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John Forbes Kerry
John Forbes Kerry 1943-, U.S. politician, b. Denver, grad. Yale, 1966, Boston College law school, 1976. A decorated navy veteran who served two tours in Vietnam after graduating from Yale, Kerry won national notice as an outspoken opponent of the war when he returned stateside. Entering politics in... Read more |
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John Forbes
John Forbes 1710-59, British general in the French and Indian Wars , b. Scotland. He entered the British army in 1735, won distinction and promotion in the War of the Austrian Succession, and in 1757 was made a colonel and was sent to reinforce the expedition against Louisburg, Nova Scotia.... Read more |
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John Forbes Nash Jr
John Forbes Nash, Jr. 1928-, American mathematician, b. Bluefield, W.Va., grad. Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon Univ., B.A. and M.A. 1948), Ph.D. Princeton 1950. During a five-year period, beginning with his doctoral thesis in 1949, he established the mathematical principles... Read more |
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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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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson 1853-1937, English actor-manager. He was trained by Samuel Phelps, made his first appearance in 1874, and thereafter performed with the Bancrofts (1878), John Hare, and Henry Irving (1882). His portrayal of Hamlet was said to be the greatest of his time. In 1900 he... Read more |
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Alexander Monro
MONRO, ALEXANDER (PRIMUS) (b. London, England, 8 September 1697; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 July 1767) anatomy. Monro was the only child of John Monro, military, surgeon, and Jean Forbes, granddaughter of Duncan, Forbes of Culloden. John Monro Read more |
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Lindsay Rogers
Dulcy (1921), a comedy by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. [Frazee Theatre, 246 perf.] Dulcinea Smith ( Lynn Fontanne) is an ambitious but feather‐brained young lady given to spouting bromides and getting her husband, Gordon ( John Westley), into jams whenever she attempts to help him... Read more |
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Fort Duquesne
Fort Duquesne , at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, on the site of Pittsburgh, SW Pa. Because of its strategic location, it was a major objective in the last of the French and Indian Wars . The fort was begun by a group of Virginians in 1754 at the insistence of Gov. Robert... Read more |
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Henry Bouquet
Henry Bouquet , 1719-65, British army officer in the French and Indian Wars . A French Swiss, he came to America in 1756 and distinguished himself as second in command to Gen. John Forbes in the successful expedition (1758) against Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). In Pontiac's Rebellion he... Read more |
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Thomas Sumter
Thomas Sumter 1734-1832, American Revolutionary officer, b. near Charlottesville, Va. He served with Edward Braddock (1755) and John Forbes (1758) in their expeditions against Fort Duquesne in the French and Indian War, and later he fought against the Cherokee. He settled (1765) in South Carolina.... Read more |
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[ A JEWISH KERRY, AN IRISH FORBES ]
...CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING SENATOR JOHN FORBES KERRY? WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT...ferreted out the information that his Kerry grandfather was born Jewish and...he knew and when he knew it. John Forbes ... |
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The making of the candidates JOHN FORBES KERRY Often tagged as a political...
...snipers are dug in deep. John Forbes Kerry, then a 25-year-old...experience of his hero, John F. Kennedy, on the PT...war. That is what makes John an interesting guy; it's what makes him real." Kerry dismisses the film ... |
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THE RETURN OF JFK; John Forbes Kerry set to take on Bush in election.(News)
...initials JFK might just pull it off. John Forbes Kerry, who has never shied from noting...points ahead of North Carolina senator John Edwards. Weeks ago, with former...August. CAPTION(S): POLL STAR: John Kerry is confident ... |
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JFK; Will John Forbes Kerry win White House race?(News)
...opponent to George Bush. Senator John Forbes Kerry - who like Kennedy also hails from...place by another outsider, Senator John Edwards, 51, from North Carolina...from being the favourite a year ago John Kerry seemed dead in ... |
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JFK Will John Forbes Kerry win White House race?(News)
...opponent to George Bush. Senator John Forbes Kerry - who like Kennedy also hails from...place by another outsider, Senator John Edwards, 51, from North Carolina...from being the favourite a year ago John Kerry seemed dead in ... |
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A lovely Donnybrook. (William Floyd Weld and John Forbes Kerry vie for a...
...two patrician white beys, William Floyd Weld and John Forbes Kerry, going at it like a couple of Southie galoots. The...art of campaigning, cleverly done. By contrast, John Kerry is not a clever sort. He is a rich man--even more... |
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SENATOR JOHN FORBES KERRY CALLED ON PRESIDENT ASIF ALI ZARDARI.
...by the office of the President of Pakistan: Senator John Forbes Kerry, chairman of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee...President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Senator Kerry was accompanied by US Ambassador Mr. Cameron P. Munter... |
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More Smoke And Mirrors From John Forbes Kerry
...is always tempting to write about John Kerry's multiple personality disorder...role of the judiciary and abortion. Kerry first mocked President Bush for promising...Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia. Kerry's intent was to depict President... |
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Alastair Forbes, British journalist and Kerry kin
...an uncle of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has...He was 87.Mr. Forbes died Thursday in...son of James Grant Forbes, a lawyer from...was the mother of John Kerry, the Democratic...died in 2002.Mr. Forbes attended ... |
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REP. ESHOO, FORBES, MALONEY AND SENATOR KERRY &TORRICELLI TO INTRODUCE...
...ADV1SORY*ADV1SORY* Rep. Eshoo, Forbes, Maloney and Senators Kerry & Torricelli to Introduce Legislation...Eshoo (D-CA), Rep. Michael Forbes (R-NY), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N-Y) and Senators John Kerry and Robert Torricelli will hold... |
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