Deval Laurdine Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick 1956-, African-American politician and government official, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard 1978, Harvard Law School 1982. A lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1983 to 1986, he was then in private practice until 1994, when he was appointed assistant attorney general for civil rights by President Bill Clinton. Returning to private practice in 1997, he became vice president and general counsel at Texaco in 1999 and executive vice president and general counsel at The Coca-Cola Company in 2001. Leaving Coca-Cola in 2004, he began a run for the Massachusetts governorship a year later, and won the Democratic nomination and the post itself in 2006. Patrick is the first African American to be governor of state outside the old South, and only the second ever to be elected to a governorship.
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GRAVES OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS EXCLUSIVE; The unmarked plot where war heroes lie buried, gravestones kept in a shed because of attacks by sectarian vandals INVESTIGATES.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 7/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...single memorial. Each grave is marked only by an...headstones from the war graves have been removed and...properly maintained War grave in Belfast. "We visit...someday we can restore the grave." Mr Francis added...headstones for all the graves, rather than use the...
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Graves testimony prompts question on voter fraud in Missouri
Newspaper article from: Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press; 5/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...should ask former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves next month, according to local politicians...attorney from Missouri said he would bypass Graves for the opportunity to ask Attorney General Alberto Gonzales more questions. Graves agreed to testify before the committee...
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Adam Graves finds a home in San Jose.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/30/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...This is fun. About as much fun as Adam Graves has had in a while. After a four-year...to the Sharks has been a good one for Graves. But it has been an even better move...what team wouldn't improve with Adam Graves on its roster? "He is a huge role model...
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Graves' long journey: Nothing minor about new Ducks closer's tips.
Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY); 5/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...save. Not after what he's seen. Danny Graves, current closer for the Long Island Ducks...that never went off from the war," said Graves, who spent the first 14 months of his...blow up, so you can't go there." Graves enjoyed his trip, which became the subject...
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Graves likes '05 Reds, calls team steroid-free Free-spirited closer aiming for success in final year of contract
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 2/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...pieces of art to his body easel, Danny Graves never does anything conservatively...Reds closer. It is never boring around Graves, whether he is trying to close out a...big credibility issue with him," said Graves. "But based on the excerpts, to be...
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Graves: Somebody score on me, please Worrywort closer thinks perfect spring would jinx season
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 3/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; SARASOTA, Fla. -- Danny Graves looks at the Cincinnati Reds spring...only good, it's fantastic. But to Graves, it is fatal. "I never like to leave...stupid, but I don't like it." Graves figures something dastardly might happen...
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Graves first architect tapped for NJ Hall of Fame.(ARCHITECTURE)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 10/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...announced that architect Michael Graves, FAIA, of Princeton, N.J., has been nominated for its Class of 2010. Graves' nomination was championed by the...Institute of Architects (NJAIA). Graves--the first architect to be nominated...
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Graves now worth his weight.(The Orange County Register)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...s national championship hopes, Jeff Graves would be a champion for bench players...Roy Williams, not kicks in the pride. Graves would have a sweet story, not a sweat...exactly what I needed," said a smiling Graves, who has been exactly what Kansas needed...
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Graves leads Panthers
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Pitt's Blue-Gold scrimmage, Antonio Graves missed his first jumper. Seven seconds...offensive rebound and kicked it back out to Graves, who calmly drained a 3. That may not...much, but it's an important step for Graves. Last year, he saw his playing time...
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Mass Graves.
Magazine article from: Nieman Reports; 6/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...killed in combat. The grave proved otherwise. Individual and mass graves provide vital evidence...believe to be a mass grave should not interfere with it. Mass graves are often mined or...Only photograph the grave and mark its location on a map. Mass graves can be easily tampered...
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Graves, Denyce 1964–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Denyce Graves 1964– Opera singer Nurtured...C., celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is international opera’s newest star. USA Today has predicted that Graves will likely be one of the twenty-first...
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Graves, Earl G. 1935–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Earl G. Graves 1935– Publisher, business...black business development, Earl G. Graves is the founder and publisher of Black...Black Enterprise —to which Graves contributes a monthly publisher’...
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Graves, Earl G. 1935—
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Earl G. Graves 1935— Publisher, corporate...black business development, Earl G. Graves is the founder and publisher of Black...Black Enterprise —to which Graves contributes a monthly publisher’...
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Robert Ranke Graves
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...While still in the Army, Graves proposed to Nancy Nicholson...poet whose work he liked, Graves invited her to work with Nancy...following 13 years, she dominated Grave's life and his work. In the beginning, Graves and his wife and his new companion...
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Graves, Michael 1934-
Book article from: American Decades
GRAVES, MICHAEL 1934- architect The Best of a New Generation Michael Graves was one of the most influential architects of the...States. As an educator at Princeton University, Graves influenced his students with his philosophy of architecture...
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