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  • Eugene V. Debs, the five-time Socialist presidential candidate, called Nearing the "greatest teacher in the United States," and Allen Ginsberg, the famous Beat Generation poet, referred to Nearing as a "grand old man - a real mensch" in his poem "America".

    GoodShit 2008

  • Eugene V. Debs, the five-time Socialist presidential candidate, called Nearing the "greatest teacher in the United States," and Allen Ginsberg, the famous Beat Generation poet, referred to Nearing as a "grand old man - a real mensch" in his poem "America".

    GoodShit 2008

  • But the prescriptions of Nearing and Patten were just academic wishes.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1910s, he fell under the spell of the young economics professor Scott Nearing, who had recently published a book calling for the creation of just such a world.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • “The kind of social philosophy I was developing under the tutelage of Nearing, reinforced by other instruction,” Tugwell later recalled in his autobiography, “is perhaps best defined in a little book called The Super Race: An American Problem, which Nearing published in 1912.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Nearing History Derek Jeter is 74 hits from joining the 3,000 hit club.

    Want to See Jeter Reach 3,000? Get Your Tickets Now 2011

  • Helen and Scott Nearing, devoted homesteaders and ascetic socialists, sought the good life in rural simplicity and preached abstinence from all animal products, even though Helen ate ice cream.

    Tug-of-War With Nature Dave Shiflett 2011

  • Nearing the completion of my library degree, I am taking Information Architecture.

    2010 February 01 « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2010

  • Nearing 20, the Westernized Googoosh became a fearless and deeply respected role model for the women of Iran.

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 145 Phil Ramone 2010

  • Nearing the completion of my library degree, I am taking Information Architecture.

    2010 February « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2010

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