Sublime

Le philosophe libéral anglais, en tant qu’actionnaire de la Royal African Company, s’intéresse à la traite des esclaves, mais il s’intéresse aussi, en tant que secrétaire (dans les années 1673-1674) du Council of Trade and Plantations, à l’avancée expansionniste des colonies blanches. On a observé très justement que « [l]e fait que tant d’exemples

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But he realized better than others that the SP&P had great potential—if, that is, its lines could somehow be completed before the deadlines expired for completing the trackage and securing the land grants. As a steamboater on the Red, he knew the potential value of the farmlands lying along the Saint Vincent Extension, many of these lands the

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On January 18 the West brothers agreed to sell their option to her for $17,500 “subject to the approval of the FCC.” On January 23, 1943, Mrs. Johnson filed an application (filled out by Wirtz), asking the FCC’s consent to a transfer of control of KTBC from the old owners to her. On February 16, the Secretary of the FCC wrote, “The consent of the

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Corcoran had come to the ranch bearing the offer of a substantial gift—from a man who had the power to make one: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. In a meeting in New York, the Ambassador instructed Corcoran to tell Johnson that if he would publicly enter the race for the nomination, and would privately promise that if he won, he would select Jack Kennedy as

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