Word: jefferson
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...discussion, which took place in Austin Hall at the Law School, was based on Gordon-Reed’s latest book, The Hemingses of Monticello, in which she explored how Jefferson and Hemings’s relationship impacted their children...
Visiting Harvard Law School professor Annette Gordon-Reed hosted a panel discussion yesterday evening about U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and his relationship with slave Sally Hemings...
...Pilgrims discovered waffles in Holland, where they spent time before arriving in America, and brought them across the Atlantic in 1620. Dutch immigrants popularized the dish in New Amsterdam before it was taken over by the British in 1803 and became New York City. Thomas Jefferson, as legend has it, bought a waffle iron in France as a sort of culinary souvenir and began serving waffles in the White House, helping spark a fad for "waffle parties" nationwide. Americans got their first taste of Belgian waffles - which are leavened with yeast and egg whites - at the 1964 World's Fair...
...paraphrase Jefferson, the tree of liberty from time must be refreshed with Long Johnson," they wrote...
...response to last week's disputed election results, mysterious resignations, and false accusations, the Long-Johnson campaign issued a statement (ostensibly borrowing heavily from the language of Thomas Jefferson) that called for "students of Harvard" to "man the [figurative] barricades...