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Colorado Yule marble, building stone of the Lincoln Memorial
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ISBN: 0607919949 9780607919943 Year: 1999 Volume: 2162 Publisher: Washington : US geological survey,

Western decorative arts : medieval, renaissance, and historicizing styles including metalwork, enamels and ceramics
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ISBN: 0521470684 0894681621 0894682520 9780521470681 9780894682520 9780894681622 Year: 1993 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge University Press

Georgetown at two hundred : faculty reflections on the university's future
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ISBN: 087840502X 0878405038 9780878405039 9780878405022 Year: 1990 Publisher: Washington (D.C.): Georgetown university press

Roe v. Wade: the abortion rights controversy in American history
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ISBN: 0700611436 9780700617531 9780700617548 0700611428 070061754X 0700617531 Year: 2001 Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. University Press of Kansas

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The issue of abortion has sharply divided America. The bitter debate over "Roe v. Wade" - in the courts, legislatures, press and streets - has grown ever more ferocious since the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 1973. For years pro-choicers have applauded "Roe" as a guarantee of women's rights, while pro-lifers have condemned it as the work of an activist and atheistic Court. Now it looms at the centre of a growing political storm, as a new president, and old Court, and a divided Congress reconsider "Roe"'s status in the wake of the controversial 2000 elections. Giving equal attention to both sides of the conflict, the authors trace and analyze the core debates, examine the case's unique history, clarify the jurisprudence behind the Court's ruling, and gauge its impact on American society. Court attempted to steer a middle course by rejecting both abortion on demand and the absolute right to life and yet, in the end, wound up igniting a firestorm of protest instead. The book examines the complete social and legal context of the case.Hull and Hoffer review more than a century of abortion practice (and abuse), common-law views on abortion, 19th-century criminalization measures, and the rapid changes in science, public mores and civil rights that finally brought the issue before the Supreme Court. They also trace abortion law through the 20th century, reprise the 1965 case of "Griswold v. Connecticut", in which the Supreme Court overturned a state law against contraceptives, and reexamine the highly publicized attempts to reverse "Roe" in "Webster v. Reproductive Services" (1989) and "Casey v. Planned Parenthood" (1992). All of the key actors are here: Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" who never actually had the abortion she originally sought; attorney Sarah Weddington, who challenged Texas law by drawing on her own abortion experience; lobbyists on both sides of the question; and each of the Supreme Court justices. This is a book that can inform and enlighten those on either side of the debate, as well as all of those in between.

Deux capitales françaises : Saint-Pétersbourg et Washington
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ISBN: 2884745084 9782884745086 Year: 2003 Volume: *2 Publisher: Gollion : Infolio,

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Ce titre provocateur nous rappelle que les capitales russe et américaine ont été conçues par deux architectes français, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond et Pierre-Charles L'Enfant. André Corboz postule que les plans des deux capitales ont été élaborés à la manière dont on dessine un parc ou un jardin, les masses à bâtir étant inspirées des volumes végétaux. Ce rapprochement formel s'accompagne de considérations sur l'hygiène des villes et la symbolique des divers lieux urbains. http://www.decitre.fr/livres/Deux-capitales-francaises-Saint-Petersbourg-et-Washington.aspx/9782884745086 (20/08/10)


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Bouwen door de eeuwen heen : inventaris van het cultuurbezit in België. Architectuur. 3NC : Stad Antwerpen.
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ISBN: 9072100212 9072100484 9070481030 9070481111 907048112X 9070481510 907048174X 907048174X 907048174X 9072100042 9072100166 9072100182 9072100190 9072100190 9072100565 9072100921 9072100301 9056220152 907210031X 9072100476 905622011X 9056220233 9056220241 9056220381 905622039X 9056220438 9056220470 9056220578 9056220276 9056220411 9056220373 9056220500 9056220519 905622056X 9056220624 9056220616 9789072100214 9789056220389 Year: 1989 Volume: 16n2 Publisher: Turnhout Brepols

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