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Anthony Blair
Blair, Anthony ( ‘Tony’ Blair) (b. 1953). Prime minister. Educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and St John's College, Oxford, Tony Blair followed his elder brother William to Lincoln's Inn and qualified as a lawyer. He entered Parliament in 1983 as Labour MP for Sedgfield, Durham,... Read more |
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John Blair Jr
BLAIR, JOHN, JR. John Blair Jr., was among the original members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Nominated by President george washington, Blair began his term as an associate justice shortly after the Court's establishment on February 2, 1790. Considered a fair-minded, incorruptible jurist, he remained... Read more |
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Tony Blair
Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair), 1953-, British politician, b. Edinburgh. An Oxford-educated lawyer, he was first elected to Parliament in 1983 as the Labour party candidate from a district in N England. Articulate and telegenic, Blair rose quickly in the party organization. He was... Read more |
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Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair 1964- American speed skater American speed skater Bonnie Blair won six medals competing in three Winter Olympics Games, the second most medals won by a woman in the Winter Olympic Games (the first was Lydia Skoblikova ). Of the six, five were gold, making Blair the only American... Read more |
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Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown (James Gordon Brown), 1951-, British politician. From 1975 to 1980 he taught at Edinburgh Univ. and Glasgow College of Technology; he then joined Scottish Television (1980-83) as a journalist. He ran unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1979 but won a seat in 1983. As a Labour party ... Read more |
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Blair
Blair ♂, ♀ Transferred use of the Scottish surname, in origin a local name from any of various places named with Gaelic blàr ‘plain, field’. Outside Scotland, where it is a male name, it is found chiefly in North America, where it is also popular for girls.Variant: ... Read more |
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James Blair
James Blair 1656-1743, Church of England clergyman, missionary to colonial Virginia, and founder of the College of William and Mary, b. Scotland. At the request of the bishop of London, Blair traveled to Virginia in 1685 to revive and reform the church in the colony. He returned to England (1691)... Read more |
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Sally
Sally (1920), a musical comedy by Guy Bolton (book), Jerome Kern (music), Clifford Grey and others (lyrics). [New Amsterdam Theatre, 570 perf.] Sally Rhinelander ( Marilyn Miller), an orphan and a dishwasher at the Elm Tree Alley Inn, is befriended by her co‐worker “Connie”... Read more |
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Francis Preston Blair (Union general)
Francis Preston Blair 1821-75, American political leader and Union general in the Civil War, b. Lexington, Ky., son of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876). A St. Louis lawyer, Blair led the Free-Soil party in Missouri in 1848, served as state legislator (1852-56), and as Congressman (1857-59; June,... Read more |
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Blair Corp
Blair Corporation 220 Hickory StreetWarren, Pennsylvania 16366U.S.A.Telephone: (814) 723-3600Fax: (814) 726-6123 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1910 as New Process Co.Employees: 2,300Sales: $506.8 million (1998)NAIC: 45411 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses Blair Corporation is a retailer... Read more |
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