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George H. W. Bush

2007-03-16T01:24:26Z

Episcopalpal: Removed patently untrue statement that GWHB was "strong believer" in trickle-down theory

''George H. W. (Herbert Walker) Bush'', [[Republican]], was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the 43rd Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974), Chief of the United States Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China (1974–1976), and Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977). His spawn is [[George W. Bush]].

His presidency was marked mostly by a poor [[economy]], and the [[Gulf War]] with [[Iraq]] in which he made the decision to end the conflict when the original goal of liberating [[Kuwait]] was achieved, and to stop short of invading Iraq. He faced a strong challenge from [[Pat Robertson]] in 1988 primary due to charges that he was too liberal, and some claim that he lost the presidency in 1992 due to many Republicans defecting to the [[Ross Perot]] camp.

Bush famously described the monetary policies of Ronald Reagan (the Laffer curve) as "Voodoo Economics" prior to his nomination and election as Vice President.

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Walter Raleigh

2007-03-15T02:50:44Z

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'''Sir Walter Raleign''' (pronounced ''rawley'' in America and ''rally'' in England) was a British explorer and [[colonist]] of the 15th century A.D. He founded the colony of [[Roanoke Island]] in [[Virginia]], which he was going to use as a base for [[privateering]] missions against the Spanish and Portuguese.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh] But before he could sail back to England, the whole colony disappeared, thus proving prophetic its name "The Lost Colony".

Sir Walter Raleigh was quite well rounded; he was not only an explorer, but also credited with bringing [[tobacco]] from the New World back to Europe, wrote a number of poems including the Waverley novels, and was beheaded on October 29, 1618.

In 1940, [[Errol Flynn]] played a character based on Raleigh in the movie ''The Sea Hawk''.

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George H. W. Bush

2007-03-15T02:45:53Z

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''George H. W. (Herbert Walker) Bush'', [[Republican]], was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the 43rd Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974), Chief of the United States Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China (1974–1976), and Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977). He is the father of [[George W. Bush]].

His presidency is mostly remembered for a downturn in the U.S. [[economy]], and the [[Gulf War]] with [[Iraq]. He faced a strong challenge from [[Pat Robertson]] in 1988 due to charges that he was too liberal and many believe that he lost his bid for reelection in 1992 to [[Bill Clinton]] due to many conservative Republicans defecting to the [[Ross Perot]] camp.

Bush famously described the monetary policies of Ronald Reagan (the Laffer curve) as "Voodoo Economics" prior to his nomination as Vice President. Ironically, Reagan's "Voodoo Economics" were largely responsible for the downturn in the economy during Bush's term that was a largely responsible for his defeat by Clinton. Also, up until his nomination as Vice President, Bush took a pro-choice stand on the abortion issue.

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Catholic

2007-03-15T02:29:46Z

Episcopalpal: Add definition of "lower case c" catholic

A Catholic is a person who follows [[Catholicism]]. Catholics follow the [[Pope]], who is the Bishop of Rome and traditionally lives in the [[Vatican]].
The Roman Catholic church was founded by Petrus by direct order from Jesus. It is therefore the first institutional church on earth.

The term catholic is also used by many Protestant faiths to refer to the belief that all Christians are part of one universal Church. The term is used with this meaning in the [[Nicene Creed|Nicene]] ("one holy catholic and apostolic church") and Apostle's Creeds ("holy catholic church" ).