Trinity Church

Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is an English translation of the Dutch name, Breede weg. The street is famous as the pinnacle of the American theater industry. Broadway originated as an Indian trail developed carved into the Manhattan brush land called the Wickquasgeck Trail. This trail originally snaked through the swamps and rocks from southern to northern ...

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From south to north, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line which carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains, BMT Broadway Line which carries the N, Q, R, and W trains, IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line which carries the 1, 2, and 3 trains and IND Eighth Avenue Line which carries the A, B, C, and D trains. The IRT East Side runs under Broadway from Bowling Green to City Hall. The BMT Broadway Line runs under it from City Hall to Times Square. The IRT West Side Line runs under and over Broadway from Times Square to 242nd St, the last stop on the number 1. This is interrupted between 168th st and 207th st, ...

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Broadway New York City, Broadway New York City - Public transit, Broadway New York City - External link

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Washington National Cathedral, officially the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington and an Episcopal church, is designated the national house of prayer of the United States. Concurrently, the cathedral is also the official seat of both the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, motherchurch of the Episcopal Church in the District of Columbia and Maryland counties of Charles, St. Mary's, Prince George's and Montgomery. Located at Massa ...

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• Washington National Cathedral - Architecture
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• Washington National Cathedral - Major events
• Washington National Cathedral - References in popular culture
• Washington National Cathedral - Last resting place
• Washington National Cathedral - Bibliography
• Washington National Cathedral - Online resources

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William Woodford was born in Caroline County, Virginia in 1734. He served with Col. George Washington in the French and Indian War at Fort Necessity. After the end of the French and Indian War, Woodford commanded British troops against the Cherokee Indians. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Col. Woodford took command of the 2nd Virginia Regiment. He drove the royal governor, Lord Dunmore from the Norfolk peninsula after the Battle of Great Bridge in January, 177 ...

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Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1754 as King's College and is the fifth oldest chartered institution of higher education in the United States. During these early years, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Livingston studied at Columbia. The university is a member of the Ivy League. It is legally known as Columbia University in the City of New York, and is incorporated as Trustees of Col ...

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• Columbia University - Morningside Heights
• Columbia University - Athletics
• Columbia University - Awards and honors
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• Columbia University - Timeline
• Columbia University - Notable Columbia alumni
• Columbia University - In film television and the arts

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Canons of statutory construction are rules of construction for the interpretation of statute law in the United States. Canons of statutory construction - Use of Canons. Canons give common sense guidance to courts in interpreting the meaning of statutes. Proponents of the use of canons argue that the canons constrain judges and limit the ability of the courts to legislate from the bench. Canons of statutory construction - Criticism. Critics of the use of canons argue that ...

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• Canons of statutory construction - Ejusdem generis
• Canons of statutory construction - Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
• Canons of statutory construction - Noscitur a sociis
• Canons of statutory construction - In pari materia
• Canons of statutory construction - Other canons
• Canons of statutory construction - Related reading

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The Boston Public Library was established in 1848. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States. It was also the first public library to allow people to borrow books and other materials. The Boston Public Library is also the library of last recourse of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; all adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges. By volume count, with 14.9 million volumes, the Boston Public Library is the third largest library in the United States.^Including:

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As a young man he lived with his mother as part of the group of English Puritan exiles in Holland. While there he received military training in the service of Philip William, the Prince of Orange. He also married a Dutch girl, Helena (Heylken) de Hooch on December 12, 1628 in The Hague. In 1630 the couple emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with John Winthrop. Underhill was to have the role of organizing the colony's militia. He was named Captain of the militia. In May of 1634 he was appointed to the General Court, and in July was elected a selectman for Boston. He started the first construction ...

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John Underhill, John Underhill - The Bay Colony, John Underhill - The Pequot War, John Underhill - The Wandering Years, John Underhill - Dutch Service, John Underhill - Return to English Service, John Underhill - Modern Revisionism

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The building known by Bostonians as the John Hancock Tower, or colloquially, the "New" Hancock Tower, is officially named Hancock Place. It is a 60-story, 790-foot-tall (241 meter) skyscraper designed by I.M. Pei and Henry N. Cobb of the firm of Pei, Cobb and Freed. It was completed in 1976. As of 2005, it is the tallest building in New England, the 43rd tallest building in the United States, and the 112th tallest building in the world. Its street address is 200 Clarendon Street. The company uses both "Hancock Pla ...

