... suggested the necessity for prompt action on the part ofthe State authorities. On
the 10th of September, the Governor, acting under the direction ofthe President ofthe United States, issued
another ... thousand ofthe freemen of Pennsylvania, under the terms of
the proclamation ofthe previous day, to repel the rebel invasion.
Immediately after the publication ofthe proclamation of Wednesday, ... appreciation of, and gratitude for, the services ofthe brave
veterans oftheWarofthe Rebellion, to whose heroic deeds we are indebted for the preservation of our
liberties, and the blessings of a...
... conceptions ofwar as such, rather than on the substantive or
technical aspects ofthe law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form,
of the interplay through the centuriesbetween,ontheonehand,legal
ideasaboutwarand,ontheotherhand,statepracticeinwarfare.Neff
covers ... doctrine
of the Middle Ages. He then traces the decline of this conception of
war in favour of a view ofwar as an instrument of statecraft, culmina-
ting in the evolution of what became known as the ... AND ATHENA
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towards war- waging, with defence from enemies being one ofthe fore-
most, if mundane, tasks ofthe philosopher-kings. This matter -of- fact
acceptance ofthe constancy of warfare...
...
Imagine, then, that you are the manager of a claims adjusting
office, sitting with your partner, another claims office manager, in
front of a personal computer screen displaying the status ofthe ...
become one ofthe significant business trends ofthe 1990s.
Microworlds like that at Hanover offer a unique way to break out of
the trance imposed by unquestioned industry standards. They do
...
quences of our decisions are in the future and in distant parts ofthe
organization. While the
computer-based
microworlds described
below
are new, the principle of learning through microworlds...
... to follow the same rules as the rest ofthe
market. If there is a demand for their music or sculpture, then they will be rich.
Secondly, politicians generally do not have good taste. They will ... to influence the government and direction ofthe country. A further
reason why many countries help poorer ones is for economic reasons. The
donors may want to control the supply of commodities ... dramatically. Offices may become
smaller, as fewer desks are needed. There will be greater need for high-
bandwidth connections to link the office and the home, and even homes to
other homes, as other...
... resources needed by
the group, they spit the water, pollen, or nectar they've col-
lected into the faces ofthe other bees waiting at the entrance
of the hive. What they spit to their fellows ... through the sense of smell. The odor of
butyric acid, which is given off by the skin glands of all mam-
mals, gives the tick the signal to leave its watch post and leap
off. If it then falls ... Uexkull
gives the lie to the idea of scientific objectivity divorced from
the perspectival, perceptual subjectivity ofthe observers them-
selves and the signs they use. The idea of an independently...
... Joe
carry the ball.
"It's a complex world, Harry. A lot of people never adjust to it. Some of
them turn the tables and try to adjust the world to them, which makes a
lot of other people ... in the 1970s, Robinson, who is gay, was a
speechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk; he also has a small role in
the film Milk. As of 2008, he is the author of 16 books, the editor of two
others, ... over the country
there wouldn't be a soul left in the United States after a month had gone
by."
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J
oe and Wally Claus rigged up three ofthe machines and installed
them on some of the...
... center sponsored
by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified
Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine
Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ...
War I. Between the Civil War and World War I, including the Indian
Wars and the Spanish-American War, America relied on volunteerism
and the new volunteer militia ofthe states the National Guard—to ... in no way resembled
the pre–World War II organization ofthe same name the postwar
Army was many times the size ofthe prewar Army and had worldwide
responsibilities the Army’s approach to...
... during the Cold War. e
authors note further that the long war, like the Cold War, “takes time,”
and whether looking back on the 40 years ofthe Cold War, or further
back to World War I (thus ... example ofthe
kinds of parallels that may be drawn between the Cold War and the
long war. In this book, the authors draw broad lessons for the current
conflict from the Cold War, despite the differences ...
Unified Quest), on the topic ofthe long war, all of which have high-
lighted the difficulty of producing a single term capable of describing
the complex nature ofthe situation facing the United States....
... survey of Athenian financial history from the
transfer ofthe Delian Treasury in, probably, 454 to the end ofthe Peloponnesian
War some fifty years later, in the hope that future research will profit ... Assessments in the Athenian Empire (1919)
Studies in the Athenian Tribute Lists (1926)
Treasurers of Athena (1932)
Athenian Financial Documents ofthe Fifth Century (1932)
Athenian Assessment of 425 ... the ear (“a fan”). Each of them discovered something immediately, but
none perceived either the existence or the extent ofthe other important parts–or how they
fit together.
Finding “something...
... styles of
[women's] dress necessitated by the exigencies ofwar gave the crowd a very striking appearance. In single
suits I saw sleeves of one color, the waist of another, the skirt of another; ... while
mingled with the gurgle ofthe water round the raft beneath was the boom of cannon in the air, solemnly
breaking the silence of night. It drizzled now and then, and the mosquitos swarmed over ... up to the bank out ofthe way of passing gunboats, but they took no notice of us. When we got thirsty,
it was found that Max had set the jug of water in the shade of a tree and left it there....
... rocks
to give the best estimate ofthe age of Earth. In comparison, the
WMAP satellite today has measured the echo ofthe big bang itself to
give us the most authoritative age ofthe universe. The WMAP ... superstition.
The first revolution in cosmology was ushered in by the intro-
duction ofthe telescope in the 1600s. With the aid ofthe telescope,
Galileo Galilei, building on the work ofthe great ... percent ofthe total
matter and energy content ofthe universe. (Of that 4 percent, most
of it is in the form of hydrogen and helium, and probably only 0.03
percent takes the form ofthe heavy...