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| | Succession in the First Presidency |
 | | The apostle, Peter, was president of the Council...and held the keys of the Kingdom of God on the earth [and] was appointed to this office by the voice of the Savior and acknowledged in it by the voice of the Church. | | | After which Orson Hyde moved that Brigham Young be the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints and that he nominate his two counsellors and they form the three first Presidency[,] seconded by W[illford] Woodruff and carried unanimously. | | | A vote was taken that the President shall at all times have the privilege of reproving, rebuking, exhorting and teaching at all times as he shall be led by the Holy Ghost" (Wilford Woodruff Diary, Nov. 16, 1847, Church Archives). |
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http://webpages.marshall.edu/~brown/suc-pres.html
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| | General authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The latter three groups have been traditionally composed of women, and represent the only three presidencies in which women are given church-wide authority in the church. | | | By definition, general authorities are members of the church's priesthood, which does not include women. | | | Though recently a letter for the governing first presidency said, not to tell about talks from stake conferences to people. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Authority
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| | Gospel Link |
| | After describing the First Presidency ("three Presiding High Priests, chosen by the body, appointed and ordained to that office, and upheld by the confidence, faith, and prayer of the church"), that revelation affirmed that the Twelve Apostles "form a quorum, equal in authority and power to the three presidents previously mentioned" (D&C 107:22–24). | | | Upon the death of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the senior apostle in the Church´s governing quorums (see First Presidency; Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) becomes presiding officer of the Church (see President of the Church). | | | Wilford Woodruff as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles directed the affairs of the Church on the basis of that position until 1889. |
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http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/emmain.asp?number=183
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| | Next the First Presidency proceeds to expound a new set of beliefs about the nature of God and the Godhead which are contrary to what the scriptures and the RLDS Church has always proclaimed. | | | In this paper the Presidency subtly rejects the idea that the RLDS Church was divinely established to be the New Testament church restored, and that it is to build Zion. | | | The Presidency continues to say that RLDS beliefs about Christ (Christology), the atonement, and the Trinity as found in the Book of Mormon are not found in the New Testament, but in "medieval theology," 29DE. |
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| | Official Statements |
| | A statement by the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | | | JOSEPH F. First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | | | The conclusion is irresistible, that if the Son of God be the express image (that is, likeness) of His Father's person, then His Father is in the form of man; for that was the form of the Son of God, not only during His mortal life, but before His mortal birth, and after His resurrection. |
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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/First Lady of the United States |
| | Less commonly, the First Lady has delegated her duties to another woman when she is unable or unwilling to fulfill them herself. | | | The first lady also frequently participates in humanitarian and charitable work. | | | The following women are known to have acted as hostess on behalf of the First Lady when she was otherwise unable or unwilling: |
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States
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| | Presidency Confirms |
| | Included herein is a letter from the First Presidency to the church executives who work at headquarters, which indicates that the executives have been having difficulty in answering questions (see item #1)* raised by the saints concerning the Presidency's Faith to Grow program (FTG). | | | In other words, the Presidency is reaffirming in this important letter that the Presidential Papers are presently the basis (see item #4) of the church's theology or doctrinal beliefs, instead of the Three Books of Scripture. | | | This makes it the duty of every faithful member of the RLDS Church to obtain a copy of the book Presidential Papers and study for themselves to find what the beliefs of the Presidency are, and the changes the leaders intend to make in the church in the next ten years. |
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| | CoC Announces New First Presidency! -- Mamusz' Restoration Forum |
| | The Community of Christ announced today that the Quorum of 12 Apostles has received a revelation from God, and is unanimous in endorsing a new First Presidency for the church. | | | >The Community of Christ announced today that the >Quorum of 12 Apostles has received a revelation from >God, and is unanimous in endorsing a new First >Presidency for the church. | | | The revelation, it is said, fulfills previous prophecy by calling "one mighty and strong" to take over the church and put its affairs and doctrines back into order. |
