Bruce S. Gordon
Bruce S. Gordon 1946-, African-American business executive and civil-rights leader, b. Camden, N.J.; grad. Gettysburg College (B.A., 1968), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1988). Gordon entered the telecommunications industry as a management trainee with Bell of Pennsylvania in 1968 and retired from the business in 2003 as a senior executive with Verizon. In 2005 he was appointed president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People . The first business executive to head the organization, he pledged to press for greater economic equality for African Americans, but differences with the NAACP's board over the role the organization should play led Gordon to resign in 2007.
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Holy See (Vatican) Secretary of State (head of government) to celebrate 'Children's mass.' (NEWS ADVISORY) (Cardinal Agostino Casaroli)(includes list of heads of state who will attend the Mass)
PR Newswire; 9/27/1990; 700+ words
; ...NEWS ADVISORY -- TO CITY EDITORS: HOLY SEE (VATICAN) SECRETARY OF STATE (HEAD...respect for religious traditions. The Holy See applauds UNICEF's success in helping...children." The other members of the Holy See delegation who will also be at the...
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Holy See insists that it has the right to speak.(Vatican)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 1/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...independent moral authority, such as the Holy See, has a role to play in international...an observer in another eight. The Holy See also has observer status in five regional...states." "As a consequence, the Holy See, in its international activity...
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Holy Bull Dominates in Woodward
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/18/1994; ; 700+ words
; Holy Bull, laughing winner of the...the exception of Secretariat. Holy Bull's five-length victory...Gin was awesome. I might never see another Secretariat, who won...will be difficult to describe Holy Bull's easy victory other than...
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Holy Bull Leaves a Legacy, and a Void
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/23/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...going to be coming around here to see me.' " When the sportscaster looked...said emphatically, "You watch for Holy Bull." As Holy Bull developed into America's dominant...sign that something was bothering Holy Bull before the Donn. After the...
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Holy Family plan on hold; Archdiocese board wants more information on restructuring
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 6/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Archdiocese's input, that Holy Family would consider making...guess we'll have to wait and see." Members of the ad hoc committee...wanted what's best for the Holy Family system," said Dick Cody...united manner." Toale said Holy Family's board has an indefinite...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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HOLY CROSS BOYS TAKE EARLY ALL 'A' EXIT SIZZLING SOMERSET STREAKS BY INDIANS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 1/31/1997; 700+ words
; ...re the ones who penetrated Holy Cross' pressure defense to set...five assists. ''We like to see the press,'' Somerset coach...turnovers during the first half, but Holy Cross' biggest leads were 13...that point if it wasn't for Holy Cross senior guard Greg Laws...
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 "Taos News (Taos, NM)")
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MY TURN: HOLY CROSS COMMITTED TO HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS.(Favor y Contra/Opinion)
Newspaper article from: Taos News (Taos, NM); 2/7/2008; 700+ words
; ...Nev., at the direction of the Holy Cross Board of Directors to assess the safety environment at Holy Cross Hospital and see if it could be made a safer place...that "for a small rural hospital, Holy Cross was very well equipped, has...
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The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 9/8/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Land and the holy places. The Holy Land was previously only for...Arabic-speaking) living in the Holy Land. Wilken writes of his contemporaries...the Christian religion." I see it differently. The divorce...honored by Westerners in the Holy Land is little more than a memory...
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God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam / The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Christian relations "Outside the Holy Wars" and the legacy of the...unclear. It is difficult to see how a telling of this complicated...conclusion that "the history of holy war teaches us that we cannot...Johnson approaches the subject of holy war as a political scientist...
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H is for holy: a theological dictionary.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 7/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Tillich and Rudolf Otto helped us see that the holy and holiness are...Christians to become God but to be holy. Holiness and God are inseparable...That may sound clerical, as if holy in the sense of separated could...life of ministry. The term holy may also sound snobbish, breeding ...
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holy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...writings or sayings of unchallenged authority. Holy Year in the Roman Catholic Church, a period...of the patronal saint falls on a Sunday. See also Fourteen Holy Helpers at fourteen , holier-than-thou , the sin against the Holy Ghost .
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Holy Leagues
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...of its major participants. THE HOLY LEAGUE IN THE LONG WAR (1679...coalitions against the Turks, the Holy League of 1679 – 1699...decline of the Ottoman Empire. See also Charles V (Holy Roman Empire) ; Lepanto, Battle...
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Holy Land
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...of Christian interest in the holy sites and the development of...nineteenth century. The area is also holy to Muslims because it is home...including Islam's third holiest mosque, in Jerusalem. See also jerusalem. Bibliography...Perceptions and Images of the Holy Land." In The Land That ...
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Holy Spirit
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
...Christ "was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary" and referred to the Holy Spirit as "the Lord and life...articulated a doctrine of the Holy Spirit in relation to contemporary...1988, p. 12). Pannenberg sees the Stoic doctrine of the divine...
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Maximilian II (Holy Roman Empire) (1527–1576; Ruled 1564–1576)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...their father's conciliatory project. See also Austria ; Bohemia ; Elizabeth I (England) ; Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Empire) ; Florence ; Habsburg Dynasty: Austria ; Holy Roman Empire ; Hungary ; Matthias (Holy Roman Empire) ;
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