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- Teacher Resources (University of Washington)
Provides resources for teachers. 10-09
- Washington, George - Biography and Resources (Mount Vernon)
Provides biographical information. 10-09
- Washington, George - Papers (Library of Congress)
"The complete George Washington Papers collection from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 65,000 documents. This is the largest collection of original Washington documents in the world." 10-09
- Irving, Washington (Wikipedia.org) 12-04
- -Washington, George (POTUS)
Presents a very comprehensive and well organized set of facts and links regarding President George Washington.
- Washington, George - Biography (Library of Congress)
Provides a biography of George Washington, including pictures.
- Washington, George - The Real Face (Early America)
"George Washington's life mask was made in 1785 by French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon when Washington was fifty-three. In commenting to a friend, Houdon said he had no idea of 'the majesty and grandeur of Washington's form and features' until he studied him as a subject."
- Washington, George - Biographies (Awesome Library)
- Multicultural American West (Washington State University)
- Autos - Liquid Nitrogen Power (University of Washington)
Provides the design for a car powered by liquid nitrogen, considered a much more environmental friendly source of energy than electric or gasoline power.
- Classification of Hominids 2 - Australopithecus afarensis (Washington State University)
Provides drawings and an article. Focuses on the famous fossil named Lucy. This species lived 4 - 2.7 million years ago.
- Classification of Hominids 3 - Australopithecus africanus (Washington State University)
Provides drawings and an article. This species lived 3 - 2 million years ago.
- Timeline of Human Evolution (Washington State University)
Provides a proposed sequence of human evolution.
- Classification of Hominids 4 - Australopithecus robustus (Washington State University)
Provides fossils and an article. This species lived 2.2 - 1 million years ago.
- Classification of Hominids 5 - Homo habilis (Washington State University)
Provides fossils and an article. This species lived 2.2 - 1.6 million years ago.
- Bush Acceptance Speech (Washington Post)
Provides the full text of Governor Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. 8-00
- More Planets Discovered (Washington Post)
Provides short discussions about the 10 new planets that have been discovered recently. 7-00
- Election 2000 - Florida Hand Recounts Favor Democrats (AltaVista - washingtonpost.com)
Describes how the punch type voting machines in counties with larger populations results in more uncounted votes because of the buildup of chads in the machines. Democrats have gained more votes in the counties with larger populations, such as Palm Beach and Miami-Dade, and so they will benefit more from recounts compared to Republicans. 11-00
- Bush, George Walker (Washington Post)
Presents a biography in the form of a photo gallery.
- Issues - The Universe (Washington Post - Achenbach)
Provides a summary of new findings on the nature of the Big Bang and expansion of the universe. 4-01
- Bush Energy Plan (Washington Post)
Provides President Bush's energy plan for the United States. 5-01
- Bush Energy Plan - Democrats Respond (Washington Post)
Provides the response of Democrats to President Bush's energy plan for the United States. 5-01
- Suzuki, Ichiro (Washington Post)
Provides a cultural perspective on the famous baseball player and discusses the impact of his move to the United States. 6-01
- Donations by Type (Washington Post)
Provides a listing of organizations that can receive donations to help with the September 11th disaster relief. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- US Government's Relationship With Middle East Muslims (Washington Post - Morgan)
"It is too late for a dialogue with terrorists and extremists who are cynically using religion to attack a straw man: 'Christian' America that is 'crusading' against Islam." "Even so, our security now depends on finding ways to show we are on the side of peaceable Muslims, even fundamentalists, who are using religious principles in a legitimate struggle for better societies." 10-01
- Liberties vs. Security Debate (Washington Post - Pianin and Edsall)
Provides a discussion of the debate in Congress on reductions of civil liberties to improve security against terrorism. 11-01
- Military Tribunals for Terrorist Suspects - For (Washington Post - Allen)
Provides President Bush's arguments for the use of military tribunals for trying suspected terrorists or those who harbor them. 'It's our national interests, it's our national security interests that we have a military tribunal available. It is in the interests of the safety of potential jurors that we have a military tribunal.' 'As the president, he [Bush] can take into account all the considerations -- from diplomatic to military to law enforcement to intelligence -- about whether this is the proper method of adjudicating justice.' 11-01
- Poll - Americans Not Worried About Restrictions of Rights (WashingtonPost.com - Morin and Deane)
Reports the results of a study to determine reactions to new policies designed to combat terrorism, but which also restrict rights. The study found that most Americans approve of the new Bush administration policies. 11-01
- History - 70 Years of Olympics History for the USA (Washington Post)
Provides highlights of the Winter Olympics for American athletes over the past 70 years. 8-00
- Euro Dollar Introduced (Washington Post - Reid)
Describes the switch to the Euro currency by 12 European countries. 1-02
- Euro Dollar Milestones (Washington Post)
Provides key milestones of the Euro currency, starting January of 1999. 1-02
- Editorial - Political Reform Bill Will Benefit Incumbents (Washington Times - Lambro)
Provides an essay arguing that the finance reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would benefit current members of the House and penalize new candidates. Argues that the new bill would also favor President Bush for the next Presidential election. 2-02
- Apolo Ohno Lands Silver (Washington Post)
Describes the race that ended with a collision, leaving the gold for the slowest skater in the finals, Australia's Steven Bradbury. Visitors sometimes misspell as Apollo, Appollo, or Appolo Ono. 2-02
- Federal Court Agrees With Tough Clean Air Standards (Washington Post - Tucker and Grunwald)
Describes a court finding that upheld "the most stringent air pollution control standards in the nation's history." " 'This is a huge victory for breathers,' said Frank O'Donnell, executive director of the nonprofit Clean Air Trust." "EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman said her agency will support the new regulations."
