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In this fictional episode, Eastland is short on funds and looking to axe Mrs. Garrett (Paul J. Williams).
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War broke out in 1438 and hostilities continued for three years with the result that the Hanse League was beaten, and henceforth the Hollanders were able without further let or hindrance more and more to become the chief carriers of the "Eastland" traffic.
History of Holland George Edmundson 1889
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In those eastern waters they competed with the German Hanseatic cities, with whom they had many acrimonious disputes, and with such success that the Hollanders gradually monopolised the traffic in grain, hemp and other "Eastland" commodities and became practically the freight-carriers of the Baltic.
History of Holland George Edmundson 1889
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Southerners such as James Eastland and Richard Russell were not happy that this issue had even come to the floor, and they were determined to kill it with delaying tactics.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Such a bill would never move in the Judiciary Committee, the normal venue for civil rights legislation, because its chairman, James Eastland of Mississippi, was a staunch, very powerful opponent.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The “old bulls” had the powerful committee chairmanships: James Eastland of Mississippi had Judiciary.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Southerners such as James Eastland and Richard Russell were not happy that this issue had even come to the floor, and they were determined to kill it with delaying tactics.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The “old bulls” had the powerful committee chairmanships: James Eastland of Mississippi had Judiciary.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Such a bill would never move in the Judiciary Committee, the normal venue for civil rights legislation, because its chairman, James Eastland of Mississippi, was a staunch, very powerful opponent.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The “old bulls” had the powerful committee chairmanships: James Eastland of Mississippi had Judiciary.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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