations obtained by these two groups of investigators appear to be similar in potency, composition and physical properties.

It appeared that most of the mixed liquor suspended solids were active microbial solids with the heavier, less active solids settling out.

Gestation lasts between 90 and 110 days, producing one to five cubs ( most often two or three ) during the rainy season, when termites are active.

Athena is an active character in Marvel Comics ' main continuity, the Marvel Universe, most recently in the Incredible Hercules series.

and 4 suspected eruptions, have been the most active.

André de Longjumeau ( also known as Andrew of Longjumeau in English ) was a 13th century Dominican missionary and diplomat and one of the most active Occidental diplomats in the East in the 13th century.

He was endowed by nature with the most remarkable gifts both of mind and body: he was handsome and eloquent, but licentious ; and, at the same time, active, hardy, courageous, a great general and an able politician.

But for even the most active citizen the formal basis of his political activity was the invitation issued to everyone ( every qualified free male Athenian citizen ) by the phrase " whoever wishes ".

Though most of the early Waldorf schools were teacher-founded, the schools today are usually initiated and later supported by an active parent community.

The most common version of the Sparrow today, the AIM-7M, entered service in 1982 and featured a new inverse monopulse seeker ( matching the capabilities of Skyflash ), active radar fuse, digital controls, improved ECM resistance, and better low-altitude performance.

He has remained active in politics by campaigning for Democratic candidates, most notably for his wife's campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, and then Barack Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.

It is through the most active of these connective routes, the Turkish Straits, that the Black Sea joins the world ocean.

The most active Internet users in Belarus belong to the 17 – 22 age group ( 38 percent ), followed by users in the 23 – 29 age group.

Also, this active attack probably requires custom hardware, since most commercially available Bluetooth devices are not capable of the timing necessary.

These members are the most active in the SIG and have considerable influence over both the strategic and technological directions of Bluetooth as a whole.

Of these features, dark matter is currently subjected to the most active laboratory investigations.

In most bipeds this is an active process, requiring constant adjustment of balance.

This active base would develop the cadre, a core of " professional revolutionaries ", consisting of loyal communists who would spend most of their time organising the party toward a mass revolutionary party capable of leading a workers ' revolution against the Tsarist autocracy.

Most of the U. S. federal courts of appeal have adopted a rule under which, in the event of any conflict in decisions of panels ( most of the courts of appeal almost always sit in panels of three ), the earlier panel decision is controlling, and a panel decision may only be overruled by the court of appeals sitting en banc ( that is, all active judges of the court ) or by a higher court.

Gravitational collapse of matter into black holes is also thought to power the most energetic processes, generally seen at the centers of galaxies ( see quasars and active galaxies ).

" The most detailed surviving description of Agathon is in the Thesmophoriazousae, in which Agathon appears as a pale, clean-shaven young man dressed in women's clothes.

Except for men's and women's meetings, most meetings targeting specific demographics ( including newcomers, gays, and young people ) do not exclude other alcoholics.

She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a " locomotive of women's history " and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.

Although there were seven other reigning empresses, their successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal Imperial bloodline, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

Although there were seven other reigning empresses, their successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal Imperial bloodline, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

As with the seven other reigning empresses whose successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal imperial bloodline, she was followed on the throne by a male cousin, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

Association football is the most prominent team sport for women in several countries, and one of the few women's team sports with professional leagues.

By the time of the Civil War, Douglass was one of the most famous black men in the country, known for his orations on the condition of the black race and on other issues such as women's rights.

Free love particularly stressed women's rights since most sexual laws, such as those governing marriage and use of birth control, discriminated against women.

One of Mitchell's most vivid memories of her mother was a women's suffrage rally led by Carrie Chapman Catt.

In part this limitation arose from the fact that consciousness raising, as " the primary method of understanding women's condition " in the movement at this time and its " most successful organizing tool ", led to an emphasis on personal experience that concealed " prior political and philosophical assumptions ".

While most segments of Modern Orthodoxy ostensibly support women's education, the permissibility of Talmud study for women is still not accepted among most of Modern Orthodoxy.

* The most common view, held by some Modern Orthodox authorities, and most Haredi Rabbis, rules that all women's prayer groups are absolutely forbidden by halakha ( Jewish law ).

The women's basketball program was led for 34 seasons by Phil Kahler, who posted a career record of 797 wins ( the most in Division III history ) and 175 losses with a career winning percentage of. 821.

Harding was often considered a fence sitter on most issues, be that labor, big business, women's suffrage, or prohibition.

She is one of the most famous Tennessee State University Tigerbelles, the name of the TSU women's track and field program.

After 1800, Yankees ( along with some Quakers and others ) spearheaded most reform movements, including those for abolition of slavery, temperance in use of alcohol, increase in women's political rights, and improvement in women's education.

In women's play, Rhonda Rajsich ( USA ) has won the most US Open titles with four, one more than Christie Van Hees ( Canada ) with three.

The most common events in modern competition are over 10 km, 20 km and 50 km on roads, although women's 3 km and men's 5 km are held on indoor tracks.

Perhaps one of the most successful Wuppertal sports clubs was the women's basketball team of Barmer TV ( known as BTV Wuppertal between 1994 and 2000 and BTV Gold-Zack Wuppertal between 2000 and 2002 ).

In the most general and simple terms, feminist literary criticism before the 1970s — in the first and second waves of feminism — was concerned with the politics of women's authorship and the representation of women's condition within literature.