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P. J. Patterson

P. J. Patterson (Percival James Patterson), 1935-, Jamaican political leader, prime minister of Jamaica (1992-2006). A lawyer, he became an active member of the People's National party (PNP) in the 1950s. From 1972 to 1980 Patterson held various ministerial posts, including minister of finance. In 1989 he became deputy prime minister under Michael Manley , and when Manley resigned in 1992 Patterson was appointed party leader and prime minister. He won an electoral victory the next year and was returned to power in 1997 and 2002. In a time of economic difficulties for Jamaica, he pursued privatization and other free-market reforms, but crime remained a persistent problem, and his tenure was marred by corruption allegations. He retired in 2006, and Portia Simpson-Miller succeeded him as prime minister.

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Morgan, J.P.

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Morgan, J.P. ( John Pierpont) (1837–1913) US financier. Son of a rich banker, he formed what became the influential banking house of J. P. Morgan in 1871. He built a vast financial and industrial empire, financing and consolidating US industries, including the giant US Steel Corporation (1901).

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Caussade, J. P. de

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Caussade, J. P. de (1675–1751). French Jesuit and ascetic writer. His principal work is Abandonment to the Divine Providence. His teaching can be crystallized in his phrase ‘the sacrament of the present moment’, through which our will is to be united to God's at every moment through abandonment to, and trust in, God.

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