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| | Bruce R. McConkie's "Mormon Doctrine": An Embarrassment to the LDS Church and Officially Repudiated |
| | At the request of the First Presidency, I called President Joseph Fielding Smith and told him that we are a unit in disapproving of Brother Bruce R. McConkie’s book, ‘Mormon Doctrine,’ as an authoritative exposition of the principles of the gospel. | | | I remember reading parts from the first edition in which McConkie states that the Catholic Church is the "whore of all the earth" which is mentioned in the Bible. | | | President McKay, who is recuperating at home under doctors’s orders from his recent illness, has asked me to acknowledge for him your letter of September 8, 1964. |
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http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon193.htm
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| | The First Presidency of the Early Church: Their Lives and Epistles - FARMS Papers |
| | Peter's first letter says that "judgment must begin at the house of God," a possible reference to the first wave of arrests after the fire. | | | The climax of the first part of Acts is the revelation to Peter that the gospel should be taken to Cornelius and other gentiles. | | | The end of the first century was a time of crisis of faith and of faithfulness, when John says that many "went out from us." (1 Jn. |
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http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=transcripts&id=81
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| | First Presidency |
| | Indeed, the President of the Church is the senior living Apostle on earth. | | | The President of the Church holds all Priesthood powers, authorities, and keys which have been granted to mortal man. His counselors share in these under his direction. | | | It is not surprising, then, that, with some notable exceptions, this same pattern holds true in the Highest Quorum in the Church, The Quorum of the First Presidency. |
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http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/1stpres.htm
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| | The Remnant Church - Web Note from the First Presidency |
| | It is not possible to bring to pass the kingdom of God on earth, as it is in Heaven, without first experiencing it in our homes and families by living righteous lives on a daily basis. | | | century as when he first uttered them to his brethren in their day and time. | | | To feast upon the words of our Lord means to absorb them into our lives to the point that they become a part of us and there is no longer any distinction between them and who we are, because we will be one. |
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http://www.theremnantchurch.com/FirstPresidency/WebAddress.htm
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| | The Sustaining of Church Officers |
| | It is proposed that we sustain Gordon Bitner Hinckley as prophet, seer, and revelator and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Thomas Spencer Monson as First Counselor in the First Presidency; and James Esdras Faust as Second Counselor in the First Presidency. | | | It is proposed that we sustain the Counselors in the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators. | | | It is proposed that we sustain Sisters Margaret Dyreng Nadauld, Carol Burdett Thomas, and Sharon Greene Larsen as the Young Women general presidency. |
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http://www.byu.edu/~peterss/lds/oct97/2-1-faust.html
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| | The View from the Foyer - First Presidency Letters on Oral Sex - @ www.aimoo.com |
| | First Presidency instruction to all stake and mission leaders that many letters from church members "indicate clearly that some local leaders have been delving into private, sensitive matters beyond the scope of what is appropriate.... | | | Many members were upset about this not only because a number of local leaders used the first letter as license to inquire into a couple's sexual practices, but also because of the hush/hush nature of the church's apparent position on oral sex. | | | A number of the local leaders read the first part of the letter but ignored the second, choosing instead to delve into members' intimate lives. |
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http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=418550&CategoryID=121363&startcat=1&ThreadID=2059370
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| | Fourteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | | | Messages of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | | | As the title suggests, The Church of Jesus Christ was organized in 1862 with William Bickerton as President. |
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http://www.benchmarkbooks.com/catalog/final_cat_54.txt
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| | First Presidency |
| | We know that our brother is divinely called by God to serve as the president of the high priesthood, prophet, and president of the church. | | | It is our fervent prayer that the encounter we have had with the Holy Spirit will be experienced by and confirmed to all our brothers and sisters in the Community of Christ. | | | We offer his name to the church for consideration, not of our own accord, but through what we know to be the Holy Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. |
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http://www.cofchrist.org/seek/first_presidency.asp
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| | First Presidency Letterpress: April 1887 |
