Hearing bad news from the Boer War, she stated, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat"
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Impeach George W. Bush | Political Discussion Forums  Aug 22, 2003 ... She was paraphrasing Queen Victoria: "We are not interested in the ... Victoria said that in 1899, during "Black Week" in the Boer War, when things were going badly. .... to also run for U.S. president someday," one newspaper noted, ..... Chin also said that there was no evidence of bad faith by Franken to...
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News Archives for 8/23/2003 | CJOnline.com  CJOnline.com is the website of the Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper. ... Victor Mann approached Kansas State coach Bill Snyder this past offseason with a ..... President Bush's terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad summer is coming to an end. ... Victoria said that in 1899, during "Black Week" in the Boer War, when things...
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Missing 5-year-old Florida girl likely was abducted, police say ...  Feb 12, 2009 ... Her father died shortly after her birth and she became heir to the throne .... The Boer War in South Africa overshadowed the end of her reign. ... during the campaign:'We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.' ... comes on the intercom and announces, "I have some bad news.
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jeopardy/2138_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Number: 14. WOMEN RULE! | Hearing bad news from the Boer War, she stated, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat" | Queen Victoria. right: Kurt.
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Ruth Cowan - Women War Reporters - No Job For a Woman  From the outset of her reporting career in the 1920's, Ruth Cowan had all the ... the hot young reporter who was getting the goods for the United Press (UP). ... player, she dutifully reported these kinds of stories, but all the while she had her eye on ... U.S. government decided that in order to fight the Total War that was WWII,...
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Medical treatment during the Second Boer War - Wikipedia  ... during the war, including the future leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Middle row, 5th from left). The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902, between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African ... a volunteer, helping recovery efforts in the Battles of Colenso and Spionkop.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. - Douglas MacArthur  "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." - Douglas MacArthur quotes from BrainyQuote.com.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. - philosiblog  Jun 13, 2012 ... It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. ... Douglas MacArthur ... It says that going to war without being willing to do what is necessary...
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South African War | British-South African history | Britannica.com  War fought from Oct. 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902, between Great Britain and the ... South African War, also called Boer War, Second Boer War, or Anglo-Boer War; ... But the British were fighting in a hostile country over difficult terrain, with long lines of ... After 1897 Britainthrough Alfred Milner, its high commissioner for South...
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Good Graces-Lesley Kagen.   . Mreadz ...  for Charlie because that would be the charitable thing to do, but I have been waiting for ... She points over her shoulder and says, We're not like them anymore. ... Now who'd like to begin this evening's stimulating conversation? ... ask her, When will you learn that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, Helen?
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Peace of Vereeniging | South Africa [1902] | Britannica.com  Peace of Vereeniging, (May 31, 1902), treaty that ended the South African War, or Boer War; it was signed in Pretoria, after initial Boer approval in Vereeniging,...
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Victory: An Obsolete Concept? - Gatestone Institute  Jul 31, 2009 ... Douglas MacArthur, 1952: "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." But that was then. Here are occasional contemporary quotes on...
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South African War 1899-1902 - South African 'Boer' War | NZHistory ...  The South African War of 1899-1902, often called the Boer War (sometimes the Second Boer War), was the first overseas conflict to involve New Zealand troops.
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Jeopary Questions page 2117 - PRE-DATERS - TriviaBistro.com  It's no mystery; he was knighted in 1902 for his work defending British policy in the Boer War .... FRISKY PRESIDENTS: Some scholars believe he initially called off his marriage, as he'd fallen in love with a friend of the Todds ... PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING WOMEN: Sadly, like her friend & fellow poet Sylvia Plath, this winner...
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The citizen-soldier: Moral risk and the modern military | Brookings ...  May 24, 2016 ... As an American citizen, I've felt the same, though when I try to trace the ... So I didn't get my ideas about war from the news, from the wars actually .... Even lower in their eyes were the Hessian troops the British had hired to fight .... I've been repeatedly told that people don't really enlist because they want to,...
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Winston Churchill - Wikipedia  Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA (30 November ... During the war, he continued as First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous ..... On 12 October 1899, the Second Boer War between Britain and the Boer ... [Winston Churchill, Speech to the Free Trade League, 19 February 1904.]...
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Boer War begins in South Africa - Oct 11, 1899 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Boer War begins in South Africa on Oct 11, 1899. ... 1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... Minor fighting with Britain began in the 1890s, and in October 1899 full-scale war ensued. ... By 1902, the British had crushed the Boer resistance, and on May 31 of that year the ... By the time it ended, 5,000 people were dead.
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"Preserving History-Everyone Has a Role: A Personal View" by ...  Magazine article Negro History Bulletin ... They argued that there was probably not enough interest to get an article published or .... belongings in an appropriate repository with "Oh I just did my job in the war, nothing special. ... There are many other options including the Smithsonian--the nation's attic--the Women in the...
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What does the saying 'Because life is not a spectator sport' mean ...  The choice we all face is whether to rely on fate, or pursue passions and fulfillment in our lives.
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Victoria of the United Kingdom - Simple English Wikiquote  She was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and a granddaughter of George III. ... Simple: What you say of the pride giving life to an everlasting soul is very good, dear, but I myself can not ... "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist." ... About the quote: Speaking of the Boer War in 1899.