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Página 159 - A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Página 22 - ... established, within the Office of the Secretary of the Senate (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary"), the Office of Senate Security (hereinafter referred to as the "Office"), which shall be headed by a Director of Senate Security (hereinafter referred to as the "Director"). The Office shall be under the policy direction of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction and supervision of the Secretary. (bXD The Director shall be appointed...
Página 164 - ... the art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order
Página 163 - ... cause the collapse of the trade talks and further restrict the growth of the world economy. If the two and a quarter million workers in the textile and apparel industry are to survive in their jobs, we must work to keep the world economy strong and international trade free. Just within the last year we have taken a number of steps to improve the condition of the US textile and apparel industry: —We negotiated a renewal of the International Multifibcr Arrangement through 1981, providing more...
Página 293 - I thought it would be appropriate, as we did last year, to present a brief summary of the various requests, following which I would be pleased to respond in detail to questions regarding any of the specific items that you wish to pursue. The justifications have been prepared, Mr. Chairman, to include all items pertaining to the "Architect of the Capitol...
Página 234 - ... of St. Albans School in Washington, DC Dr. Billington holds a number of honorary degrees and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., on June 1, 1929, Dr. Billington is married to the former Marjorie Anne Brennan. They have four children, Susan Billington Harper, Anne Billington Fischer, James Hadley Billington, Jr., and Thomas Keator Billington.
Página 234 - THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS James Hadley Billington was sworn in as The Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987. He is the 13th incumbent of that position since the Library was established in 1800. An author and historian, as well as educator and administrator, Dr. Billington came to the Library from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he had served as director since 1973. A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Billington was educated in the public schools of the Philadelphia area....
Página 234 - University, where he graduated with highest honors in 1950. Three years later, he earned his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College. Following service with the US Army, he taught history at Harvard University from 1957 to 1962. then moved to the faculty of Princeton University, where he was professor of history from 1964 to 1974. From 1973 to 1987, Dr. Billington was director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the official national...
Página 9 - Commission's objective is to oversee the development of projects and activities of the type recommended in the 1g82 final report of the Study Group on the Commemoration of the United States Senate Bicentenary.
Página 113 - In addition to the sequestration report, the Balanced Budget Act gives the Director of CBO responsibility for alerting the Congress to a recession or downturn in the economy that might warrant suspending the deficit targets.

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