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• Directory:Abraham Lincoln
  ...ild turkeys approached the new log-cabin, and A.[braham] with a rifle gun, standing inside, shot through a crack and killed one of them.' Then came another se ...e removal of General [[George B. McClellan]] as commander of the Union's [[Army of the Potomac]].<ref> ''Images of America: Altoona'', by Sr. Anne Francis
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• Directory:Andrew Jackson
  ...sed to clean the boots of a British officer, the irate [[Red coat (British army)|redcoat]] slashed at him with a sword, giving him scars on his left hand a ...nded the American forces, which included Tennessee militia, U.S. [[Regular Army (United States)|regular]]s, and [[Cherokee]], [[Choctaw]], and Southern Cre
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• User:Badmachine/wikipedia-en-2011-12-26
  [00:25] <mindspillage> Pilif12p: the issue is that you wouldn't really have standing to sue them for antitrust issues yourself. You could a) try to get a class [19:30] <Peter-C> The Canadian army soldiers have been know to drive strykers off mountain sides...
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• Directory:Martin Van Buren
  ...arose during Van Buren's service as secretary, but the settlement of long-standing claims against France was prepared and trade with the [[British West Indies ...tburst of anti-British sentiment swept through the U.S. Van Buren sent the army to the frontier and closed the rebel bases. Van Buren tried to vigorously e
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• Directory:Andrew Johnson
  Johnson forced the [[France|French]] out of [[Mexico]] by sending a combat army to the border and issuing an ultimatum. The French withdrew in 1867, and th ...unced the corruptions of the Grant Administration. His passion aroused a standing ovation from many of his fellow senators who had once voted to remove him f
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• Directory:OmniMediaGroup/PLR/Healthy Foods
  ...ydrates are primarily used for energy during less intense activities, like standing, sitting, and other movements. Both the fats and the carbohydrates that we ...uses and bacteria to attack the body. It’s like a well-trained army—if the army doesn’t have enough to eat, it will not do well in battle. Without health
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• List of unusual personal names
  ...' - Infant son of [[Jacob S. Coxey, Sr.|Jacob Coxey]], leader of [[Coxey's Army]]. ...public face of the HEMP Party (Help End Marijuana Prohibition) in Brisbane standing as a candidate in various elections.
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• Directory:Iran
  ...rialists, and professionals, favored by the former monarch, the shah, lost standing and influence to the senior clergy and their supporters. Bazaar merchants, ...he U.S.-backed coup against Mossadeq in August 1953, during which pro-Shah army forces arrested the Prime Minister. The Shah returned soon thereafter to ru
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• Directory:John F. Kennedy
  In the spring of 1941, Kennedy volunteered for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], but was rejected, mainly because of his troublesome back. Nevertheless, ...describing eight instances in which U.S. Senators risked their careers by standing by their personal beliefs. The book was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for
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• Directory:Harry S. Truman
  During [[World War I]] Truman served as an [[United States Army Field Artillery Corps|artillery]] officer. After the war he became part of ...ite journal |last= Carter |first=Kit |coauthors= Robert Mueller|title= The Army Air Forces in World War II |journal=Office of Air Force History, Washington
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...to his presidency, in [[Columbia, Tennessee]], is his only residence still standing.]] ...es under General [[Stephen W. Kearny]] had captured New Mexico. Meanwhile, Army captain [[John C. Frémont]] led settlers in northern California to overthr
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• Defence of Korcula (part two)
  ...a picture of a great heart, since in the middle of the city Saint Marko is standing. But new voice comes that the city is encircled with new walls, and so the ...tly destroyed by the enemy, a city without leadership, lack of disciplined army, anyone in our place much stronger than we are, would give up this fight. A
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• Directory:Richard Nixon
  ...r the withdrawal of U.S. troops, fighting was left to the South Vietnamese army. Although the South Vietnamese were well supplied with modern arms, their f ...upport to Pakistan was influenced by sentimental considerations and a long standing anti-Indian bias.<ref>Detente and Confrontation: American-Soviet Relations
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• Directory:Lyndon B. Johnson
  ...nson and two Army officers went to the [[22nd Bomb Group (Red Raiders) 5th Army Air Force|22nd Bomb Group]] base, which was assigned the high risk mission ...disenchantment with the civil rights programs" had eroded the President's standing, the governor reported. There were bright spots, however. In January 1967 J
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• User:Jon Awbrey/EXIT
  ...opments in question. Lately, I have found myself spending a lot more time standing aback and a lot less time writing articles, and so I might as well share a ...embodied and insisted on by the WikiPopulace at large, and frankly no size army of WikiPolice could force that spirit into their "hearts and minds", as the
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• Directory:The Walt Disney Company/Mickey Mouse
  ...beverage]]s. Then he leaves his house to go [[hunting]]. In his absence an army of mice invade his house in search of food. Among them are Mickey and Minni ...]. But the latter proves to be problematic soon after Mickey finds himself standing in between a [[lion]] and a [[bear]]. Mickey proceeds to play music to calm
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• Directory:Gerald Ford
  ...ossed over to humans. On [[February 5]], [[1976]], an [[United States Army|Army]] recruit at [[Fort Dix, New Jersey|Fort Dix]] mysteriously died and four f ...downtown [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[Sara Jane Moore]], standing in a crowd of onlookers across the street, pointed her pistol at him.<ref n
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• Directory:Franklin D. Roosevelt
  ...as careful never to be seen in it in public. He usually appeared in public standing upright, supported on one side by an aide or one of his sons. ...with bipartisan support, partly to expand and re-equip the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Navy|Navy]] and partly to become the "Arsenal of Demo
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• Directory:Thomas Jefferson
  ...ieved that political success at home depended on the success of the French army in Europe:<ref>{{wikiref |id=Schachner-1951 |text=Schachner, '''1''': 495}} ...nderway, the [[Federalist]]s under John Adams started a navy, built up the army, levied new taxes, readied for war, and enacted the [[Alien and Sedition Ac
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• Directory:Wikipedia
  ...als for great contributions to the Web in Japanese, was accepted by a long-standing contributor on behalf of the project. [2] "Linterweb is authorized to make ...gulf between Wikipedia policy and Wikipedia reality. [4] Despite the vast army of editors who contribute, Wikipedia hasn't gone beyond being a mouthpiece
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