"The next step for the EPA is to designate the places that do not meet the new standards. Then it can start requiring states to submit plans detailing how they will get into compliance." 3-02
- Hughes, Karen (Washington Post - Allen)
Provides a profile of the counselor to President George W. Bush. "She is also the highest-ranking female aide to a modern president." Hughes resigned in April, 2002. 4-02
- Remote Control of Rats (Washington Post)
Shows a diagram of a rat that can be controlled remotely. 5-02
- No Longer a Suspect, Still a Detainee (Washington Post - Goldstein)
Provides the story of Tony Oulai from the Ivory Coast. 5-02
- 05-31-02 Last Day of Cleanup for Towers (Washington Post - Duke)
Describes the ceremony and reactions to the last day of cleanup for the towers struck on September 11th in New York City.
- Irving, Washington - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Infomotions)
Provides online text. 6-02
- Irving, Washington - Rip Van Winkle (Infomotions)
Provides online text. 6-02
- Bush Developing a Policy of Striking First (Washington Post - Ricks and Loeb)
"The Bush administration is developing a new strategic doctrine that moves away from the Cold War pillars of containment and deterrence toward a policy that supports preemptive attacks against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons." A first-strike military policy is a massive change over the policy of the past 50 years. 6-02
- Dirty Bombs - Treatment With Potassium Iodide (Washington Post)
"Potassium iodide would be helpful only if a dirty bomb used radioactive iodine instead of other radioactive substances, and then only for people close to the explosion." "Experts say a dirty bomb would probably use a substance other than radioactive iodine." 6-02
- Justices - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, Anthony M. (Washington Post)
Provides a profile of the political background of the Supreme Court Justice. 6-02
- History of the Middle East Conflict (Washington Post)
Provides maps and short narratives of each period of conflict. Includes more than 3,000 years of history. Uses Flash software. 6-02
- Poll - Views on the Causes of Corporate Abuse (Washington Post - Morin and Deane)
Summarizes results of a study on views of corporate abuse. 7-02
- George Washington Bridge (NYCRoads.com)
Provides facts about the bridge, pictures of rejected designs, pictures of the bridge, information on the expansions of the bridge, and a description of how the master bridge designer, Othmar Ammann, gained the contract to build the bridge. "The bridge's two steel towers, embedded deep in rock and concrete, soar 604 feet into the sky, each as tall as some of Manhattan's great skyscrapers." 7-02
- Presidential Advisor Urges Restraint With Iraq (WashingtonPost.com - Mufson)
"Leading members of Congress and a key adviser to President Bush took the debate over whether to invade Iraq to television talk shows yesterday, with retired Gen. Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, strongly urging restraint."
"While acknowledging that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was trying to become a threat to the region, Scowcroft, on CBS's 'Face the Nation,' warned that a U.S. invasion of Iraq 'could turn the whole region into a cauldron and, thus, destroy the war on terrorism.' " 8-02
- U.S. Court Finds Government Case Against Detainee Unconvincing (Washington Post - Jackman)
"Line by line, a federal judge today dissected the government's reasoning for holding Yaser Esam Hamdi incommunicado in a Navy brig here and indicated that he didn't think prosecutors provided enough facts for him to decide whether Hamdi should have access to a lawyer." 4-02
- Washington's Case Against Saddam (BBC News)
Describes why the USA is interested in toppling Saddam Hussein from ruling Iraq. 8-02
- 08-21-02 Lawmakers Say Oversight is Blocked (Washington Post - Eggen)
"Lawmakers on the House and Senate judiciary committees are complaining that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft is blocking attempts to review Justice Department counterterrorism policies, setting the stage for another round of clashes between the Bush administration and Congress."
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