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Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
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Gulf of Tonkin Incidents sporadic attacks during the
Vietnam War against U.S. naval destroyers in August 1964, that were in the Gulf of Tonkin for intelligence-gathering. Retaliatory hostilities that followed these led to the adoption of the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
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Bert Tonkin, Mike Dean; the duo responsible for S.F., Seattle, Portland shows celebrate milestones.
Magazine article from: Gifts & Decorative Accessories; 12/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Bert Tonkin and Mike Dean, who recently celebrated...credit for startup, however, belongs to Tonkin's aunt, Kay Leber. This legendary gift...with 15 exhibitors. She also convinced Tonkin, in 1953, to give up his plans to become...
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The Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships Continues Their Innovative Retail Strategy Through Online Negotiation.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 5/31/2009; 666 words
; ...2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- The Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships (http://www.tonkin.com/) forges automotive retail innovation...Marketing & Sales Operations for the Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships. After testing the...
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'DOC' TONKIN: A MAJOR-LEAGUE, ONE-GAME WONDER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/19/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Concord's own -- Harry Glenville (Doc) Tonkin, erstwhile major league baseball pitcher...nutty about the national pastime, has on Tonkin: born, Aug. 11, 1881, in Concord...Not exactly Hall of Fame numbers. But Tonkin, who did his growing up in Concord and...
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 "ORian (Portland, OR)")
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Ron Tonkin loses bid to sell tiny Smart cars in Portland.
Newspaper article from: ORian (Portland, OR); 4/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...Apr. 12--Portland auto dealer Ron Tonkin spent nearly two years and at least...made Smart cars. Now, it looks to Tonkin as if his trailblazing will benefit not...late last year, The Oregonian chronicled Tonkin's love affair with the two-seater...
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NADA Elects Oregon Dealer Ed Tonkin as 2010 Chairman
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has elected Edward C. Tonkin as chairman for 2010. Tonkin is vice president and general counsel of Ron Tonkin Dealerships in Portland, Ore. "It's humbling to be elected by your peers...
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Another right royal diversion for Tonkin
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 8/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; Heather Tonkin, the mother of Captain Mark Phillips...HEATHER Tonkin sits chain-smoking in the cluttered...all the time". Just weeks earlier, Tonkin had been charged with making a false report...
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U.S. Gold Reports Positive Feasibility Study for Tonkin Springs Gold Mine Project.
Business Wire; 5/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...third-party feasibility study for the Tonkin Springs Gold Mine Project located on the...U.S. Gold owns a 45% interest in Tonkin Springs with BacTech Mining owning 55...BacTech's feasibility study for the Tonkin Springs Gold Mine Project as prepared...
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World War II survival stories: Tonkin, Ballantine
Newspaper article from: Doings, The (Oak Brook - Oakbrook Terrace, IL); 7/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...soldiers was 27, but Hinsdale natives Bill Tonkin and Fred Ballantine only were 19 when the Army assigned Tonkin to the European theatre and the Marines...part of the Greatest Generation. BILL TONKIN: His experience fondly goes out to my...
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Guerrilla journalist: I.F. Stone and Tonkin
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Security Council debate on the Gulf of Tonkin affair. The independent left-wing journalist...press repeatedly in his own reports on the Tonkin affair, accusing his colleagues of...the Vietnam War.2 He cited the Gulf of Tonkin affair in particular as a case in which...
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US Gold's Tonkin Resource Estimate Increases to 1.76 Million Oz Gold; SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE GROWTH PRELIMINARY STUDIES SHOW GOOD GOLD RECOVERIES.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 5/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...the updated resource estimate for its Tonkin property, audited by the independent...ounce. Highlights are listed below: 2008 TONKIN RESOURCE HIGHLIGHTS - Total resource estimate...enhancing the project's potential. Tonkin Project Cortez Trend, Nevada USA The...
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Ron Tonkin Chevrolet Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Ron Tonkin Chevrolet Company 122 North East 122nd...811111 General Automotive Repair Ron Tonkin Chevrolet Company has 16 locations in the...the United States In 1960, Ronald Barry Tonkin, a native of Portland, became the youngest...
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION In August 1964 Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (78 Stat. 384), approving and supporting...S. destroyers in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. Johnson requested that...
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Tonkin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tonkin , historic region (c.40,000 sq mi/103,600...heartland of N Vietnam. The capital was Hanoi . Tonkin was bordered on the north by China, on the east by the Gulf of Tonkin, on the south by the historic region of Annam...
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Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Gulf of Tonkin Incidents (1964).In 1964, under OPLAN...with Vietnamese crews into the Gulf of Tonkin on convert raids against the North Vietnamese...x2013;2, the so‐called Tonkin Gulf Resolution, giving the President...
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (7 August 1964), resolution...in electronic espionage in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Maddox and USS...Bibliography John Galloway , The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution , 1971. Edwin E. Moise...
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