• The Hofstadter Committee, also known as the Seabury investigations, was a joint legislative committee formed by the New York State Legislature on behalf...
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  • Hofstadter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Hofstadter (1910–1989), American philosopher Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945), American...
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    Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American cognitive and computer scientist whose research includes concepts such as the sense...
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    brought about by the Hofstadter Committee's work. The pressure for reform, once unleashed, later ensnared State Senator Samuel H. Hofstadter, who chaired the...
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    during the bootlegging boom of the Roaring Twenties. Fuller case Hofstadter Committee List of unsolved murders (1900–1979) Katcher, Leo (1959). The Big...
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    before the investigative committee of Judge Samuel Seabury, the Seabury Commission (also known as the Hofstadter Committee). Walker caused his own downfall...
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    lead investigator of the Hofstadter Committee (sometimes called the Seabury Investigations), a joint legislative committee which investigated corruption...
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    Inquiry Hofstadter Committee, also known as the Seabury Commission Independent Commission Against Corruption Intimidation Knapp Commission Lexow Committee Metropolitan...
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  • Pappas v. Giuliani The Seven Five Investigations Lexow Committee (1894-1895) Hofstadter Committee (1931) Knapp Commision (1970) (see also: Frank Serpico)...
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  • heard" in respect to corruption charges filed against him by the Hofstadter Committee led by Samuel Seabury. The first Venice Film Festival opened. The...
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    September 1, 1932, following investigations into corruption by the Hofstadter Committee under the leadership of Samuel Seabury. La Guardia stated that "this...
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  • Samuel Harold Hofstadter (July 22, 1894 – July 10, 1970) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was born on July 22, 1894, in Kraków,...
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    September 1, 1932, following investigations into corruption by the Hofstadter Committee under the leadership of Samuel Seabury. Joseph V. McKee succeeded...
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    how women offenders were handled in different court systems. The Hofstadter Committee found that Norris was working in collaboration with the police, falsifying...
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  • succeed the retiring Justice Joseph M. Proskauer. In 1931, during the Hofstadter Committee, Sherman granted a stay to Dr. William F. Doyle, a former Fire Department...
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    Hall Alan W. Harris Michael Heap David Helfand Terence Hines Douglas Hofstadter Gerald Holton Stephen Hupp Deborah Hyde Ray Hyman* Stuart D. Jordan Barry...
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  • before the Hofstadter Committee, answered questions to defend himself, and denied all charges. Testimony before the Hofstadter Committee showed that...
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    investigation of borough governments by Samuel Seabury, counsel to the Hofstadter Committee. Thousands of public officials were called before the commission...
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    September 1, 1932, following investigations into corruption by the Hofstadter Committee under the leadership of Samuel Seabury. John P. O'Brien, another...
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  • his element. A mashup of Sesame Street and The Big Bang Theory; Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are tired of their show, so they decide to teleport...
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    Doris Blackburn, Vera Brittain, Charles de Gaulle, Ammon Hennacy, Richard Hofstadter, Edmond Michelet, H. James Shea Jr. and Helene Stähelin died in 1970 without...
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  • State Legislatures. He was a member of the Hofstadter Committee. He was Chairman of a Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Communist activities in 1938–1939...
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  • American historian Richard Hofstadter wrote an analysis in his influential 1964 essay The Paranoid Style in American Politics. Hofstadter sought to identify the...
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    investigation into corruption in New York City law and politics known as the Hofstadter Committee or Seabury Commission. Among other things, the investigation revealed...
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  • (1936–38) of Russian society. From 1934 to 1939, the historian Richard Hofstadter briefly was a member of the Young Communist League USA. Despite disillusionment...
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    & Clarke 1832, p. 625. Hammond 1947, p. 149. Dangerfield 1966, p. 12. Hofstadter 1948, pp. 60–61. Hammond 1956, p. 102. Hammond 1947, pp. 149–150. Dangerfield...
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  • Writing for Scientific American in 1982, cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter said that the purpose of Skeptical Inquirer was to "combat nonsense" with...
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    University Press, 2015). Reeves, Thomas C. "McCarthyism: Interpretations since Hofstadter." Wisconsin Magazine of History (1976): 42–54. online Selverstone, Marc...
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  • unfortunate king Charles I of England had a Committee of State of that size. Dilbert principle Gustafson's law Hofstadter's law Lewis–Mogridge position Induced...
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    (MIT Press 1998) (ISBN 0-262-04166-9) – A Collection of Essays 1984–1996 Hofstadter, Douglas R.; Dennett, Daniel C. (January 17, 2001). The Mind's I: Fantasies...
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