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Ulysses S. Grant (December 7, 1874) To the Senate and House of Representatives: Since the convening of Congress one year ago the nation has undergone a prostration in business and industries such as…
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(Encyclopedia) White, Edmund (Edmund Valentine White 3d), 1940–, American writer, b. Cincinnati, B.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1962. White is one of the best known—and probably the finest stylist—of the…
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