Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson 1935-2006, American boxer, b. Waco, N.C. He was brought up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was sent to the Wiltwyck School at Esopus, N.Y., an institution for emotionally disturbed boys, where he first began to box. As an amateur he won 40 of 44 fights, climaxing his career by winning (1952) the Olympic middleweight championship. As a professional, he lost only one fight before knocking out Archie Moore (1956) to become, at 21, the youngest man to win the heavyweight title. He successfully defended his title four times before losing it to Ingemar Johansson, of Sweden, in 1959. Patterson knocked out Johansson a year later to become the first man ever to regain the heavyweight title. In Sept., 1962, Patterson lost the championship to Sonny Liston by a first-round knockout. Despite the defeat, Patterson continued to box, finally retiring in 1972. Once director of New York state's off-track betting, he became a trainer in the 1990s.
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Oxford Automotive Arranges for Significant Capital Investment.
PR Newswire; 1/18/2002; 700+ words
; ...part of its ongoing restructuring plan Oxford Automotive, Inc. announced today...to make a significant investment in Oxford by infusing new capital into the company and converting its holdings of Oxford bonds into Oxford equity. Selwyn Isakow...
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Oxford raises half of capital it needs.(Oxford Health Plans Inc.)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 3/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; Oxford Health Plans raised $360 million last week...CEO, replacing Chairman Stephen Wiggins. Oxford reported it lost $291.3 million in 1997...New York County Medical Society to force Oxford into arbitration over unpaid medical bills...
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Oxford Shakespeare topics. (Review Essay).(ten books on Shakespeare)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Andrew Gurr and Mariko Ichikawa. Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres. (Oxford Shakespeare Topics.) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 181 pp. $39.95 (cl), $19.95 (pbk). ISBN: 0-19-871159...
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Oxford Unveils Restructuring Plan That Focuses on European Operations; * Restructuring Around Growing European Business * McCalla, Alabama Facility Sold * Negotiations Ongoing for Other U.S. Facilities * U.S. Subsidiaries Named in Chapter 11 Filing.
PR Newswire; 12/7/2004; 700+ words
; ...Mich., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Automotive announced today a comprehensive...its U.S. operations while enabling Oxford to continue to focus on its successful...mechanisms operations in France and Turkey. "Oxford's European operations have performed...
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Oxford losing customers as it pushes for profits; Penny-pinching angers members, docs; is insurer prepping for a sale?(Oxford Health Plans)(Company Business and Marketing)
Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Aggressive steps by Oxford Health Plans Inc. to boost profits are...plan's actions are seen as a sign that Oxford is dressing itself up for a sale. Competitors...membership and brand preference from Oxford will take place." In the second quarter...
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Oxford Health Launches Oxford USA.
PR Newswire; 6/25/2001; 700+ words
; - Oxford Teams With First Health for Out-of-Area...TRUMBULL, Conn., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: OHP) today...its newest health insurance product -- Oxford USA. It combines the strength of Oxford...
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Oxford's Rx for ailing Medicare plan. (Oxford Health Plans Inc.)
Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business; 3/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...in its Medicare managed care business, Oxford Health Plans Inc. is negotiating to have...treating the insurer's Medicare members. Oxford is trying to cut its Medicare losses where...them," says an executive familiar with Oxford's strategy. "They are divesting themselves...
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Oxford inspired by business spin-offs' pounds 200m flotation.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/18/1998; 700+ words
; The professors of Oxford University might live in a world of dreaming...between academia and industry. The flotation of Oxford GlycoSciences, which carries out medical gene research, and Oxford Assymetry International, which develops complex...
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Oxford Development, Lenders Agree To Restructure $1 Billion in Debts
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/2/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...Executives of the financially strapped Oxford Development Corp. in Bethesda, the nation...billion of the company's mortgage debt. Oxford also said that it plans to focus on managing...units of the completed properties." Oxford declined to disclose how many employees...
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Oxford Molecular Signs Deals with University of Washington and Southwest Parallel Software
PR Newswire; 9/3/1997; 700+ words
; LONDON, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Molecular Group plc announces the signing...software tools. These agreements complement Oxford Molecular's recent acquisition of GCG...the University of Washington reaffirms Oxford Molecular's commitment to supply novel...
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Oxford Industries, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Oxford Industries, Inc. 222 Piedmont Avenue Atlanta...1545 Public Company Incorporated: 1960 as Oxford Manufacturing Company Employees: 9,800...x2019; s/Misses ’ Outerwear Nec Oxford Industries, Inc., one of America...
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Oxford
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Oxford a city in central England on the River Thames; site of Oxford University , the oldest English university, comprising...founded in 1249. The university was established at Oxford soon after 1167, perhaps as a result of a migration...
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Oxford Bags
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Oxford Bags Young people attempted to set themselves...the twenty-first century. In 1924 at Oxford University in Great Britain, a small group...forty inches wide. They came to be known as Oxford Bags, named for their excessively baggy...
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University of Oxford
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
University of Oxford In company with the other twelfth-century universities of Paris and Bologna, Oxford can claim to be among the oldest of the...unclear. All that can be said is that Oxford recognizably became a university between...
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Oxford University
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Oxford University. When the quarrel between Henry...developing a similar institution arose at Oxford. The town was already the residence of...Until the dissolution of the monasteries, Oxford came within the diocese of Lincoln, with...
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