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Letter from Howard C. Lewis to Harold D. Lewis, 14 July 1969
No full textHoward Lewis writes to his twin brother, Harold Lewis, from Vietnam on 14 July 1969; he has been clearing jungle for three weeks now; he is halfway through his tour of duty; his boss (Maj. Riley) is leaving and his R & R has been postponed until September. He also writes that they have a new battalion CO who is "just what the bn. needed."Howard C. Lewis graduated from Norwich University in 1966 with a degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he served in the Army's armored branch and was a cavalry troop commander and battalion staff officer in Vietnam in 1969. Transcription by Edward J. Palmer. Transcriptions may be subject to error
Letter from Sandra Roscoe Lewis to her parents-in-law, 27 June 1969
No full textSandra "Sandy" (Roscoe) Lewis writes to her husband's parents in Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, from Rowley, Massachusetts, on 27 June 1969; she relates her plans surrounding Howard Lewis' upcoming R & R as well as recent outings she had with Donna (her daughter?). Her message is enclosed in a greeting card.Howard C. Lewis graduated from Norwich University in 1966 with a degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he served in the Army's armored branch and was a cavalry troop commander and battalion staff officer in Vietnam in 1969. Transcription by Danielle Dalton. Transcriptions may be subject to error
Letter from Howard C. Lewis to his parents, 18 August 1969
No full textHoward Lewis writes to his parents in Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, from Vietnam on 18 August 1969; he reports that they are now in Cu Chi and describes his living quarters as well as the plans for where they will go next. His boss (Major Riley) went home and many new people have come in; his R & R is confirmed for the 17th of September.Howard C. Lewis graduated from Norwich University in 1966 with a degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he served in the Army's armored branch and was a cavalry troop commander and battalion staff officer in Vietnam in 1969
Letter from Howard C. Lewis to his parents, 5 October 1969
No full textHoward Lewis writes to his parents in Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, from Vietnam on 5 October 1969; he describes his R & R in Hawaii and reflects some more on his reasons for leaving the Army. He is back at his "old job now" and looks forward to the opportunity to "get away from" his boss provided by his liaison duties.Howard C. Lewis graduated from Norwich University in 1966 with a degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he served in the Army's armored branch and was a cavalry troop commander and battalion staff officer in Vietnam in 1969
Letter from Howard C. Lewis to his parents, 20 July 1969
No full textHoward Lewis writes to his parents in Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, from Vietnam on 20 July 1969; he describes progress made cutting jungle with their attached roam plow outfit and shares his impressions of the new battalion commander. He will not be able to get R & R next month but believes he will get some in September.Howard C. Lewis graduated from Norwich University in 1966 with a degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he served in the Army's armored branch and was a cavalry troop commander and battalion staff officer in Vietnam in 1969
W. Lewis Civil War letter
No full textThis collection contains a letter written in November 1864 by W. Lewis, then stationed at DeValls, Bluff, Ark. The author is believed to be Walter Lewis of Company F of the 20th Iowa Infantry
Letter from Howard C. Lewis to his parents, 7 September 1969
No full textHoward Lewis writes to his parents in Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, from Vietnam on 7 September 1969; he explains his reasons for leaving the Army and reports that he hasn't yet heard officially whether or not they will let him out. They are working around Tay Ninh again but "on normal operations" this time; he slept through "a rocket attack and the phone ringing last night" and is looking forward to R & R in Hawaii. He includes some advice for "the Mutt" (his younger brother and a student at Norwich University).Howard C. Lewis graduated from Norwich University in 1966 with a degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he served in the Army's armored branch and was a cavalry troop commander and battalion staff officer in Vietnam in 1969
[Report to W. P. Gannaway by R. D. Lewis, December 2, 1963]
No full textReport to W. P. Gannaway by R. D. Lewis, concerning a polygraph examination of Wilburn Waldon Litchfield. Lewis states that in the opinion of the examiner, Litchfield was untruthful to the questions posed
Michael Lewis: Journalist and Bestselling Author
No full textMichael Lewis is a New York Times bestselling author who has written more than a dozen books on subjects ranging from politics to Wall Street. His recently released book, Fifth Risk, explores mismanagement in federal government.
His other books include The Big Short, Moneyball and The Blind Side - all of which were made into movies. Another, Liar\u27s Poker, was based partly on his experience as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers.
Lewis is a sharp observer of politics, finance and the evolution of American culture, combining keen insight with a sharp sense of humor. He is a columnist for Bloomberg News and a contributing writer to Vanity Fair. His articles have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated
The agential fork : the hidden consequences of agency for plenitude in David Lewis' thesis of genuine modal realism
No full textIn this dissertation, I argue that David Lewis' abductive argument for Genuine Modal Realism (GMR) has the unwelcome, and hidden, implication of being unable to
accommodate agent causation theories of free will. This is because of his formulation of plenitude, which basically says that every way that a world or a part of a world could be is the way that some world, or part of some world is. This formulation tacitly assumes
that chance and nomological principles are sufficient to account for everything that happens at worlds. However, agent causation theories argue that free will is neither reducible to chance nor determined by physics. My argument recasts a fork argument made by Andrew Beedle. I proceed by arguing that chance-based principles evince an ontologically distinct kind of modality than agent causation principles. However,
plenitude only accounts for the physics/chance-based kind of modality. There is no similar principle of plenitude that can be given for agential modality that does not
collapse into the chance-based principle. But even if such a principle could be found, it would violate the doctrine in GMR that claims worlds are causally isolated. If no agential plenitude principle can be found and there is agential modality, then plenitude fails. If there is no agency at our world, and Lewis’ original formulation of plenitude is correct, then GMR implies no agency at any
world. This is the fork: If there is agency and GMR holds, then either plenitude fails, or isolation fails. But if there is no agency, and GMR holds, then there is no agency at any possible world. The latter prong is too strong a claim for an abductive argument like GMR. The
former proves that GMR cannot accommodate agent-causation theories. GMR loses its neutrality either way, to its detriment
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