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The Granger movement began with a single individual, Oliver Hudson Kelley.
Kelley was an employee of the Department of Agriculture in 1866 when he made
a tour of the South. Shocked by the ignorance there of sound agricultural
practices, ...
The Granger movement began with a single individual, Oliver Hudson Kelley.
Kelley was an employee of the Department of Agriculture in 1866 when he made
a tour of the South. Shocked by the ignorance there of sound agricultural
practices, ...
Page 950
In 1920 he began to work in the motion-picture industry, designing title cards for
the Famous Players-Lasky Company. ... the story of a family who mistakenly
suspect their roomer to be Jack the Ripper, Hitchcock began making the "thrillers"
...
In 1920 he began to work in the motion-picture industry, designing title cards for
the Famous Players-Lasky Company. ... the story of a family who mistakenly
suspect their roomer to be Jack the Ripper, Hitchcock began making the "thrillers"
...
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About this time he began to use the name Ho Chi Minh (He Who Enlightens). ...
Within a few months he contacted U.S. forces and began to collaborate with the
Office of Strategic Services (OSS; a U.S. undercover operation) against the ...
About this time he began to use the name Ho Chi Minh (He Who Enlightens). ...
Within a few months he contacted U.S. forces and began to collaborate with the
Office of Strategic Services (OSS; a U.S. undercover operation) against the ...
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