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John Hancock Tower, John Hancock Tower - Hancock Place the John Hancock Tower, John Hancock Tower - Introduction, John Hancock Tower - Problems with the building, John Hancock Tower - The Berkeley Building the old John Hancock Building, John Hancock Tower - The Stephen L. Brown Building 197 Clarendon St., John Hancock Tower - 601 Congress Street, John Hancock Tower - Note on company name

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Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in the state of New York and the sixth-oldest in the United States. Columbia has grown over time to comprise twenty schools and affiliated institutions. In the early 1750's, clergymen of the Episcopalian Trinity Church in New York City became alarmed by the Presbyterian founding of Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey) [2]. They established their own "rival" institution, King's College and elected as its first president Samuel Johnson. Classe ...

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Easton was first settled in 1694 and was officially incorporated in 1725. In 1694, the first settler, Clement Briggs established his home near the Easton Green. In 1711, the Taunton North Purchase area became Norton, and in 1713, the twenty-six families settled in Easton and hired Elder William Pratt as their first minister. There was no legal parish in Easton until 1722 when the East Precinct of Norton was recognized. In 1725, the area was incorporated as the Town of Easton; it was so named because it was formerly called the "East End" of the Taunton North Purcha ...

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Easton Massachusetts, Easton Massachusetts - History, Easton Massachusetts - Geography, Easton Massachusetts - Demographics

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Gothic Revival architecture - Survival and revival. Gothic architecture did not die out completely in the 15th century but lingered on, solely in some on-going cathedral-building projects and for churches in increasingly isolated rural districts of England, France, Spain and Germany. In Bologna, in 1646, the Baroque architect Carlo Rainaldi constructed Gothic vaults (completed 1658) for the Basilica of San Petronio which had been building since 1390; there the Gothic context of the structure overrode consideratio ...

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Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture - History, Gothic Revival architecture - Survival and revival, Gothic Revival architecture - Romanticism and nationalism, Gothic Revival architecture - Pugin Ruskin and the Gothic as a moral force, Gothic Revival architecture - Viollet-le-Duc and Iron Gothic, Gothic Revival architecture - The 20th century and beyond, Gothic Revival architecture - Gothic revival architects, Gothic Revival architecture - Gothic revival buildings, Gothic Revival architecture - External link

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This parcel of land was created by filling the tidewater flats of the Charles River. This massive project was begun in 1857. The filling of present-day Back Bay was completed by 1882; filling reached Kenmore Square in 1890, and finished in the Fens in 1900. The project was the largest of a number of land reclamation projects, beginning in 1820, which over the course of time more than doubled the size of the original Boston peninsula. It is frequently observed that this would hav ...

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Back Bay Boston Massachusetts, Back Bay Boston Massachusetts - History, Back Bay Boston Massachusetts - Description

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Bitter was born and trained in Vienna. His early training took place at the Kunstgewerbeschule, the imperial school for the applied arts, and after that the Kunstakademie, the school for fine arts. Upon his graduation he was apprenticed to an architectural sculptor. This was the period that the Ringstrasse was being built in Vienna, and so a large number of decorated buildings were being built. He immigrated to the United States in 1889 while on leave from the army. It was many years ...

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Karl Bitter, Karl Bitter - Biography, Karl Bitter - Selected Architectural Sculpture, Karl Bitter - Monuments & Other Works, Karl Bitter - Selected Funerary or Cemetery Works

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Gothic Revival architecture - Survival and revival. Gothic architecture did not die out completely in the 15th century but lingered on, solely in some on-going cathedral-building projects and for churches in increasingly isolated rural districts of England, France, Spain and Germany. In Bologna, in 1646, the Baroque architect Carlo Rainaldi constructed Gothic vaults (completed 1658) for the Basilica of San Petronio which had been building since 1390; there the Gothic context of the structure overrode consideratio ...

