Congressional Medal of Honor
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Congressional Medal of Honor a gold medal occasionally awarded by Congress for exceptional achievement not involving armed combat. Often confused with the
Medal of Honor, a military decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor may be awarded to any U.S. citizen.
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Pullman builds on historic roots // Former company town pulls together for revival
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/24/1987; ; 700+ words
; Welcome to Historic Pullman, considered "the world's most perfect...railway sleeping car inventor George M. Pullman built it as a model industrial community...about community pride. The residents of Pullman do all the time. What's more, they...
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Pullman a sleeper; Spending alone won't manufacture tourism.(historic preservation and tourism development dogged by weak economy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; Pullman's place in history is certain, but its...houses built by railcar magnate George Pullman, but the famed Hotel Florence is closed...E. Coston, president of the Historic Pullman Foundation, advocate an ambitious vision...
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David Pullman, The Financier Who Rocked the Music Industry With Pullman Bonds, is the Subject of the International Bestselling Author Linda Davies, 'Something Wild'.
Business Wire; 5/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 Based on Pullman's first Deal for David Bowie, "Something...Intellectual Property in the Music Business David Pullman, the financial entrepreneur who rocked...music industry with the invention of the "Pullman Bonds(TM)," the first for David Bowie...
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Pullman plans steam ahead Series: RESTORING PULLMAN
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...dormant plan to convert at least part of the Pullman Palace Car factory into a rail museum...million to assist preservation efforts in Pullman as part of a planned $12 billion state...step in building a museum," Historic Pullman Foundation President Robert Fioretti said...
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Pullman takes big risk in odd 'Goat'
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Pullman takes big risk in odd 'Goat' By SIMI...April 1, 2002 New York -- Actor Bill Pullman, who plays the tormented protagonist in...work is open to interpretation. Indeed, Pullman, 48, maintains that he, too, has been...
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Rebuilding Pullman's heart Series: RESTORING PULLMAN
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; Pullman's Market Hall tells a neat little story...town. The genius and beauty that created Pullman - and the warts, idiosyncrasies, paradoxes...Railroad car manufacturer George M. Pullman built the Romanesque food market and meeting...
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Pullman Porters, Creating A Black Middle Class
Transcript from: NPR Fresh Air; 5/8/2009; ; 700+ words
; DAVE DAVIES NPR Fresh Air 05-08-2009 Pullman Porters, Creating A Black Middle Class Host...and became an agent of social change, the Pullman porters. They got their name from George Pullman, who started a train company in the 1860s...
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Pullman Bonds - Alternative Investments To Volatile Stock Market And Low Yielding Money Markets.
Business Wire; 8/14/2002; 635 words
; ...NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2002 The now legendary Pullman Bonds(TM), created by the pioneering David Pullman, Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Pullman Group,(R) LLC, are celebrating their fifth anniversary as an alternative...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Pullman's goal to swim Saturday Elgin senior ready for 4th straight state meet competition; will be joined by 3 teammates on relay team.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...High School senior girls swimmer Kyle Pullman, making the trip to the North Shore in...old. "No, it never gets old," said Pullman. "It's always new. All of the girls' times keep getting better every year." Pullman is included in that category and will...
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Pioneering Pullman
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 10/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; In the 1880s, the area now known as the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side was just marshland. It was there that George Mortimer Pullman, president of the Pullman Palace Car Co., decided to build an industrial...
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY One of the last industrialists to operate a company town, George Mortimer Pullman (1831 – 1897) entered adulthood fueled by ideas and ambition. Pullman stepped into his deceased father's business...
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The Pullman Strike
Book article from: American Eras
The Pullman Strike Businessman. George Mortimer Pullman, the son of a farmer and carpenter born in upstate New...Pioneer. ” With a shrewd eye for promotion, Pullman lent his car to the federal government to bear the body...
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Pullman Strike
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
PULLMAN STRIKE The Pullman Strike of 1894 was one of the most influential events in the history...What began as a walkout by railroad workers in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, escalated into the country's first national strike...
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Pullman, George
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
George Pullman Born: March 3, 1831 Brocton, New York...Illinois American industrialist George Pullman was an American industrial businessman...Childhood and early career George Mortimer Pullman was born on March 3, 1831, in Brocton...
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Pullman Porters
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Pullman Porters Ironically, the position of Pullman porter, which was designed to capitalize on the legacy of...the twentieth century. At the end of the Civil War, the Pullman Sleeping Car transformed travel in the United States. Though...
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