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The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.(Book review)
The Christian Century
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August 21, 2007|
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The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America. By Richard M. Fried. Ivan R. Dee, 304 pp., $27.50.
MOST PEOPLE know Bruce Fairchild Barton as the author of the 1925 best seller The Man Nobody Knows, which portrays Jesus as a first-rate executive who knew he was destined for greatness. H. L. Mencken once quipped that such popular entrepreneurial religion turned John the Baptist into the first Kiwanian.
But Barton was far more important and influential than his status as a one-hit wonder would suggest. Richard M. Fried, professor of history at the ...
 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Anna M. (Gleason) Barton, 85.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; HOLDEN Anna M. (Gleason) Barton, 85, of 21 Flagler Dr., died Wednesday, May 16...Worcester, after an illness. Her husband, George F. Barton, died in 1973. She leaves four sons, Bruce D. Barton and his wife Holly of Holden, James H. Barton and...
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One hot Robot: sci-fi film icon Robby enjoying a retro renaissance.(Fred Barton Productions Inc.)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; ...also the keenest thing 4-year-old Fred Barton had ever seen. Robby remains his life passion, and today, Fred Barton Productions Inc. takes in about $1 million...for Robby may kick up even more. For Barton, who has made fewer than 100 of the replicas...
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The forgotten imagemeister: ad-man Bruce Barton was the most formidable operative in American politics--until he took on FDR.(On Political Books)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly
; The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making Of Modern America By Richard M. Fried Ivan R. Dee, $27.50 When Bruce Barton died in 1967 at the age of 80, a colleague...everybody knew --a play on the title of Barton's best-selling 1925 life of Jesus, The...
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Aszure all over.(DANCE MATTERS)(Aszure Barton)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine
; Canadian-born Aszure Barton, 30, has been a practicing choreographer...no ignoring her. This month and next, Barton and her flexibly populated group of dance...resident in Spoleto and Jacob's Pillow. Barton and some of her dancers will also participate...
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 "Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)")
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Barton has let me down - Big Sam.
Newspaper article from: Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)
; ...admitted there were words spoken between the two after Barton - said to have had a minor ankle problem - learnt he was...future will soon be discussed with chairman Chris Mort, and Barton will almost certainly be fined heavily by the club. Asked about Barton's actions, Allardyce said: Yes, I feel let ...
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Hitting the high notes: Carol G. Barton has been instrumental in strengthening Affiliated FM over the past seven years into an operating unit that works with companies in the middle-market property insurance sector.(profile)
Magazine article from: Risk & Insurance
; ...executive, but it's the one that Carol G. Barton successfully chose nearly 30 years ago...typing skills and a business school degree, Barton entered the world of insurance as a secretary...Three decades later, at the age of 51, Barton is one of the industry's top-ranking female...
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 "Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England)")
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Thug Barton faces the boot.
Newspaper article from: Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England)
; DISGRACED Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton is today hanging on by his fingernails...in Manchester's Minshill Crown Court. Barton changed his plea to guilty at the last...did so. Prosecutor Richard Varden said Barton punched Mr Dabo, 31, a French international...
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Ashley plans talks on Barton future.
Newspaper article from: Shields Gazette (South Shields, England)
; JOEY Barton is hoping to be back at Newcastle United...report in a national newspaper today that Barton had already been sacked by Newcastle has...dismissed by a club official. Instead, once Barton is sentenced later today, the source said...
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Barton named prexy of U.S. customer operations at Xerox Corporation. (Richard S. Barton) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet
; Richard S. Barton, who for the past two years has served...Operations for Xerox Corp., Stamford, Conn. Barton, whose office is in Rochester, N.Y., also...president of the firm. In his new job, Barton's responsibilities include marketing and...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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GOP to spread political word to area pastors.(Religion)(The national party dispatches conservative David Barton to speak on Christianity's U.S. history and churches' rights and boundaries)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...America's founding. The speaker, David Barton, is the head of a group called Wallbuilders...President Bush's home state of Texas. Barton is one of the leading spokesmen for the...violate the intent of the nation's founders. Barton's keynote address at noon Tuesday at Eugene...
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