PLAIN, THE

in French history, term designating the independent members of the National Convention during the French Revolution. The name was applied to them because, in contrast to the radical Mountain, they occupied the lower benches of the chamber. The Plain was a leaderless mass and a pliable instrument, but it was numerically in the majority and consequently determined many votes. It played an important role in bringing about the overthrow (9 Thermidor; July 27, 1794) of Maximilien Robespierre, but after this effort it again lost its cohesion.

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books on: Plain The  - 53518 results

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1.
Death at Cross Plains: An Alabama Reconstruction Tragedy
Book by Gene L. Howard; University of Alabama Press, 1984
Subjects: Civil Rights Workers--Alabama--Cross Plains--Biography, Cross Plains (Ala.)--Biography, Cross Plains (Ala.)--Race Relations, Luke, William C.--D. 1870, Lynching--Alabama--Cross Plains--History--19th Century, Missionaries--Alabama--Cross Plains--Biography, Reconstruction--Alabama--Cross Plains
...accusation that he had been with the gang of blacks. He admitted no guilt; he protested no innocence. "Ill go with you and well investigate it," Luke said. He picked up a plain black hat from a chair on the porch and joined the posse. 27
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The Great Plains: Environment and Culture
Book by Brian W. Blouet, Frederick C. Luebke; University of Nebraska Press, 1979
Subjects: Agriculture--Great Plains--History--Congresses, Great Plains--History--Congresses, Human Geography--Great Plains--Congresses
...forest; buttes rising sharply above a plain. Sometimes the figures are sharply defined...Canadian Prairies, or the American Great Plains, but we cognize their extents and characteristics...not heard or seen the appellation Great Plains : two short words, one of West Germanic
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Great Plains Cattle Empire: Thatcher Brothers and Associates (1875-1945)
Book by Paul E. Patterson, Joy Poole; Texas Tech University Press, 2000
Subjects: Cattle Trade--Great Plains--History, Great Plains--History
...advised that it was unlikely that the Staked Plains could ever be adapted to human habitation...to this canon grande. They prowled the plains for days, making dry camps or following...buffalo chips for tinder on this treeless plain. Finally, one day, when the Mexican...
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Playas of the Great Plains
Book by Loren M. Smith; University of Texas Press, 2003
Subjects: Playas--High Plains (U.S.), Wetland Ecology--High Plains (U.S.)
...the south side, however, the plain gradually fades into the Permian...Elevation of the Southern High Plains declines from approxi- mately...Within the Southern High Plains, playa density and area varies...origin, or form to Great Plains playas and therefore are not...
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Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians
Book by David J. Wishart; University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Subjects: Great Plains--Encyclopedias, Indians Of North America--Great Plains--Encyclopedias
...Press, 2002. Mishkin, Bernard. Rank and Warfare among the Plains Indians. 1940. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992...Kiowa painting, the figures in these paintings were drawn on a plain background. Within the lines color was used as a flat filler...
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Fourth Amendment - the Plain Touch Exception to the Warrant Requirement
Journal article by Susanne M. Macintosh; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 84, 1994
Subjects: Minnesota v. Dickerson--113 S. Ct. 2130 (1993), Plain view doctrine--Cases, Searches and seizures--Cases, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 4, Warrants (Law)--Cases
Fourth Amendment - the plain touch exception to the warrant requirement...Supreme Court unanimously adopted the plain touch doctrine, thereby allowing officers...without a warrant. Analogizing to the plain view doctrine developed in Coolidge v...
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Plain View: A Concept Useful to the Public Disclosure and Intrusion Privacy Invasion Torts
Journal article by Deckle Mclean; Communications and the Law, Vol. 21, 1999
Subjects: Affirmative defenses--Innovations, Plain view doctrine--Usage, Privacy, Right of--Laws, regulations, etc., Torts--Innovations
Plain view: a concept useful to the public disclosure and intrusion privacy...simplest and clearest approaches to privacy is through the concept of plain view. What happens in plain view is not private. As a result, plain view is useful not only...
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Government Regulations and the Plain English Movement
Journal article by Paul Leche; Policy & Practice of Public Human Services, Vol. 60, 2002
Subjects: Law--Language, Plain English Booklets Inc.
Government regulations and the plain English movement. by Paul Leche Gobbledygook...is probably why the movement to write in plain English has now taken hold in many state and federal agencies. What, exactly, is plain English? While there is no clearly accepted...
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A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain
Journal article by Peter B. Mires; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 19, 2002
Subjects: A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain (Book)
...Seasons on Louisianas Chenier Plain by Peter B. Mires By Gay M...1955. Spring on the Chenier Plain signals the onset of fishing...environmental perception of the Chenier Plains natural resources has changed...translates Louisianas Chenier Plain for several audiences. Its...
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Stream Channelization and Changing Vegetation Patterns in the U.S. Coastal Plain
Journal article by David Shankman; The Geographical Review, Vol. 86, 1996
Subjects: Coastal ecology--Research, Plains--United States, Stream channelization--Research, Vegetation dynamics--Research
...vegetation patterns in the U.S. coastal plain. by David Shankman The southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain contains high-density stream networks and...Mississippi is an area of the Gulf Coastal Plain in which almost all of the major streams...
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The "plain View" Doctrine
Magazine article by Joseph Petrocelli; Law & Order, Vol. 54, July 2006
Subjects: Evidence, Law enforcement, Litigation, Plain view doctrine, Search warrants
