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McCormack, John
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McCormack, John (
b Athlone, 1884;
d Dublin, 1945). Irish-born tenor (Amer. cit. 1919). Without previous instruction, won gold medal at Nat. Irish Fest. 1903. Opera début (as Giovanni Foli) Savona 1906 (Fritz in
L'Amico Fritz). London début in concert 1907, later that year at CG; NY début, Manhattan Opera 1909; NY Met 1910. Member Boston Opera 1910–11, Chicago 1912–14. Last sang in opera Monte Carlo 1923 and devoted himself to concerts and recitals. Famous also for singing of Irish and sentimental ballads. Made papal Count, 1928. Last London concert 1938, but sang for charity and on radio during the Second World War and made recordings to 1942.
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McCormack not guilty of conflict of interest
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/29/1994; ; 700+ words
; Former Attorney General Edward J. McCormack Jr. was cleared of a conflict of interest...evidence prosecutors used to try to prove McCormack's guilt actually helped to demonstrate...drop a second misdemeanor charge against McCormack. A bitter McCormack asserted that Harshbarger...
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SEAN MCCORMACK ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SEAN MCCORMACK HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 8/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...14, 2006 SPEAKER: SEAN MCCORMACK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF...volunteers, but... MCCORMACK: No, I'll let them...been some discussions? MCCORMACK: There's a rolling start to those. For example, John Hillen, our assistant...
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MCCORMACK'S CROWN JEWELS ROWES WHARF, GOVERNMENT CENTER GARAGE TOP HIS INTERESTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/30/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...after White left. Three McCormack deals, including the garage...Boston market. Rubin found McCormack and together they prospered...Appeal chairman at the time, John W. Priestley, who was a partner of McCormack's in yet another 1983 deal...
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MCCORMACK GETS DOUBLE-TEAMED OPPONENTS PRESS HIM FROM LEFT, RIGHT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...issued a one-man hit list with McCormack's name on it in a mailing...preliminary, has repeatedly lumped McCormack with fellow at-large incumbents...and School Committee member John A. Nucci, a challenger...preliminary, have also zeroed in on McCormack, criticizing his contributions...
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McCormack says it's time to move on
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/6/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...the real estate industry." McCormack said he is proud of the moderating...tenant groups worked against McCormack in the next council elections...School Committee president John Nucci courted the tenant vote...700 votes shy of unseating McCormack. To retain his seat that year...
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SEAN MCCORMACK HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire; 8/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...14, 2006 SPEAKER: SEAN MCCORMACK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF...volunteers, but... MCCORMACK: No, I'll let them...been some discussions? MCCORMACK: There's a rolling start to those. For example, John Hillen, our assistant...
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MCCORMACK PARK RECALLS A POLITICIAN WHO NEVER FORGOT HIS OWN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/19/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...Prince or pauper, the door to John McCormack's office was always open to...your roots,' in summation of John McCormack's political philosophy," said...small park, because so much of John McCormack's life was centered on the family...
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MCCORMACK SEEN IN TIGHT COUNCIL WIN OVER NUCCI
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/8/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...incumbent Michael J. McCormack apparently eked...Committee member John A. Nucci for...not credited to McCormack that should have been," said John Donovan Sr...Salerno, 35,223; McCormack, of the West...Boston, 30,578; John N. Flanagan of...
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IMG founder McCormack changed structure of sport
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...sports." And since Mark McCormack, who founded and was...his clientele, Pope John Paul II, perhaps we...what McCormack desired. McCormack, born in Chicago and...included Wayne Gretzky, John Madden, Andre Agassi...was a brilliant man, McCormack, but also an obsessed...
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Edward J. McCormack Jr., 73; influential politician, lawyer
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...neighborhood character Edward J. "Knocko" McCormack. He graduated from South Boston...College in Waterville, Maine, St. John's Prep School in Danvers and Randle...His congressman uncle, John W. McCormack, who later became speaker of the...
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John William McCormack
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John William McCormack U.S. Congressman John William McCormack (1891-1980) served in the House of Representatives...United States during the Irish potato famine in 1848. John McCormack was born into a family of 12 children, but only three...
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McCormack, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
McCormack, John (1884–1945). Irish tenor who took American citizenship in 1917. After studying in Italy, McCormack made his British operatic début at Covent Garden in 1907...
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Powell v. Mccormack
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Powell v. Mccormack, 395 U.S. 486, argued 21 Apr. 1969, decided 16 June 1969 by...that a lawsuit against members of Congress, including House Speaker John McCormack, violated the legislative immunity protected by the Speech and Debate...
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John McCormack
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John McCormack 1884-1945, Irish-American tenor, b. Athlone, Ireland. He made his debut in London in 1907. In 1909, Oscar Hammerstein...
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IMG
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...sportscasters like Bob Costas and John Madden; and models (sometime...IMG was founded by Mark Hume McCormack, who was born in Chicago in...taught to him by his father. McCormack was an accomplished enough...match with Wake Forest that McCormack played against Arnold Palmer...
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