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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. 4101 Washington AvenueNewport News, Virginia 23607U.S.A.(804) 380-2000Fax: (804) 380-3114 Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tenneco Inc.Incorporated: 1886 as Chesapeake Dry Dock & ConstructionCo.Employees: 19,950Sales: $1.8 billionSICs: 3731 Ship... Read more |
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Ed Gordon
Ed Gordon1960- Television and radio news personality Ed Gordon emerged in the late 1990s as one of the hottest news personalities in the highly competitive business. For many years, Gordon was a leading news anchor for the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network. During his early years with... Read more |
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David Brown
Brown, David 1916–PERSONALBorn July 28, 1916, in New York, NY; son of Edward Fisher and Lillian (maiden name, Baren) Brown; married Liberty LeGacy, April 15, 1940 (divorced, 1951); married Wayne Clark, May 25, 1951 (divorced, 1957); married Helen Gurley (an author and editor), September 25, 1959;... Read more |
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Battle of the Falklands
Falklands, battle of the, 1914. After dispatching Craddock's squadron at the battle of Coronel, von Spee's ships rounded Cape Horn and on 8 December 1914 attacked the British installations at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. However, the Germans unexpectedly found themselves fighting a much... Read more |
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Soviet Union. TASS
TASS TASS, the Telegraph Agency of the USSR, was founded in July 1925 with the goal of centralizing control over the distribution of foreign news in the Soviet Union under the oversight of the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs and the Soviet of Peoples' Commissars (Sovnarkom ). Until the collapse of... Read more |
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Edward R. Murrow
MURROW, EDWARD R. 1908-1965 T ELEVSION NEWS REPORTER Early Career in Radio Edward R. Murrow virtually invented modern radio and television news. Renowned for his thoroughness, fairness, and curiously charismatic seriousness, Murrow began his career at CBS News in 1935 ... Read more |
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The Associated Press
The Associated Press 450 West 33rd StreetNew York, New York 10001U.S.A.Telephone: (212) 621-1500Fax: (212) 621-5447Web site: http://www.ap.org Private CooperativeIncorporated: 1848 as Associated Press of New YorkEmployees: 3,700Sales: $630.1 million (2004)NAIC: 519110 News Syndicates;... Read more |
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Connie Chung
Chung, Connie 1946-PERSONALFull name, Constance Yu-Hwa Chung; born August 20, 1946, in Washington, DC; daughter of William Ling (a financial manager and former diplomat) and Margaret (maiden name, Ma) Chung; married Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (a talk show host, news broadcaster, and producer),... Read more |
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Lou Dobbs
DOBBS, Lou 1945–PERSONALBorn September 24, 1945, in Childress, TX (some sources cite Idaho); married Debi Segura; children: Chance, Jason, Hilary, Heather. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1967.Addresses: Contact—c/o Lou Dobbs Money Letter, Phillips Investment Resources, 7811 Montrose Rd.,... Read more |
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