10 QUOTES WITH «BIRTHPLACE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
birthplace.
To research my book 'Me the People' - in which I have rewritten the entire Constitution of the United States - I flew to Greece, the birthplace of democracy. I bused to Philly, the home of independence. I even, if you can believe it, read the Constitution of the United States.
Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras.
Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.
An exotic birthplace on its own is not informative of anything.
Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in one's birthplace.
Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.
The Midwest is a musical melting pot and the source and birthplace of several musical genres.
Chennai is the birthplace of a new language in cinema. The audiences here are the most evolved moviegoers to be found anywhere in India.
The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIRTHPLACE»
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birthplace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
birthplace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Birthplace of Professional Football: Southwestern ...
An illustrated study of the history of professional football in Southwest Pennsylvania.
David Finoli, Tom Aikens, 2004
2
Transylvania:
Birthplace of Vampires
Provides an overview of the people, beliefs, traditions, and history of Transylvania and examines the area's folklore.
3
GEMA:
Birthplace of German Radar and Sonar
In 1934, they found their own company for this work, called Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische und Mechanische Apparate (GEMA), which became the birthplace of their famous Freya air-warning and Seetakt ocean-surveillance radars.
4
Philadelphia, a Guide to the Nation's
Birthplace
compiled by the Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
Best Books on, Federal Writers' Project, 1939
5
Black Sea: The
Birthplace of Civilisation and Barbarism
This is a story of Greeks, Scythians, Samatians, Huns, Goths, Turks, Russian and Poles. This is the sea where Europe ended. It is the place where 'barbarism' was born.
6
Codex Amiatinus of the Latin Vulgate Bible and Its
Birthplace
White takes the reader through a historical puzzle revolving around the date of the Vulgate manuscript Codex Amiatinus. He demonstrates that the manuscript falls in the eighth century and traces its origins to Italy.
7
The
Birthplace Book: A Guide to Birth Sites of Famous ...
This guidebook is packed with entries on American birthplaces of all sorts, taking travelers state-by-state to a variety of locations. --from publisher description.
8
Ancient Greece:
Birthplace of Democracy
Traces key points in ancient Greek civilization, including the Persian Wars and the conquests of Alexander the Great. Includes timeline.
9
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria:
Birthplace of the Modern World
A history of the ancient city documents its period superiority as an archaeological and technological superpower, revealing how atomic theory, geometry, the steam engine, and other developments were initiated there while tracing the city's ...
Justin Pollard, Howard Reid, 2007
10
Lexington: From Liberty's
Birthplace to Progressive Suburb
A quiet colonial town forever changed by the shot heard 'round the world on April 19, 1775, Lexington evolved from its famous roots and adapted to the ever-changing culture of the nation it helped create.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIRTHPLACE»
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birthplace is used in the context of the following news items.
Bloodline beats birthplace when it comes to Test Match Cricket …
It takes more than being a born-and-bred Australian to want to sit and watch Test Match Cricket on TV, the latest data from Roy Morgan shows. «Roy Morgan Research, Jul 15»
In America's Birthplace, Concerts, Parade and a Beer Garden
Hundreds of thousands of people visited the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philly for the annual 4th of July concert and celebration. NBC10's ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Jul 15»
Selfie sticks bard from Shakespeare's birthplace
In an attempt to safeguard the historic sites in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warcs, from being destroyed by awry sticks, the Shakespeare Birthplace ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Birthplace of Jewish folk music marks 50th
The URJ's Kutz Camp, known for being the birthplace of modern spiritual Jewish folk music, celebrates its 50th anniversary this Fourth of July ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
In Greece, a vote befitting the birthplace of democracy?
ATHENS (Reuters) - When Alexis Tsipras dropped the bombshell of a popular plebiscite on the tough demands of creditors keeping Greece ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
The Nation's Birthplace Revs Up Once Again For America's Birthday
(Visitors pass by as work crews set up stage equipment for the Philly Pops' concert in front of Independence Hall. Photo by Mike DeNardo) ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
The Birthplace (Greece) v. the Farce (the United States) of Democracy
Democracy is among other things the rule of majority public opinion. Plutocracy is the rule of the wealthy few over and against the popular ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to recruit new board of trustees
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon has launched a campaign to recruit a new “diverse” board of trustees ahead of formal ... «Museums Association, Jul 15»
Birthplace of freedom
Plans for vacation this year called for a tour of Revolutionary War sites, and appropriately, the first column about those travels is scheduled to ... «Leader and Times, Jul 15»
Obama visit to father's birthplace is all about the business
It's not unusual to run across children named Barack Obama in his father's birthplace of Kogelo, Kenya, and when their namesake arrives in ... «NET Website, Jul 15»
