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Uncle and Sam
Why don't Uncle Sam mind his own fucken business??
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 was
True, she was my Aunt, married to an Uncle related to me only by marriage, but why she had married a man twice her age, and more, perhaps, I did not know or much care.
When she appeared at the store to help out for a few hours even my looking at her was surreptitious lest my Uncle notice it.
For several weeks we eyed one another almost like sparring partners, and then one day Uncle was slightly indisposed and stayed home ; ;
As we expected, on the following day my Uncle was completely recovered and opened the store as usual at 10 in the morning.
It was not as though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years, not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; ;
There was the day Uncle Izaak had, in an unexpected grandiose gesture, handed over the pretty sloop to Abel for keeps, on condition that he never fail to let his brother accompany him whenever younger the boy wished.
In an age of oratory, he was the king of orators, and both he himself and Chief Justice Marshall were bathed in manly tears, as Uncle Dan'l reached his thundering climax:
Uncle John Vinnicum Morse was the immediate popular suspect.
Another verse was first recorded in Harriet Beecher Stowe's immensely influential 1852 anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
He wrote one Uncle Scrooge story, three Donald Duck stories and from 1970-1974 was the main writer for the Junior Woodchucks comic book ( issues 6 through 25 ).
Zonker, still not ready for the “ real world ”, was living with Mike and JJ until he was accepted as a medical student at his Uncle Duke ’ s “ Baby Doc College ” in Haiti.
One contribution was An Index of Uncle Scrooge Comics.
At a time when most movie-related publications glorified the stars in front of the camera, " Uncle Forry ", as he was referred to by many of his fans, promoted the behind-the-scenes artists involved in the magic of movies.
" Uncle Joe ", as he was known, often clashed with fellow Republican Theodore Roosevelt, who Cannon remarked had " no more use for the Constitution than a tomcat has for a marriage license ".
St-Laurent was initially very well received by the Canadian public, but by 1957, " Uncle Louis " and his government began to appear tired, old and out of touch.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, the bestselling novel that fueled abolitionist work, was the best known of the anti-slavery novels that portrayed such escapes across the Ohio.
Published when the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a bestseller, Northup's book sold 30, 000 copies within three years.
References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled " The Man from My Uncle ", References in other televison shows have continued over the years, including a 2011 episode of Mad Men, " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ".
Grandfather Vincent had six sons, three of whom became art dealers, including another Vincent who was referred to in van Gogh's letters as " Uncle Cent ".
Named Uncle Ollie, or OLI ( Omnipresent Laser Interceptor ), it was a space-based defensive laser run by an intelligent program.
The chief deity of the Qatabanians was Amm, or " Uncle " and the people called themselves the " children of Amm ".
Implicit to " Uncle Tomming " was the unspoken reminder to white folk that a presumably inferior and sub-human person could not, reasonably, be held responsible for poorly realized work, a kitchen fire, or any such catastrophic offense.

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