The "plain View" Doctrine by Joseph Petrocelli The "Plain View" doctrine allows law enforcement officers to seize...officer should have excellent working knowledge of what a plain view search is and what its minimum requirements are. The...
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Awards Highlight Worst Use of 'plain English'
Magazine article by Paula Larocque; The Quill, Vol. 93, October 2005
Subjects: Awards & honors, Criticism, English language, Plain English Campaign
Awards Highlight Worst Use of plain English by Paula Larocque The Plain English Campaign, a British group that promotes clarity...public information" and in addition to its overall Plain English category, it focuses on government, media...
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Carrizo Plain
Magazine article; Sunset, Vol. 200, March 1998
Subjects: California, Carrizo Plain Natural Area, Flowers & plants
Carrizo Plain * This is about as close as you can get to a complete ecosystem in California...overgrazing." Soda Lake Road runs 44 miles through the heart of the Carrizo Plain Natural Area along the San Andreas Fault. The first 18 miles (heading...
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Winner: Andrea Simakis - the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine
Magazine article; The Quill, Vol. 93, June 2005
Subjects: Awards & honors, False arrests & convictions, Investigations, Judicial error, Kreischer, Bob, Magazines, Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, Prisoners, Simakis, Andrea, Writers
Winner: Andrea Simakis - the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine Andrea Simakis, a staff writer for the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, has never escaped...bank accounts. In 1999, Simakis joined the Plain Dealer and within a year, she was named...
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The Great Plains of America: 'The Therapy of Distance.'
Magazine article by Anthony Harrigan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 264, January 1994
Subjects: Great Plains--Popular culture, Internationalism--Moral and ethical aspects, Physical geography--Religious aspects, Regionalism--Analysis
The Great Plains of America: the therapy of distance...In Mr. Lambs view, the people of the Plains Worry about protecting our last great...The current outlook of people in the Plains states represents a conscious turning...
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Flood Plain Mapping on in State
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), September 19, 2011
Subjects: Bligh, Anna, Floods, Plains
...aSensible planning on flood plains is not about stopping development...types of structures built in flood plain areas.a The QRA has partnered...track the mapping of the flood plains. aThe new flood plain maps have been added to the Queensland...
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Flood Plain Drowns coupleAEs Hope of Raising Cash off Land
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 12, 2009
Subjects: Floods, Plains, Real estate development
Flood Plain Drowns coupleAEs Hope of Raising Cash off Land. Q...property but we were told the property is in a flood plain. WeAEre also told that with the property in a flood plain, no one will give us a loan on the property. My wife...
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Carter Leads Way to Fix City Access Yeppen Flood Plain Study Looks at Alternate Routes; the Mayor Is Wasting No Time to Flood-Proof City Transport Routes
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), January 10, 2011
Subjects: Floods, Local transit, Mayors, Plains
...Leads Way to Fix City Access Yeppen Flood Plain Study Looks at Alternate Routes; the Mayor...at in the Federal-funded Yeppen Flood Plain Study a would see highway and rail divert...stretch of highway across the Yeppen flood plain a an idea that member for Rockhampton Robert...
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Flood, Plain and Simple
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), February 13, 2010
Subjects: Floods, Plains
Flood, Plain and Simple. I AGREE with G M Baker-Bainbridge (School Of Thought, 08...more than a mile. People in this area know the site chosen is on a flood plain, one of the lowest in the Stockton area. During November, the usual flooding...
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500,000 the Plan, and Homes on Flood Plain
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), July 30, 2011
Subjects: Floods, Housing development, Plains, Waterfront development
...500,000 the Plan, and Homes on Flood Plain. Byline: Bill Hoffman THE Sunshine Coast...with most growth set for the coastal flood plain. The regions historic first planning scheme...which showed vast tracts of the coastal plain would be uninhabitable by the turn of the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Plain The  - 478 results

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Sharon , Plain, Israel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHARON , plain, Israel sha r n, shar n, plain between the Samarian Hills of central Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, extending c.50 mi (80 km) from Jaffa to Caesarea, and mentioned several times in the Bible. See also rose of Sharon...
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Plain, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLAIN, THE in French history, term designating the independent members of the...the radical Mountain , they occupied the lower benches of the chamber. The Plain was a leaderless mass and a pliable instrument, but it was numerically in...
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Plain of Jars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLAIN OF JARS region, N Laos, at the northern end of the Annamese Cordillera...function remain mysteries. From the mid-1960s through the early 70s, the Plain of Jars was the scene of heavy fighting between the Pathet Lao and U.S...
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Adana, Plain Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ADANA, PLAIN OF a dana , fertile region along the Mediterranean coast, S central Turkey...climate and receives rainfall mainly during the autumn and winter months. The plain, traversed and irrigated by the Seyhan River, is a major agricultural...
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Carrizo Plain National Monument
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT see National Parks and Monuments (table). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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