| | I speak for President Taylor and myself in saying, that we hope this caution when mentioned privately by you will be strictly observed by all who address the congregation. | | | His wives decided to return to their own residences and leave him to occupy the Gardo House, it being, in their opinion, more appropriate for him to occupy that, as it was the official residence of the President of the Church, then that he should vacate it and leave them as it occupants. | | | Presiding Bishopric to present Church property as trustees in trust |
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http://www.jfs.saintswithouthalos.com/pri/fp_87_04.htm
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| | FIRST PRESIDENCY -- Counselors Quizzes |
| | QUESTION: Seven of our Church Presidents served their entire time as President of the Church with the same 1st and 2nd Counselors (in other words, there was no change in the First Presidency during the tenure of these seven Church Presidents). | | | QUESTION: Twice in the history of the Church, a brother has been ordained an apostle and sustained as a counselor in the First Presidency on the same day. | | | QUESTION: One of our church presidents in this dispensation had five different 2nd counselors during his service as president of the church. |
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http://home.comcast.net/~mdtaylormd/didyou10.htm
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| | First Presidency Letterpress Copy Books: July |
| | On last Sunday the 10th we thought him failing rapidly, but he rallied again and for two days past he has inspired all who are around him with new hopes. | | | The following names have been suggested, and it has been considered desirable that they be sustained by the convention for reasons that need not now be mentioned: viz. | | | With this understanding, then, I need say no more at present, but shall make use of this means if a necessity arises therefor. |
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http://www.jfs.saintswithouthalos.com/pri/fp_87_07.htm
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| | Proclamation of the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles (October 21, 1865) |
| | There is but one man upon the earth, at one time, who holds the keys to receive commandments and revelations for the Church, and who has the authority to write doctrines by way of commandment unto the Church. | | | And any man who so far forgets the order instituted by the Lord as to write and publish what may be termed new doctrines, without consulting with the First Presidency of the Church respecting them, places himself in a false position, and exposes himself to the power of darkness by violating his Priesthood. | | | [This document was issued to members of the Church to correct certain theories about the nature of God that had been published by one of the Twelve in official Church literature, without having those statements cleared and verified by the First Presidency and the Twelve. |
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http://www.mormonhaven.com/proc1865.htm
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| | The First Presidency |
| | She said, "When I was just a little girl, I started reading the Book of Mormon for the first time. | | | Learning to discern the teachings of the Spirit is an important part of helping faith become a reality. | | | My counselors, past and present, the Young Women general board, and the Young Women office staff are magnificent women, women of faith. |
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http://www.byu.edu/~peterss/lds/oct97/5-3-beckham.html
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| | U.S. Presidency Links - Russell D. Renka |
| | Not for scholars, perhaps, but presidents often appear at or comment on the national pastime. | | | Although too many links from here are themselves dead, nonetheless there are live links to many interesting sites like Presidents Genealogical Data. | | | Go to Data in ARC for description and search of current holdings. |
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http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/renka/PresidencyLinks.htm
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| | Times & Seasons » First Presidency on Disseminating Comments |
| | Frank — First of all, you’re prooftexting — reading that passage in isolation from what precedes and what follows it. | | | First let me say I found them confusing. | | | That having been said, I personally am not troubled by what you are doing and enjoy reading your thoughts and ideas. |
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http://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php?p=995
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| | IN First Presidency |
| | First Presidency to receive oracles for whole church. | | | (D&C 107: 17) high priests may be appointed bishops by First Presidency. | | | (D&C 107: 78-80) role of First Presidency in appeals from church tribunals. |
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http://scriptures.lds.org/inf/frstprsd
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| | Aaronic priesthood -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Structure of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | | | A Roman Catholic institution affiliated with the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles, it was founded in 1956 by Eusebe Menard, a Franciscan priest who had already established two seminaries in Canada for those aspiring to the priesthood. | | | The First Presidency (church president and two councillors), the Council of the Twelve, the First Quorum of Seventy (and its presidency, concerned especially with missions), and the presiding bishop and two councillors (who control the Aaronic priesthood) constitute the “General Authorities” of the church. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003211
