Thomas Jefferson

...and thus stimulate the economy. * Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States. It was Thomas Jefferson who opposed him. It is said that Franklin then dubbed the male turkey 'tom' to spite Jefferson.

In this article: Turkey, Benjamin Franklin, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Sarah Josepha Hale, United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Plymouth, Mass, and Canada

...and Cup division championship games at Midwood Field. 10:30 a.m. - No. 1 Automotive vs. No. 2 South Bronx 12:30 p.m. - No. 3 Thomas Jefferson vs. No. 4 August Martin Offensive player to watch: QB Maurice Edwards Defensive player to...

In this article: South Bronx and George Washington

...called the White House "the great white jail." John F. Kennedy conceded that the job was a lot tougher than he had expected. Thomas Jefferson described the presidency as "a place of splendid misery." Last spring, as he moved to end the...

In this article: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, White House, GOP, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, Chicago, and Afghanistan

...much more. He expanded the power of the executive, becoming the first president to address Congress in person since John Adams. (Thomas Jefferson had discontinued the practice, considering it too kingly.) Wilson believed that social reform...

In this article: Woodrow Wilson, Rudyard Kipling, Jon Meacham, Democracy, Groat, God, Treaty of Versailles, and Civil War

...criticism due to their religious beliefs. In the election of 1800, John Adams, with his Calvinistic roots, attacked challenger Thomas Jefferson and his alleged atheism. "It was a serious fight," Feldman said in his forum address.

In this article: BYU, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic Church, Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, E mail, J. Reuben Clark Law School, and New York Times Magazine

...the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. " Thomas Jefferson. Enlighten yourselves and each other to the facts and the information that matter. Spend less time...

In this article: Barack Obama, All rights reserved, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Jennifer Aniston, and Washington

...if they would "continue in allegiance to God -- and a religious president; or impiously declare for Jefferson -- and no god!!!" Jefferson responded, writes Epstein, by "portraying his opponents as reactionary Presbyterians" -- the...

In this article: God, Trinity College, Barack Obama, John Adams, Islam, Reactionary, and University of Minnesota

...recruiting was part of your job as well, and we had way too many mirthless National Signing Days during your tenure. I Don't Like Thomas Jefferson: No school celebrates a founder like Virginia celebrates Thomas Jefferson. Unfortunately I read...

In this article: Clemson, Virginia, N.C. State, Heisman, Tommy Bowden, and Cavaliers

...editorials are those things printed on the left hand side of the editorial page, beneath the picture of Jefferson's statue, beneath a Jefferson quote about reason and truth and error, and beneath a list of The Cavalier Daily's leaders. The...

In this article: The Cavalier Daily, United States, Virginia Military Institute, Thomas Jackson, Virginia, and The Wall Street Journal

...and Marc Raimondi, take an in-depth look at Sunday's Bowl and Cup division semifinals. No. 4 August Martin @ No. 1 Truman No. 3 Thomas Jefferson @ No. 2 John Adams CUP No. 4 Info Tech vs. No. 1 Automotive @ Grand Street Campus No. 3...

In this article: John Adams and South Bronx