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St. Joseph native Etta Cox returns to Missouri for this year's Coleman Hawkins festival
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Both Coleman Hawkins and Etta Cox have had their greatest musical
success after leaving their native St. Joseph. But unlike Hawkins,
Cox made a contribution to local history while still living here.
Cox, then known as Etta Green, was just 14 years old back in 1962,
when she took the stage at Krug Park Bowl with the St. Joseph
Symphony, becoming the first black person to perform there. It's a
musical memory that she still holds among her most cherished.
"There was a little article...
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Jets should thank Cox for much of their success
Sporting News
; This was Bryan Cox in late July: out of work, out of shape and nearly out of hope, playing softball and looking for a job in broadcasting after being released by the Bears. This is Bryan Cox in early January: runstuffing brute, pass-rushing terror and, according to former Dolphins coach Don Shula,
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Review: Recording "Coleman Hawkins: The Centennial Collection"
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... Our critic Jim Fusilli also writes about music for The Wall Street Journal. (Soundbite of music) SIEGEL: You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Content and Programming copyright 2004 National Public Radio, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Cox's balancing Act: SEC Chairman Christopher Cox came in with a reputation as a business advocate. But his job is a complicated one, and he seems to be taking a cautious approach that aims at finding a middle ground between the interests of business and investors.(PROFILE)
Financial Executive
; Christopher Cox entered the small hearing room on the fourth floor of the Russell Senate Office Building and walked the 50 blue-carpeted feet to the mahogany witness table without stopping to schmooze. It was Wednesday, April 18, at 10 a.m. on the dot, the starting time for the hearing on how the
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Archibald Cox: 'A Man of Grace and Dignity'
The Washington Post
; Archie Cox and I were both in the Harvard Law School Class of 1937, although in different sections. Nevertheless, I frequently monitored a course on public utilities taught by Felix Frankfurter in which Mr. Cox was a student. One day, Mr. Frankfurter called on Mr. Cox, one of his brightest
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Before the deluge In the matter of Cox vs. Nixon, the mild professor lost -- and won
The Boston Globe
; ARCHIBALD COX Conscience of a Nation By Ken Gormley. Addison-Wesley. 585 pp. Illustrated. $30. The sky was crisp and "cobalt blue" over Washington that October afternoon, but a grave constitutional crisis soon darkened the atmosphere. By nightfall, President Nixon had succeeded in firing the
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Jazz jam will follow Coleman Hawkins park ceremony Sunday
St. Joseph News-Press
; Coleman Hawkins is widely considered the father of the tenor saxophone. That title means quite a lot in the world of jazz and music. If it weren't for him turning what once was considered a novelty piece into a serious instrument, there probably wouldn't have been a John Coltrane, Stan Getz or any
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OBITUARY: Sir Trenchard Cox
The Independent - London
; Trenchard Cox was the best-liked director of the Victoria and Albert Museum of the last half-century; a man whose wisdom, kindness and classless outlook inspired the widespread loyalty and support of the museum's staff. He was regarded with a respect bordering on devotion by all but the most
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Coleman Hawkins to have Downtown park named after him at Sunday ceremony
St. Joseph News-Press
; ... The park at Felix Street Square will be dedicated as Coleman Hawkins Park at a ceremony scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. News- Press columnist Alonzo Weston, who has campaigned for the name change, says it's entirely fitting for an artist of Hawkins ...
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John Swanson. (Cox Broadcasting)
Broadcasting & Cable
; Cox Broadcasting has been one of the more active station groups in ramping up for DTV. After committing $13 million in 1996 for Sony to build a new all-digital plant for WSB-TV Atlanta, Cox began experimental DTV broadcasts there in October 1997. So far, WSB-HD has just been broadcasting
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FOOTBALL: PATRIOTS DAY: THE DOLPHINS: The rock of talk - Bryan Cox has harsh words and hard hits for opponents.(Sports)
The Boston Herald
; Bryan Cox is, according to Miami fullback Rob Konrad, As sharp as a marble. Buffalo and Miami fans alike remember when the Patriots defensive co-captain - then in a Dolphins uniform - flipped his middle finger at the crowd in Buffalo. Dig through the 10-plus seasons of the 33-year-old Cox's NFL
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