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The Oak Ridger Online - Opinion - Guest Column: Persistence may pay off for sick workers 05/29/00
On this day in American history (May 17): In 1946, President Harry Truman seized control of America's railroads. In 1954, the United States Supreme Court ordered ... environmental health disaster" might become. Seventeen years later, our leaders need the steely determination of Harry Truman, Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall and Sam Ervin. Seventeen years later, that 26-year-old ...
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New Rules Project - Agriculture - Cutting Corporate Subsidies
In response to this situation, President Harry Truman's Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan developed a comprehensive farm policy that would not "encourage ...
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Everglades: Friends of the Everglades
President Harry Truman's controversial order, later that year, to protect more than 2 million acres as Everglades ...
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In Business, Creating Sustainable Enterprises & Communities
National Petroleum Council on energy supply. Established in 1946 by President Harry Truman as an oil and gas industry advisory body, it was tasked by Energy Secretary Bodman ... higher vehicle cost. The 4 percent annual gain in CAFE standards starting in 2010 that President George W. Bush suggested in his 2007 State of the Union speech is not inconsistent ...
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Environmental History Timeline: 1940-1960
Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Postwar era -- 1945 forward 1945 -- U.S. President Harry Truman issues Proclamation on the Continental Shelf clears way for oil drilling offshore. 1946-48 ... Park established. Marjory Stoneman Douglas, author of Everglades, River of Grass, is honored by President Harry Truman at the park's opening. 1947 -- French farmers living south of Paris protest ...
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Friends of the Everglades
Nothing anywhere else is like them.'' Later that year, President Harry Truman designated the Everglades as a national park. Stoneman's many impassioned articles and eloquent descriptions ... leadership of the group. In 1993, she was awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton, who dubbed her ``Mother of the Everglades.'' Died: 5/14/1998 1- ...
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Foreign Affairs - The New Israel and the Old - Walter Russell Mead
U.S. recognition of the state of Israel to the divided cabinet of President Harry Truman. While a glowering George Marshall, the secretary of state, and a skeptical Robert Lovett, Marshall ... swaying the chief executive. But there is another factor to consider. As the Truman biographer David McCullough has written, Truman's support for the Jewish state was "wildly popular" throughout the ...
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DEP Kids Page - Florida Everglades
On December 6, 1947, President Harry S. Truman dedicated the area as Everglades National Park to ensure protection of its unique plant and ...
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Mascot and Colors | University of Missouri
MU's official mascot, “Truman the Tiger.” Originally, MU had two tiger mascots, a male ... in 1984. The winner, a student, submitted the name Truman (after Missouri-born President Harry S Truman). Early historical references make mention of MU using ... gold, in keeping with the colors of the Bengal Tiger. Truman is a popular part of Mizzou tradition and makes over ...
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ALBERT EINSTEIN - peace people
President, enclosing a strong warning (written by Szilard) against using the atomic bomb. But the letter was still unopened on Roosevelt's desk when he died on 12 April. The new president, Harry Truman ... individuals have the honesty and courage to stand up for their convictions.' In January 1950 President Truman announced that the USA was beginning an all-out effort to develop a hydrogen bomb ...
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