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Trilateral Commission
Trilateral Commission BIBLIOGRAPHY Constituted of over three hundred leading politicians, businesspeople, and intellectuals from Western Europe, Japan, and North America, the Trilateral Commission was founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller, then chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank. Rockefeller had... Read more |
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Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission
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United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission
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William Cameron Forbes
William Cameron Forbes 1870-1959, American business executive and diplomat, b. Milton, Mass. He entered the mercantile house of his grandfather, John Murray Forbes, in Boston and was a partner in the firm after 1899. Appointed (1904) to the Philippine Commission by President Theodore Roosevelt, he... Read more |
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Harold Raynsford Stark
Harold Raynsford Stark 1880-1972, American admiral, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, he was commissioned (1905) an ensign in the navy. After service in World War I, he filled several important naval administrative posts. In 1939, Stark was made admiral and... Read more |
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Jacques Santer
Jacques Santer (Jean Jacques Santer) , 1937-, Luxembourg political leader and European statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered politics as a member of the Christian Social party in 1965 and later held several ministerial posts, notably finance minister (1979-84). Santer became Luxembourg's... Read more |
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Municipal Corp.s Act
Municipal Corporations Act, 1835. A corollary to the 1832 parliamentary reform was local government reform. As with the Poor Law, the Whigs prepared the way with a royal commission to investigate the existing municipalities. This apparent willingness to precede reform by systematic inquiry was less... Read more |
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Lee Herbert Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton 1931-, U.S. politician, b. Daytona Beach, Fla. A lawyer (J.D. Indiana Univ., 1956), he left private practice after winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964, and served 17 terms as an Indiana Democrat. In Congress he was a leading Democratic spokesman on... Read more |
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Flooded Vt. town struggles to ID cemetery remains
...Rochester cemetery commission, Sue Flewelling...to where they picked out that they...glinting in the post-storm sun...their loved ones' graves had been affected...flooding to disturb graves; hundreds were...places means some ... |
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Atchison County judge selected as MO Supreme Court finalist
...Appellate Judicial Commission after 5:30 p...Matt Blunt to fill the July vacancy...Limbaugh Jr.The commission has selected Atchison...release. They also picked two Western District...circuit judge post, according to...opted for Kay ... |
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AFTER A YEAR, JOB TENURE ON LINE LEWISTON AIDE FACES CIVIL SERVICE EXAM SATURDAY
...to the then-new post on Jan. 7, 1992...one of its hand-picked people depart...27,000 for the post, whose duties include...county Civil Service Commission said "about a dozen...state Civil Service Commission under specifications...have big ... |