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Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture - History, Gothic Revival architecture - Survival and revival, Gothic Revival architecture - Romanticism and nationalism, Gothic Revival architecture - Pugin Ruskin and the Gothic as a moral force, Gothic Revival architecture - Viollet-le-Duc and Iron Gothic, Gothic Revival architecture - The 20th century and beyond, Gothic Revival architecture - Gothic revival architects, Gothic Revival architecture - Gothic revival buildings, Gothic Revival architecture - External link, Gothic Revival architecture - Related topics

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Founded as King's College on July 7 1754 under a royal charter granted by England's King George II, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in the state of New York and the sixth-oldest in the United States. Columbia has grown over time to comprise twenty schools and affiliated institutions. Controversy surrounded the founding of the new college in New York, as it was a thoroughly Anglican institution dominated by the influence of Crown officials in its governing body such as the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Crown S ...

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Columbia University, Columbia University - Campus, Columbia University - History, Columbia University - Park Place and Rockefeller Center, Columbia University - Morningside Heights, Columbia University - Athletics, Columbia University - Awards and honors, Columbia University - Schools and enrollment, Columbia University - Timeline, Columbia University - Notable Columbia alumni, Columbia University - In film television and the arts

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In 1859 he graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary, was ordained deacon by Bishop William Meade of Virginia, and became rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia. In 1860 he was ordained priest, and in 1862 became rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, where he remained seven years, gaining an increasing name as preacher and patriot. In addition to his moral stature, he was a man of great physical b ...

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Phillips Brooks, Phillips Brooks - Early life and education, Phillips Brooks - Pastoral career, Phillips Brooks - Publications, Phillips Brooks - Influence and legacy

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The cathedral is both the episcopal See of the Bishop of Washington, currently the Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane (the sixth Episcopal Bishop of Washington), and the primatial See of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, currently the Most Rev. Frank Griswold. The current dean of the Washington National Cathedral is the Very Reverend Samuel T. Lloyd III who officially took office on April 23, 2005. Prior to becoming dean, Lloyd was the rector of Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts. The current Bishop of Washington, the Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, was formerly th ...

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Washington National Cathedral, Washington National Cathedral - Leadership, Washington National Cathedral - Establishment, Washington National Cathedral - Music, Washington National Cathedral - Worship, Washington National Cathedral - National Cathedral Association NCA, Washington National Cathedral - Architecture, Washington National Cathedral - National house of prayer, Washington National Cathedral - Major events, Washington National Cathedral - References in popular culture, Washington National Cathedral - Last resting place, Washington National Cathedral - Bibliography, Washington National Cathedral - Online resources

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Canons of statutory construction - Ejusdem generis. "Of the same kind, class, or nature" Where general words follow an enumeration of specific items, the general words are read as applying to other items akin to those specifically enumerated. See McBoyle v. United States (1931), 283 U.S. 25, 51 S.Ct. 340, 75 L.Ed. 816 Canons of statutory construction - Expressio unius est exclusio alterius ...

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Canons of statutory construction, Canons of statutory construction - Use of Canons, Canons of statutory construction - Criticism, Canons of statutory construction - Four main canons, Canons of statutory construction - Ejusdem generis, Canons of statutory construction - Expressio unius est exclusio alterius, Canons of statutory construction - Noscitur a sociis, Canons of statutory construction - In pari materia, Canons of statutory construction - Other canons, Canons of statutory construction - Related reading

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Movies featuring scenes shot on Morningside campus include: Altered States Anger Management Awakenings Black and White Crimes and Misdemeanors Everyone Says I Love You Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II The Graduate Hannah and Her Sisters Hitch K-PAX Kinsey The Last First Kiss The Mirror Has Two Faces < ...

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Columbia University, Columbia University - Campus, Columbia University - History, Columbia University - Park Place and Rockefeller Center, Columbia University - Morningside Heights, Columbia University - Athletics, Columbia University - Awards and honors, Columbia University - Schools and enrollment, Columbia University - Timeline, Columbia University - Notable Columbia alumni, Columbia University - In film, television and the arts

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