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Executive Orders from John Quincy Adams to George W. Bush
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/executive_orders.php

Executive Order 9066, 1942 establishing military districts and authorizing the removal and detention of individuals http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_761593259/Executive_Order_9066.html

Discussion of 2004 Classified Order allowing military to conduct operations in countries not at war with the United States http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/washington/10military.html

Founded more than 1,500 years ago on 117 different islands, Venice is linked by a series of over 150 canals, 400 bridges and many ancient pavements. The historic city centre of Venice is divided into six quarters (sestieri) - Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Marco, San Polo and Santa Croce. All buildings in Venice are supported on slender oak and pine piles (posts) which are driven deep into the ground to create a solid foundation. As the soil is waterlogged, with no free oxygen, the piles remain strong and do not decay. http://www.venice.world-guides.com/
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A portmanteau is a blend--a word formed by combining two (or more) words. Lewis Carroll gave this name to such a word in "Through the Looking-Glass." As Humpty Dumpty explained to Alice, "You see it's like a portmanteau--there are two meanings packed up into one word." A portmanteau is a travel bag that opens into two hinged compartments. Carroll himself coined some fine portmanteaux such as chortle (chuckle + snort), and slithy (slimy + lithe). We have used this fusion technique to coin names for countries: Tanzania (Tanganyika + Zanzibar). A.Word.A.Day

November 11 is the birthday of Abigail Adams, (books by this author) wife of the second U.S. president and mother of the sixth, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1744. She opposed slavery. She also strongly advocated women's rights, especially in the areas of education and property ownership. She expressed these views freely in letters she wrote to her husband. John Adams was the second president, and she was the first First Lady to occupy the White House, parts of which were still being constructed while they lived there. The Writer’s Almanac