Founding Fathers and the presidential term debate
An historical overview traces the long backstory of presidential term limits from the founding era in Philadelphia through successive proposals, debates, and votes. It covers seven year terms, ineligibility, and later attempts to restrict or redefine terms, noting key figures like Hamilton, Jefferson, and Cleveland and events from 1787 to 1944.
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Democratic Party
Founding Fathers
Congresshall
United States
Philadelphia
New Republic
Edmund Randolph
Virginia
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
Alexander Hamilton
Senate
House Committee On the Judiciary
House
Calvin Cooridge
Beck
Wisoconsin
Springer
LaFollette
Fairchild
New York
Navy reform aide Lewis Compton rises from recruit to boss
Washington reports on March 20, 1917, a Perth Amboy youth inspired by Theodore Roosevelt enlists after his rally in Madison Square Garden. The article traces how Lewis Compton, a businessman and later acting head of the Navy, rose to oversee naval public affairs after assisting Edison and shaping housing and defense administration.
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Washington
Perth Amboy
N. J
Theodore Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
New York
Arst
Navy
Jersey
France
Maar Nacapiatation Avenue
Lewis Compton
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
East Lewis Compton
Anks
Bidtaor
Compton
Edison
Af Teelief
New Jersey
Thomas A. Edison Industries, Inc
New Jersey Fha
Hind Compton
Navy ‘Department
Havy
Jerness
Tia Ahial
How to cut a flared dressing table skirt without fullness
Instructions for sewing a flared dressing table skirt without top fullness with a diagram for patterning half the skirt. Explains using a fold, marking points A and C, and drawing lines to shape the pattern. Mentions a 32 page edition of Sewing for the Home Decorator and additional home sewing projects.
Chinese Act Scenery Challenges Theaters Rely on Gesture
Collier's notes how Chinese theater uses minimal scenery and props. Actors convey setting and action through precise gestures and blocking such as entering rooms crossing invisible thresholds closing doors and guiding companions in boat scenes with simulated rowing.
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Collier’s
Remarkable magnets and long love letters noted
A GE lab made a tiny alnico magnet that weighs under three quarters of an ounce yet can lift 200 pounds and hold 4,450 times its weight. The British Museum holds the longest love-letter, a 410,000 word courtiers’ missive to Elizabeth I on 400 sheets. Collier’s cites El Piton on Tenerife rising 12,200 feet and casting a 150 mile shadow at sunrise and sunset.
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General Electric
British Museum
Queen Elizabeth
el Piton
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Collier's
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Samuel
Hamilton
Andrew Johnson
Grant
William M. Springer
Inois
Fantemer
Penall Hayes
Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Congress
George Washington
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hill
Rory
Wil Courtiparion
Easa Rovier
Emnaras
Baesert
Macaerek Basake
Wirasiten
Bias
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