There was an Old Man of Columbia,
Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer;
But they brought it quite hot,
In a small copper pot,
Which disgusted that man of Columbia.
by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.
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Independence Ode
Columbia, fair queen in your glory!
Columbia, the pride of the earth!
We crown you with song- wreath and story;
We honour the day of your birth!
The wrath of a king and his minions
You braved, to be free, on that day;
And the eagle sailed up on strong pinions,
And frightened the lion at bay.
Since the chains and the shackles are broken,
And citizens now replace slaves,
Since the hearts of your heros have spoken
How dear they held freedom - by graves.
Your beautiful banner is blotless
As it floats to the breezes unfurled,
And but for one blemish, all spotless
Is the record you show to the world.
Like a scar on the features of beauty,
Lies Utah, sin-cursed to the west.
Columbia! Columbia! your duty
Is to wipe out that stain with the rest!
Not only in freedom, and science,
And letters, should you lead the earth;
But let the earth learn your reliance
In honour and true moral worth.
When Liberty's torch shall be lighted,
Let her brightest most far-reaching rays
Discover no wrong thats unrighted -
Go challenge the jealous world's gaze!
Columbia, your star is ascending!
Columbia, all lands own your sway!
May your reign be as proud and unrending
As your glory is brilliant today.
poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording demos for Kenny, who was finally signed to Columbia Records.
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National Anniversay Ode
Ho! for the day in the whole year the brightest!
Long may it live in the heart of the nation!
Long may it be ere the names are forgotten
That boldly were signed to the grand declaration!
Shout, sons of liberty! shout for the one land free
Under the sun!
On this thrice blessèd day its bonds were struck away,
Its thongs undone!
Ho! for our banner, the emblem of freedom!
What can arouse a true hero's devotion-
What like the Stars and Stripes, floating above us?
Queen of all lands, and the peer of the ocean.
Oh! it is fair to see, oh! it is dear to me,
Flag of the brave!
Time's wheel shall cease to move, true hearts shall cease to love,
Ere it cease to wave.
But there's a blemish now staining our banner!
The bright stars are dimmed, and the fair stripes are spotted,
With the tears of the drunkard's wife, mother, and children,
With hot tears of shame is our flag blurred and blotted.
Victims of tyranny, strike till our land is free
From King Alcohol;
Strike down his whelps of sin, rum, brandy, beer, and gin
Strangle them all.
Up to the contest, and wipe out this blemish!
Columbia's son, and Columbia's daughter,
God speed the day when the one 'Land of Freedom'
Shall add to its title the 'Land of Cold Water'!
Three cheers for Columbia, and this, her natal day!
God bless the right,
And guard from a traitor's hand, this our beloved land,
And the Red, Blue, and White!
July 4th, 1871.
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There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.
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I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.
quote by Gene Tierney
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Columbia
Columbia
Balanced fine upon a pillar of fire, you flew
Up, beyond the sky’s familiar blue
Up, and out into the black void of space
Up, to loft above gravity’s embrace
And the world below turned slowly
While a hundred billion stars scrolled past your face.
Your sojourn in high orbit done
You dipped your nose and began your homeward run
Down into the fragile azure bubble of life-giving air
But tragedy struck, and you became a flare
That lit the sky above your homeland so wide
As you broke apart, and burned, and died.
O Columbia! Farewell! Farewell!
You and your crew will in our hearts forever dwell,
And your long service, your journeys to the realm above
We will recall and celebrate with gratitude and love.
Your sacrifice will teach those who still seek your Holy Grail
To ensure no other mission ends in a long and fiery trail.
Fatt Bob.
The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.
quote by Dick Cheney
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As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
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Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Harry Truman in Lecture at Columbia University (28 April 1959)
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I try not to deal with people's hostility, though I must if they have something I need from them, as the professors did at Columbia or my landlord did.
quote by George Weinberg
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I don't have anything from the television series. I treasure the videotapes from Columbia House.
quote by Mark Goddard
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The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
quote by Ellsworth Huntington
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But first I want to get my master's degree at Columbia's School of International Public Affairs.
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There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.
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A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.
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I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life.
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And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
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Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them.
quote by Bruce Johnston
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I had been on the road for a long time and was not really getting anywhere. Bob Johnston, a friend of mine, had taken over Columbia in Nashville. He asked me if I wanted to come down. I did - thank God I did.
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