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DK Society & Beliefs: New World Order

WHAT IS THE NEW BALANCE OF POWER? IS THE NEW ORDER STABLE? WHAT TRENDS WILL AFFECT THE NEW ORDER? GLOBALIZATIONINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYSECURITYFIND OUT MOREAfter 1945, two powerful and opposing…

The Constellations

Constellations are groupings of stars that form easily recognized and remembered patterns, such as Orion and the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper is actually an asterism, not a constellation, because it…

Rahm EMANUEL, Congress, IL (1959)

EMANUEL, Rahm, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., on November 29, 1959; B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y., 1981; M.A., Northwestern University, Evanston…

Joseph GALLOWAY, Congress, PA (1731-1803)

GALLOWAY, Joseph, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born at West River, Anne Arundel County, Md., 1731; moved with his father to Pennsylvania in 1740; received a liberal schooling; studied law;…

Lucas Miltiades MILLER, Congress, WI (1824-1902)

MILLER, Lucas Miltiades, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Livadia, Greece, September 15, 1824; was left an orphan at the age of four, when he was adopted by J.P. Miller, an American…

Isaac MOTTE, Congress, SC (1738-1795)

MOTTE, Isaac, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., December 8, 1738; appointed ensign in His Majesty’s Sixtieth Royal American Regiment, December 19, 1756, and promoted…

Oliver PHELPS, Congress, NY (1749-1809)

PHELPS, Oliver, a Representative from New York; born in Poquonock, Hartford County, Conn., October 21, 1749; completed preparatory studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Granville, Mass.,…

Walter BOWIE, Congress, MD (1748-1810)

BOWIE, Walter, (granduncle of Thomas Fielder Bowie), a Representative from Maryland; born in Mattaponi, near Nottingham, Prince Georges County, Md., in 1748; attended Rev. John Eversfield’s…

Stanley GRISWOLD, Congress, OH (1763-1815)

Senate Years of Service: 1809-1809Party: Democratic RepublicanGRISWOLD, Stanley, a Senator from Ohio; born in Torrington, Litchfield County, Conn., November 14, 1763; served in a militia…