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- Teacher Resources (University of Washington)
Provides resources for teachers.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- Irving, Washington - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Infomotions)
Provides online text. 6-02
- Irving, Washington - Rip Van Winkle (Infomotions)
Provides online text. 6-02
- 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
- Washington's Case Against Saddam (BBC News)
Describes why the USA is interested in toppling Saddam Hussein from ruling Iraq. 8-02
- Essay - John McCain Should Switch Parties and Run for President Again (The Washington Monthly - Green)
"Deep down, what worries them [Democrats] is the growing sense that none of these candidates can beat Bush. Doing that will require someone with the perfect combination of qualities: the ability to match Bush's greatest strength (military leadership), exploit his greatest weakness (shameless ties to special interests), and offer a fresh, appealing agenda of his own. More and more, an honest survey of Democratic contenders suggests that unless the political winds change, the likeliest outcome is: four more years of George W. Bush."
"There is an alternative, but it isn't one that most people have considered. In fact, the best Democrat may be someone who's no Democrat at all: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). As a war hero who's hawkish on foreign policy, he more than matches Bush on the military front. As a reform-minded foe of corporate welfare, Big Tobacco, and the Republican right, he is peerless. McCain is Bush's most vociferous critic, voted against the president's tax cut, forced his hand on campaign finance reform, and federalized airport security in the face of White House opposition. He has co-sponsored numerous bills with Democrats--many of them in the presidential-aspirant class--requiring background checks at gun shows (Lieberman), a patients' bill of rights (Edwards), better fuel-efficiency standards in cars and SUVs (Kerry), and expanded national service programs (Bayh). He is even drafting a bill with Lieberman to reduce greenhouse gasses and mitigate global warming." 12-02
- Fueling War - Oil and Iraq (TargetOil.com from Washington Post - Morgan and Ottaway)
"A U.S.-led ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein could open a bonanza for American oil companies long banished from Iraq, scuttling oil deals between Baghdad and Russia, France and other countries, and reshuffling world petroleum markets, according to industry officials and leaders of the Iraqi opposition."
"The importance of Iraq's oil has made it potentially one of the administration's biggest bargaining chips in negotiations to win backing from the U.N. Security Council and Western allies for President Bush's call for tough international action against Hussein." 2-03
- 05-21-03 Florida Court Supports Tobacco Industry (Washington Times - Wilson)
"A Florida appeals court erased a record $145 billion award against the tobacco industry yesterday, ruling that thousands of Florida smokers could not group themselves together for a class-action attack on cigarette makers."
"The action came on the same day that more than 190 countries approved the first international treaty against smoking, including an advertising ban, aimed at kicking the global habit that kills nearly 5 million people a year."
- Phonics Help With Reading (Washington Times)
"A study has confirmed the premise of the Bush administration's 'Reading First' initiative that systematic phonics instruction is essential in teaching young children of all backgrounds to read successfully." 08-10
- 06-27-03 Strom Thurmond, Oldest Senator, Dies (Washington Times - McCain and Dinan)
"Strom Thurmond, the oldest and longest-serving senator in history, died last night at age 100." 6-03
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