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Hace 6 horas · Jamaica experienced torrential rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding Wednesday. Early Thursday, the hurricane center said the Caymans were forecast to get 4 to 6 inches of rain from Beryl ...
Hace 4 horas · 10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540. Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov. Through a generous grant from Jerry and Gene Jones, the Library of Congress is attempting to reassemble Jefferson's library as it was sold to Congress. Although the broad scope of Jefferson's library was a cause for ...
Hace 18 horas · John Caldwell Calhoun (/ k æ l ˈ h uː n /; March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners.Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer ...
Hace 18 horas · George Washington pushed for the growth of hemp as it was a cash crop commonly used to make rope and fabric. In May 1765 he noted in his diary about the sowing of seeds each day until mid-April. ... Other presidents known to have farmed hemp for alternative purposes include Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary ...
Hace 18 horas · Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author, journalist, and educator. Author of 18 books on faith, culture, politics and literature, he was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.In the early 1980s, he emigrated to the United States and wrote for The Nation and ...
