Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of (1621–83). Politician. As chancellor of the Exchequer 1661–72, Shaftesbury (then Lord Ashley) was a minor but hard-working and able member of Charles II's early ministries. Promoted to the more prestigious office of lord chancellor in 1672, and made an earl, his deism and attachment to parliamentary government put him at odds with the king's increasingly obvious pro-French and pro-catholic policy and its sinister threat of royal absolutism, and he was dismissed in 1673. He then went into systematic opposition. From 1679 he led the
‘Exclusion’ campaign to bar the catholic duke of York from the succession, exploiting the
Popish plot to generate anti-catholic feeling. Despite poor health, he succeeded in unifying the disparate opposition groups in Parliament into an electorally successful party of ‘Whigs’ and employed demotic and propagandist tactics to rouse popular support. Hounded in his last months on a charge of treason, he died in Holland early in 1683.
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Making the exotic ordinary.(Great Moments IN WORLD TRADE)
Magazine article from: World Trade; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Minor Cooper Keith was twenty-three years old when he came...government of Costa Rica had contracted with Keith's ailing uncle to connect its capital...its payments. Soon the Brooklyn-born Keith owned a half-built, passenger-less...
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Banana split.
Magazine article from: World Watch; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...banana trade boomed as the Old World transplant became the world's most widely consumed fruit. The business that Minor Cooper Keith started became the United Fruit Company - still the world's largest fruit producer - now known as Chiquita Brands...
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CORPORATION COMMISSION
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 3/22/1988; 700+ words
; ...David C. Cook, Guardian of David Thomas Cook, a minor; E. Keith Cooper; Carol Ann Magness; Margaret Elizabeth Krieger a...Opal Canada; Carlton W. Canada; Ronald L. Canada; Keith A. Canada; Mrs. Joseph J. Milam a/k/a Johnnie...
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FIFA says refs still don't have it right on red cards
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/19/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...into handing out punishment for minor contact. Keith Cooper, FIFA's chief spokesman...the disciplinary action,'' Cooper said. ``There is some room...caused by Blatter's statements, Cooper replied: ``That is a conclusion...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Cooper's fizz for Cidermen; MINOR COUNTIES.(Football)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/21/2001; 443 words
; ...Oxfordshire when play resumes in their Minor Counties championship match at Banbury...they bowled out the Cidermen for 208 with Keith Arnold taking six wickets for 81. Ben...went on to score 318. Seam bowler Kevin Cooper took five of their wickets for 80 to take...
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Drug Market Security Detailed in Edmond Trial;Trip Wires, Shouts Helped Dealers Elude Police, Officer Testifies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/21/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...from the bottom, focusing on some of the minor characters in the organization-such as Keith Cooper, an alleged lieutenant in the street operation...1988, business was so brisk that defendant Cooper emerged repeatedly from a basement to replenish...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Prynne takes solo award as Cornwall club tries new format ; Local rider Jason Prynne claimed the big solo prize of the day, winning the Open final in a meeting staged by Cornwall Solo Grass Track Club
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 4/9/2009; 613 words
; ...to Chesney King with Keith Snelling fifth and Stephan...following bike and suffer minor injuries. Another rider...Meadows fifth and Richard Cooper sixth. Masters took...Stephan Maunder with the minor placings filled by Keith Snelling, Ryan Julian...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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ANGELS NOTEBOOK: EDMONDS WILL TRY NO. 2 SPOT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 3/11/1999; 700+ words
; ...purposes; and catcher Fausto Tejero and pitchers Mike Bovee, Mike Butcher, Brian Cooper, Seth Etherton, Lou Pote and Keith Troutman were returned to minor-league camp. ANGELS UPDATE Wednesday's recap: Giants beat Angels 6-5. Barry...
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Giants Denounce the Notion They're Nine-Point Favorites
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/20/1987; ; 691 words
; ...sprained ankle, incurred Jan. 4 against New England, has healed. He also said offensive guards Keith Bishop and Mark Cooper have overcome minor injuries and are expected to practice Wednesday. Taylor suffered a deep thigh bruise in the Giants...
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Practitioners take on hernia repairs to cut waiting times: specialist nurses to take on minor surgery and diagnostics under waiting time initiative.(news)
Magazine article from: Nursing Standard; 7/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...to reduce surgical waiting lists. Nurses will also carry out minor surgery and diagnostic tests for bowel cancer as part of the...on this new role.' Nurses in Leicester will be performing minor surgery, such as wart and skin tag removal, in the area...
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Minor Cooper Keith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Minor Cooper Keith Minor Cooper Keith (1848-1929) was an American railroad and banana entrepreneur...developed bananas as one of the country's cash crops. Minor Cooper Keith was one of the extraordinary men of both Costa Rican and railroading...
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Costa Rica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of Tomás Guardia (1870-82). In 1874, Minor Cooper Keith founded Limón and introduced banana cultivation. Keith also started the United Fruit Company. Later many tracts...
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Henry Meiggs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...received a contract for the construction of this road, the enterprise was actually carried out by one of his nephews, Minor Cooper Keith, and it was completed 14 years after Meiggs's death. In spite of the highly favorable terms which the Chilean...
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Tomás Guardia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...undertook the building of a costly ocean-to-ocean railroad, financed and directed by the United Fruit magnate Minor Cooper Keith . Although basically a military strong man, Guardia is generally credited with having laid the groundwork of Costa...
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