Booth, William
BOOTH, WILLIAM (1829–1912), English evangelist, founder of the Salvation Army. William Booth was born on April 10, 1829, in Nottingham, England, the only son of the four survivin...
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The English evangelist William Booth (1829-1912) founded the Salvation Army, an international Christian organization for philanthropic and evangelical work.William Booth was born near Nottingham on Ap...
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William Booth was a major reformer and reform writer of the last half of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries. From 1865when he and his wife, Catherine, put up a tent at Whit...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
NOT ANOTHER KATRINA (The Washington Post, Washington)
IN THEIR vivid reporting yesterday on the conditions at Qualcomm
Stadium in San Die...
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Today is Thursday, July 5, the 186th day of 2007. There are 179 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming th...
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In the good old days, patients who didn't like their doctors might complain to a small circle of friends, neighbors, or colleagues. Although potentially damaging, such comments had a limited effect...
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