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Stamp-collecting news and notes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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Byline: Dominic Sama
A block of four U.S. commemoratives was issued this month honoring four early football heroes.
The Postal Service issued the 37-cent stamps at the induction of 15 modern-era football greats in ceremonies at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.
The stamps honor Harold "Red" Grange, Walter Chauncey Camp, Ernest Alonzo Nevers and Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski.
Grange (1903-1990) was one of five children born in the village of Forksville, Pa., where his father worked as a logger. After his mother died when ...
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Lagos, former UWM star, finds field of dreams With Tampa Bay, he's just happy to be healthy
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...old as sport itself, but coming from Manny Lagos it sounds genuine. "I just want to be on the field and contributing any way I can," Lagos said. Considering what's happened to Lagos since joining Major League Soccer, he's lucky...
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LAGOS HAS GROWTH SPURT.
Magazine article from: WWD
; ...manufacturers to relax and enjoy the ride. But Steven Lagos, founder and designer of the firm that bears his...here and preparing to open his third freestanding Lagos store. The 22-year-old Lagos line, with estimated annual sales of about $62...
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Miami and Lagos: A tale of twin cities
Newspaper article from: Westside Gazette
; ...Miami has Islands that are mainly business districts, which house some skyscrapers. In Lagos Nigeria, there is the Lagos Island, which is a part of the big Lagos as different from the mainland. The island is also a major business district, which...
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Profile: Lagos, Nigeria, is an example of what happens when a city's infrastructure crumbles from too many residents
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Lagos, Nigeria, is an example of what happens...Nations says that by the year 2015, Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, will become...double in the next decade and a half. Lagos long has had a reputation for being overcrowded...
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NIGERIA-DEVELOPMENT: LAGOS -- TWO SIDES TO THE CITY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...Service English News Wire 05-06-1997 LAGOS, May 5 (IPS) -- Rickety buses and unnerving...all of Nigeria's 250 ethnic groups, Lagos means different things. Several sayings...Eko by the local people, but renamed "Lagos de Curamo" by Portuguese merchants in...
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POLITICS-CHILE: SOCIALIST LAGOS WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...IPS) -- Socialist candidate Ricardo Lagos triumphed in Chile's presidential run...Concertacion por la Democracia coalition. Lagos, 61, an attorney and economist, defeated...s president-elect, socialist Ricardo Lagos promised to lead the country guided by...
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ELECTIONS-CHILE: LAGOS, MODERN-DAY HEIR TO ALLENDE'S SOCIALISM
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...SANTIAGO, Dec. 9 (IPS) -- Ricardo Lagos hopes to become the second Socialist president...Salvador Allende was elected in 1970. If Lagos, the front-runner in the polls, wins...with more than 71 percent of the vote. Lagos thus became the candidate of the alliance...
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At last, something is happening in Lagos
Magazine article from: New African
; The UN has predicted that Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, will...people. Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State, talked to Kaye Whiteman about...aspires to proper world-city status. Lagos has a dreadful reputation. There was...
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Deja Lagos Presidencia con numeros favorables.(Internacional)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México)
; ...de que el Presidente chileno, Ricardo Lagos, asumi su gestin en 2000 en medio de severos...chilenos estn satisfechos con la gestin de Lagos y eso ha beneficiado a la candidatura de...de la buena gestin en materia social de Lagos. Lagos aument la cifra de empleo y subi...
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ANALYSIS: THE OPTIMISM OF RICARDO LAGOS
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...2004 Analysis: The optimism of Ricardo Lagos SANTIAGO, Chile, Jun 08, 2004 (United...decided stride, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos approaches the last stretch of his six...his stature as a respected statesman, Lagos delivered a message charged with optimism...
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