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The Times The Times  The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. The Times The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times  The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp [...More...] |
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Rail Transport Rail transport  Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks. It is also commonly referred to as train transport. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on ties (sleepers) and ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves [...More...] |
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Penny Press Penny press  Penny press newspapers were cheap, tabloid-style newspapers mass-produced in the United States from the 1830s onwards. Mass production of inexpensive newspapers became possible following the shift from hand-crafted to steam-powered printing.[1] Famous for costing one cent while other newspapers cost around 6 cents, penny press papers were revolutionary in making the news accessible to middle class citizens for a reasonable price.Contents1 History 2 Political factors 3 Journalists 4 ReferencesHistory[edit]The NY Herald penny pressThe Penny PressFirst Public Copy Lynde M [...More...] |
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Walter Montgomery Jackson Walter Montgomery Jackson (1863–1923) was the founder of encyclopedia publisher Grolier, Inc., and he was the partner of Horace Everett Hooper in publishing the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and in developing its 11th edition. He split with Hooper in 1908-1909 in a nasty legal fight after failing to wrest control of the Britannica from Hooper, Early life and career[edit] Jackson was born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, and he began to work cleaning the bookshop and offices of Estes and Lauriat in Boston, ten miles from his birthplace. By the age of 22, he was a partner in the firm, overseeing the manufacturing and publishing. He helped expand the distribution of the firm, but quickly became involved in other publishing ventures as part-owner or director. Jackson founded the Grolier Society, which specialized in making extra-fine editions of classics and rare literature [...More...] |
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Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica  Encyclopædia Britannica ( Latin  Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), formerly published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language  English-language encyclopaedia. It was written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes[1] and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. The Britannica is the English-language English-language encyclopaedia that was in print for the longest time: it lasted 244 years. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, as three volumes [...More...] |
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Centre-Right Centre-right politics or center-right politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-right politics, are politics that lean to the right of the left–right political spectrum, but are closer to the centre than other right-wing variants [...More...] |
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London Bridge Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W / 51.50806°N 0.08778°W / 51.50806; -0.08778London Bridge London Bridge  London Bridge in 2006Coordinates 51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W / 51.50806°N 0.08778°W / 51.50806; -0.08778Carries Five lanes of the A3Crosses River ThamesLocale Central LondonMaintained by Bridge House Estates, < [...More...] |
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Monotype Corporation Monotype Imaging  Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation  Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It specialises in digital typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices.[2] Monotype Imaging Monotype Imaging Holdings and its predecessors and subsidiaries have been responsible for many developments in printing technology—in particular the Monotype machine, which was the first fully mechanical typesetter, and the Linotype machine[citation needed]—and the design and production of typefaces in the 19th and 20th centuries [...More...] |
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Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 (known informally as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act to distinguish it from subsequent Reform Acts) was an Act of Parliament  Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. According to its preamble, the Act was designed to "take effectual Measures for correcting divers Abuses that have long prevailed in the Choice of Members to serve in the Commons House of Parliament".[1] Before the reform, most members nominally represented boroughs. The number of electors in a borough varied widely, from a dozen or so up to 12,000. Frequently the selection of MPs was effectively controlled by one powerful patron: for example Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk controlled eleven boroughs [...More...] |
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International Standard Serial Number An International Standard Serial Number  International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication, such as a magazine.[1] The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSN are used in ordering, cataloging, interlibrary loans, and other practices in connection with serial literature.[2] The ISSN system was first drafted as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) international standard in 1971 and published as ISO 3297 in 1975.[3] ISO subcommittee TC 46/SC 9 is responsible for maintaining the standard. When a serial with the same content is published in more than one media type, a different ISSN is assigned to each media type. For example, many serials are published both in print and electronic media [...More...] |
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City Of London The City of London  London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City's borders.[3][4] The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains a notable part of central London. Administratively, it forms one of the 33 local authority districts of Greater London; however, the City of London London is not a London London borough, a status reserved for the other 32 districts (including London's only other city, the City of Westminster) [...More...] |
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The Morning Post The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London  London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.Contents1 History1.1 The Cause of World Unrest 1.2 Final years2 Editors 3 Notes 4 ReferencesHistory[edit] The paper was founded by John Bell. According to Historian Robert Darnton, The Morning Post consisted of paragraph-long news snippets, much of it fake.[1] Its original editor, Reverend Henry Bate, earned himself nicknames such as "Reverend Bruiser" or "The Fighting Person",[2] and was soon replaced by an even more vitriolic editor, Reverend William Jackson, also known as "Dr [...More...] |
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Sister Paper A sister paper is one of two or more newspapers which share a common owner, but are published with different content, different names, and sometimes (but not necessarily) in different geographical areas.[1][2][3] Such an arrangement can offer economies of scale because staff and infrastructure can be shared.[4] Formerly independent papers can become sister papers, as when the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post  New York Post were both purchased by News Corporation.[5] Concerns have sometimes been raised about such media consolidation resulting in less diversity of ideas, less competition in the newspaper business, or unfair competition. Conversely, a single newspaper company can start several publications [...More...] |
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American Civil War Union victory:Dissolution of the Confederate States U.S. territorial integrity preserved Slavery abolished Beginning of the Reconstruction era Passage and ratification of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United StatesBelligerents United States Confederate StatesCommanders and leaders Abraham Lincoln  Abraham Lincoln (Commander-in-Chief) Ulysses S. Grant William Tecumseh Sherman David Farragut George B. McClellan Henry Halleck Joseph Hooker George Meadeand others... Jefferson Davis  Jefferson Davis (Commander-in-Chief) Robert E. Lee Joseph E. Johnston P. G. T. Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston † Braxton Bragg and others...Strength 2,200,000:[a] U.S. Army U.S. Marines U.S. Navy U.S. Revenue-Marine 698,000 (peak)[1][better source needed][2] 750,000–1,000,000:[a][3] C.S. Army C.S [...More...] |
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Defamation Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual person, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.[1] Under common law, to constitute defamation, a claim must generally be false and must have been made to someone other than the person defamed.[2] Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called slander, and defamation in other media such as printed words or images, called libel.[3] False light laws protect against statements which are not technically false, but which are misleading.[4] In some civil law jurisdictions, defamation is treated as a crime rather than a civil wrong.[5] The [...More...] |
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London London  London (/ˈlʌndən/ ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of England  England and the United Kingdom.[7][8] Standing on the River Thames  River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium.[9] London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval boundaries [...More...] |
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