John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RNwas a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Landfrom 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy...
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Individuals have become much more inclined to do their own shopping, whether it is buying things online or philanthropy, ... We found ourselves being a middleman at a time no one wanted middlemen.
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I'm just waiting to see if it will happen. I've been disillusioned so many times before. It's 2006, and there's nothing in the nation's capital to show what happened to African-Americans. Nothing.
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Education came to be one of the great preoccupations, enlightenment was viewed as the greatest single opportunity to escape . . . . Parents made untold sacrifice to secure learning for their children that they had been denied.
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I want to be out there on the firing line, helping, directing or doing something to try to make this a better world, a better place to live,
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At least the kids are trying, scratching away, although they don't quite have it. It's like watching a cartoon, but it's nostalgic. They're trying. ... all the clear-cutting of babies.
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It's not so much Katrina as a phenomenon as it's Katrina as a metaphor for what our society has become. It reflects; it's a mirror of what we've become - super-extraordinarily complacent.
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This guy's family deserves a peaceful funeral. It's not right what they're doing. The only reason they're able to walk around like that is because the veterans fought for their freedom.
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A lot of women are smart and capable. We have to give them opportunities so that they know they can succeed. It's about self-esteem. It's important for women to be confident.
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Her determination (was) to stand up, not merely for herself, not merely for all women, not merely for African-Americans but for all Americans.
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I don't look at city boundaries. We try to help people anywhere in St. Lucie County.
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The circumstances are remarkable when you stop to think about what you couldn't do in Raleigh and in Richmond. After 1831, they didn't want blacks to learn the ABCs. She put those boys in school,