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| | KSL News: First Presidency Celebrates a Big Anniversary |
| | Gordon B. Hinckley and his two counselors in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints celebrated a big anniversary today. | | | Thomas S. Monson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"HE'S A MAN OF VISION, HE'S A MAN THAT DOES NOT TAKE COUNSEL FROM HIS FEARS, HE PLANS, HE PREPARES, HE PRAYS..." | | | A community party is planned for President Hinckley's 95th birthday on July 22nd in the conference center. |
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http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=155584
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| | Statements of the LDS First Presidency |
| | Statements of the LDS First Presidency assembles the most significant pronouncements in alphabetical order by topic, providing readers easy access to a wide variety of official LDS doctrinal, theological, and related teachings. | | | Gary James Bergera is managing director of the Smith-Pettit Foundation, former managing director of Signature Books, and former managing editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. |
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http://www.signaturebooks.com/firstpresidency.htm
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| | First Presidency Statement on Elizabeth Smart |
| | He was sustained as Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 1994, and then was called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on November 2, 1995. | | | Dr. Samuelson, who will be the University's 12th president, will replace Dr. Merrill J. Bateman, who will return to full-time service as a General Authority of the Church. | | | In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he has served as a regional representative, stake president, stake high councilor, branch president and missionary. |
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http://www.meridianmagazine.com/churchupdate/030319byu.html
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| | The Watchman Expositor: First Presidency Statement |
| | Since the 1978 revelation granting the priesthood to all worthy males, millions of people of all races have embraced the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and are enjoying full blessings of membership in the Church. | | | The matter it speaks of has not been discussed by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | | | Here is the First Presidency statement issued in response to the Los Angeles Times article: |
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http://www.watchman.org/lds/firstpresidencystatement.htm
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| | deseretnews.com Same-sex: LDS stand |
| | The LDS Church's First Presidency issued a statement Tuesday saying the church "favors measures that define marriage as the union of a man and a woman and that do not confer legal status on any other sexual relationship." | | | The latest pronouncement expands on a previous statement in which the First Presidency said the church supported a constitutional amendment to preserve traditional marriage but did not include a reference to other sexual relationships. | | | That statement came in July, shortly before the U.S. Senate failed to vote on a proposed federal amendment to ban gay marriage. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595099470,00.html
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| | deseretnews.com Text of letter from First Presidency on guns |
| | Churches are dedicated for the worship of God and as havens from the cares and concerns of the world. | | | Text of letter from First Presidency on guns | | | To: Area Presidencies, Area Authority Seventies, Temple Presidents, Stake Presidents, Bishops, and Branch Presidents in Utah |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,590038317,00.html
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| | FAIR Topical Guide: Church Organization |
| | FAIR is not owned, controlled by or affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | | | Lynn England and W. Keith Warner, "First Presidency," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 512-514 | | | But organized and systematic priesthood work as we know it today actually dates from the period of 1908—1922, when a specially called General Priesthood Committee instituted a Churchwide priesthood reform and reorganization movement under the direction of president Joseph F. Smith. |
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http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai029.html
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| | The First Bush Presidency |
| | The historic significance will be written in the future, while the real world reality must be endured today. | | | The Bush presidency has dealt a severe blow to proponents of individual freedom and replaced that heritage with a brute force interventionism that benefits only the State/Capitalist perversion that masquerades as free enterprise. | | | The assault against our heritage is the only tradition the Bush presidency has upheld. |
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| | Joseph Anderson, General Authority |
| | He served with seven of the thirteen Presidents of the Church and “was an example to all of us. | | | For half a century, he attended the meetings of the First Presidency and the temple meetings of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | | | Born the year Wilford Woodruff was sustained as President of the Church and three years before the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple, Elder Joseph Anderson spent a century in quiet service to the Lord and others. |
