#Convention

I’ve seen a lot of “unpopular” opinion posts relating to some people’s frustrations over con attendee’s buying multiple extras or attending multiple conventions and I just want to express my
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So I just found out that the NJCL (young classicists; basically the kids I'll teach in a couple of years) sponsors separate declamation contests for boys and girls???? The boys
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6,000 people from Western Europe joined ISIS. Most joined *after* the genocide against the Yazidis was widely publicised (mostly by ISIS themselves). How many Europeans have faced any kind of
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The Orange County Convention Center had its first major Covid-related cancellation on March 5. Since then, Orange County has spent at least $12.3 million designing an expansion of the giant
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Apparently there is a brand of Istanbul Convention opposers who have purely financial motivations. Just because they don’t want to pay alimony after divorce, they are supporting Turkey’s withdrawal from
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LĂĄszlĂł Krasznahorkai in an interview he gave while attending a literary festival in Romania a few years ago:"I do not believe in short sentences, because, in my opinion, short sentences
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Ok folks, we're doing it. After a brief distraction (re: lots of stuff and little motivation) we're cracking open Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley... ...so far the best part
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In digging through the latest @pewresearch polling and comparing it to their 2016 voter survey there's no evidence that he's slipped significantly with his base, or gained support from anyone
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GOP Moving ‘Full Steam Ahead’ With Plans To Hold Convention Amid Outbreak https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-full-steam-ahead-regular-rnc-plans-decide-alternative-later via @TPM Please do.
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Here the full speaker’s list for the virtual Democratic National Convention. It will take place over four nights from August 17-20, 2020. Convention programming will air from 9:00-11:00 PM Eastern.
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what you should and shouldn’t do when you meet a cc at a convention [a very long thread] shoutout to the homies @paigewastaken2 and @meiiwaah who helped me out with
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First results are coming in from the @UtahGOP state convention ... stay tuned! #utpol First up is 3rd Congressional District. @RepJohnCurtis is the party's nominee. Here's the vote breakdown: John
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"Today In History" is perfect for Memorial Day. Because today is the day in 1787, Philadelphia, that the Constitutional Convention began. What was the Constitutional Convention, you might ask? Well,
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Aaaand the Republican National Convention opens night 2 "Land of Promise" with some blatant transphobia All justified by the First Amendment, something something freedom of religion. "The radical left's god
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The Laws of War that administered over World War II were the Laws and Customs of War on Land (Hague II); July 29, 1899 SECTION III. - ON MILITARY AUTHORITY OVER HOSTILE
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Let’s talk about The Convention of states.Article V states: “on the Application of two thirds of the Legislatures of the several States, [Congress] shall call a Convention for proposing amendments.”1/9
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