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  2. Harris tweed - Wikipedia

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    The original name of tweed fabric was "tweel", the Scots word for twill, as the fabric was woven in a twill weave rather than a plain (or tabby) weave.A number of theories exist as to how and why "tweel" became corrupted into "tweed"; in one, a London merchant in the 1830s, upon receiving a letter from a Hawick firm inquiring after "tweels", misinterpreted the spelling as a trade name taken ...

  3. List of defunct military academies in the United States

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    Palm Beach Military Academy (FL) Palo Alto Military Academy (CA) Park Military Academy (CA) Park Ridge Military Academy (IL) Partridge Military Academy (CT) Paterson Military Academy (NJ) Patrick Military Institute (SC) Peacock Military Academy (TX) Pecks Military Academy (CT) Peekskill Military Academy (NY) Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific ...

  4. Ohio Military Institute - Wikipedia

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    The real progenitor of the Ohio Military Institute was Cary Academy, established in his own home on College Hill by Freeman Cary, in the year 1832. The Cary family were pioneers in this part of Ohio. The father came from New England to Cincinnati as early as 1802. A few years later he purchased a large farm on the present site of College Hill.

  5. Harris Tweed Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Harris Tweed Authority was established in 1993, replacing the Harris Tweed Association under the terms of the Harris Tweed Act 1993. In early 1990, the UK was reviewing its trade mark law with the intention of moving towards a single trade mark system for the whole European Community. The Harris Tweed Association had already faced ...

  6. History of the United States Military Academy - Wikipedia

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    When the Korean War began, the academy continued on a steady course and did not face major disruption from the conflict. The Korean War and an honor scandal in 1951 led to a decline in admissions, so that by 1954, only 67% of the academy's authorized strength was filled. The academy responded with its first modern advertising campaign."

  7. Military academy - Wikipedia

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    A naval academy is either a type of military academy (in the broad sense of that term) or is distinguished from one (in the narrow sense). In U.S. usage, the Military, Merchant Marine, Naval, Coast Guard, and the Air Force Academy serve as military academies under the categorization of service academies in that country.

  8. Harrison Tweed - Wikipedia

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    Tweed was married three times and divorced twice. By his first marriage on June 14, 1914, to Eleanor Roelker, he had two children. Following his divorce in 1928, he married Blanche Oelrichs Barrymore, the former wife of John Barrymore who used the name Michael Strange in her acting and writing careers.

  9. Copperhead (politics) - Wikipedia

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    One famous example was General Ambrose Burnside's 1863 General Order Number 38, issued in Ohio, which made it an offense (to be tried in military court) to criticize the war in any way. [15] The order was used to arrest Ohio congressman Clement L. Vallandigham when he criticized the order itself. [ 16 ]