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Patheos (blog)
February 10, 2018
The Spanish ambassador did his best to obtain a pardon, or at least a reprieve; but, finding his efforts unavailing, had solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in his chapel during the martyr's last night on earth. The procession to Tyburn early on the following morning [1 July 1616] was joined by manyÃâà...
MyDaytonDailyNews
December 8, 2017
“The market is moving up now on some pretty solid fundamentals,” said William Wood, a certified financial planner with Adams Wealth Management Group in Centerville. Wood said last November, the market reacted in anticipation of a “pro-business personality in the White House.” “The market, without anyÃâà...
teleSUR English
June 22, 2017
As Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos visited Washington May 18, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for an “evaluation” of policy towards Colombia, shoring up aid for a Colombian military operating on an annual budget of $10.3 billion. The stated reason for the visit was “counteringÃâà...
Kane County Chronicle
November 10, 2016
This is the 32nd award given in the name of William Wood, which recognizes those who have made significant community contributions in business, education, youth ... Teresa Keenan, a local Realtor, said she considered Simon not only to be her friend, but “a great ambassador for the city of Geneva.”.
Huffington Post
June 19, 2015
As journalist Dana Priest noted in a piece originally published in the Washington Post about the U.S. covert war in Colombia: “'There is no country, including Afghanistan, where we [the U.S.] had more going on,'” said William Wood, who was U.S. ambassador to Colombia from 2003 to 2007 before holding the same post inÃâà...
The Atlantic
October 30, 2013
As Oxford's Dr. William Wood, a University Lecturer in Philosophical Theology and my former tutor, puts it: “theology is the closest thing we have at the moment to the kind of general study of all aspects of human culture that was once very common, but is now quite rare.” A good theologian, he says, “has toÃâà...
New York Times
March 13, 2009
The conservative writer and ambassador Clare Boothe Luce (with whom I delightedly exchanged yearly Valentine's Day cards) joined Ike's optimism ... William Wood in 1719 was the first to apply it in economics: “The Increase of our Foreign Trade . . . whence has arisen all those Animal Spirits, thoseÃâà...
CNN
September 26, 2008
The ambassador said the United States has made changes in communication between the U.S. and Afghan forces. "Steps are already not simply under way but have been taken to improve coordination," he said. U.S. and Afghanistan officials have just completed a new round in what is called the UnitedÃâà...
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