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http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/anderj1.htm
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| | Obote's first presidency (from Uganda) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | This is the first MG built by Cecil Kimber in 1925. | | | Obote agreed to replace the British governor-general by appointing Mutesa II as the country's first president in an attempt to unify the alliance further, but this move was unsuccessful. | | | Melville's first experience at sea would later be the inspiration for his novel "Redburn". |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-37629
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| | First Presidency Statement - FARMS Review |
| | To guard against these risks, the First Presidency and Council of the Twelve give close personal supervision to the translation of scriptures from English into other languages and have not authorized efforts to express the doctrinal content of the Book of Mormon in familiar or modern English. | | | When a sacred text is translated into another language or rewritten into more familiar language, there are substantial risks that this process may introduce doctrinal errors or obscure evidence of its ancient origin. | | | Modern-Language Editions of the Book of Mormon Discouraged |
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http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?id=168&table=review
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| | Perón, Juan Domingo on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Cámpora resigned in July, and the following September Perón was elected president by 62% of the vote; his second wife, Isabel Martínez de Perón, whom he had married in 1961, was elected vice president though she was widely resented by those devoted to the late Eva Perón. | | | His political program, which he called a third position between capitalism and communism, was strongly nationalistic, anti-imperialist and anti-United States. | | | The military seized power the following September, forcing him to flee, first to Paraguay and ultimately (1960) to Spain. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Peron-Ju_EarlyCareerandFirstPresidency.asp
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| | Review of WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT and the FIRST MOTORING PRESIDENCY |
| | The awareness of most of us to Taft's place in automobile history heretofore probably hasn't extended much further than seeing photos of the man after he had settled his ample girth into the tonneau of, say, a mighty Pierce 66. | | | This historian has fallen in love with the first President who ordered an automobile while residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the fellow who created the first garage for the White House, the proselytizer who championed the automobile's cause with elegance and enthusiasm. | | | Michael Bromley obviously is fond of his subject and argues persuasively that, despite the ineffectual label history has given him, Taft was a "hero to progress." Certainly the automobile is in his debt. |
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http://www.autohistory.org/review_10.html
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| | Meridian Magazine : : Church Update : First Presidency Issues Statement on Marriage Amendment |
| | The statement is based on the importance of supporting marriage between a man and a woman and is not meant to be strident or vitriolic toward the homosexual community. | | | On the same day the First Presidency issued their statement, the ACLU sued the city of Baltimore and four Maryland counties for the right of same-sex couples to marry. | | | Meridian Magazine : : Church Update : First Presidency Issues Statement on Marriage Amendment |
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http://www.meridianmagazine.com/churchupdate/040708amendment.html
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| | Amazon.com: Bill Clinton: And His Presidency (First Books - Biographies): Books: Elaine Landau |
| | Amazon.com: Bill Clinton: And His Presidency (First Books - Biographies): Books: Elaine Landau | | | Clinton's first presidential campaign is summed up in five brief paragraphs, while his first term and the scandals that have dogged him are given brief but adequate and evenhanded coverage. | | | This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0531158411?v=glance
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| | EU Presidency 2004 Website |
| | Find out about all that is happening during the presidency. | | | Click the link above to read a message from the Taoiseach at the conclusion of the Irish Presidency. | | | Europe must work for its people — Ahern tells European Parliament |
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http://www.eu2004.ie
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| | Fantasy First Presidency - LDS - Mormon |
| | New nominations will be posted frequently and towards year end the three most popular selections will actually be flown to Salt Lake City on Jon Huntsman's corporate jet and preside at General Conference. | | | Please nominate a Prophet, First Counselor and Second Counselor | | | The only restriction is that they must wear dark blue suits and limit their talks to fifteen minutes each. |
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http://www.latterdaylampoon.com/GAroundup/fantasypres
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