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Wilfrid Ward: A religious fabius maximus
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From 1903 to 1906 British politics was in tumult over tariff reform, and the Unionist government of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour was hanging by a thread. At one end of the party, Joseph Chamberlain was vigorously pushing for Empire-wide protection, and at the other end, others, equally vigorously, were defending the principle of free trade, with Balfour in between trying to keep his party from disintegrating. It was a thankless task, and one that, in the long run, Balfour ultimately failed t...
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The Lowdown: Mike's a builder. Can he fix all this? Balfour Beatty is up to its neck in the construction industry's biggest issues. Clayton Hirst meets the man with his head on the block
The Independent - London
; hat's the link between Railtrack, Turkey's Ilisu dam project, the part-privatisation of the London Underground, Birmingham's Northern Relief Road and Heathrow Terminal 5? The answer isn't the embattled Transport Secretary Stephen Byers, whose fingerprints are on most of the above. Nor is it simply
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The tale of the half-billion-pound sting The Victorian MP Jabez Balfour was a fraudster on a scale that makes Robert Maxwell look like a petty thief, says Andrew Roberts
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Jabez: The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Rogue by David McKie Atlantic, pounds 12.99, 284 pp pounds 11.99 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222 JABEZ SPENCER BALFOUR JP, MP was perhaps the greatest financial fraudster in British history, an embezzler on a Melmottian scale dwarfing the far lesser
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Ex-Hawk Balfour deserves to be honored
Chicago Sun-Times
; I got a fax from a chap who is trying to get a former Blackhawk into the Saskatchewan Hall of Fame. The player's name is Murray Balfour. Balfour's life story is a tragic saga. He was born in Victoria and moved to Regina when he was about 10. As most kids in Regina do, he played hockey and got the
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Mr. Balfour is 'gentle giant' with nine lives
The Gazette
; ... connection is much, much deeper than we actually lend credence to," Kaufer says. BILL RADFORD, THE GAZETTE CONTACT THE WRITER: Pet Pourri features news and tidbits about pet events, products and businesses. Contact 636-0272 or bill.radford@gazette.com.
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TWINS NOTES; Bullpen gets fresh arm; Class AAA starter Balfour gets opportunity.(SPORTS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer Grant Balfour began the season as a reliever, then missed three weeks because of a sore pectoral muscle. Once healthy, the Twins placed him in the starting rotation at Class AAA Rochester. The club needed to develop starting pitching to back up the major
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JABEZ SPENCER BALFOUR A FRAUD ABROAD.(British businessman and politician)
History Today
; David Rock tells the story of the rise and fall of a late Victorian Businessman and politician, and reveals the insights his career Throws on late nineteenth-century Argentina. A LENGTHY FILE in the British Foreign Office archive survives as one of the few testimonies to the scandalous career of
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Massachusetts-Based Jeweler L.G. Balfour Moving to Texas.(Originated from The Providence Journal-Bulletin, R.I.)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ... compensation packages. I just hope they treat us fairly, he said. Agle said he realizes that many employees are upset by the news. It's very emotional, he said. It's very emotional for me. In addition to its headquarters and manufacturing plant in the North ...
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Balfour Beatty's Olympic plan: Go for the silverINVESTINGMARKETPLACE by Bloomberg
International Herald Tribune
; Scott Hamilton International Herald Tribune 10-04-2007 Balfour Beatty shareholders might be winners after the company, the biggest construction firm in Britain, declined to enter the bidding for the 80,000-seat main stadium for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.Rather than compete for the flagship
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Balfour pays $362m for US military home builder Centex ; BUSINESS
The Independent - London
; The builder Balfour Beatty snapped up the American company Centex Construction for $362m ([pound]184m) yesterday to try to tap into growing spending on prisons, hospitals and military housing. The deal was hailed in the City and the shares were marked up 37.5p to 454.25p. Balfour said Centex was
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DIAMONDBACKS 5, BREWERS 2; A missed opportunity; Balfour's return is not a g'day
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... to have to start scoring a few more runs in the near future." Copyright 2007, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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