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Tom Mann

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tom Mann 1856-1941, British labor leader and socialist. He was an organizer of the 1889 London dock strike, which was an important step in the unionization of unskilled English laborers. Secretary (1894-97) of the Independent Labour party, he helped to organize (1902) the Labour party in Australia. Mann returned from Australia a proponent of syndicalism, and he was one of the founders (1920) of the British Communist party. He was jailed several times for his radical activities. Bibliography: See his memoirs (1923, repr. 1967). Author not available, MANN, TOM. , The Columbia... Read more
Mann, Tom
Mann, Tom (1856–1941). Socialist and trade union leader. Born near Coventry and apprenticed as an engineer in Birmingham, Mann moved to London in 1877 and was active in the Social Democratic Federation from 1885. He achieved notoriety as a leader of the... Read more
Mann, Tom
Mann, Tom (1856–1941). Socialist and trade union leader. Born near Coventry and apprenticed as an engineer in Birmingham, Mann moved to London in 1877 and was active in the Social Democratic Federation from 1885. He achieved notoriety as a leader of the... Read more

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Interview: Tom Mann discusses changes coming to the US Senate
; 00-00-0000 Interview: Tom Mann discusses changes coming to the US...00-9:00 PM LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: Tom Mann of the Brookings Institution joins...might be heading for the exits? Mr. TOM MANN (Brookings Institution): On the Republican... Read more
DIRECTOR MICHAEL MANN PACKS A LOT OF ACTION INTO ONE TAXI CAB -- ASK STARS TOM CRUISE AND JAMIE FOXX. JUST DON'T ASK FOXX TO DRIVE.
; ...Hollywood would dream about taking Tom Cruise for a ride. * Jamie Foxx...there, which is that I killed Tom Cruise. We should say that I almost killed Tom Cruise," Foxx says. * Cruise...man for the night in Michael Mann's "Collateral," which opened...I was behind the wheel when Tom Cruise ... Read more
Tribute to union pioneer Tom Mann.(News)
; ...was held to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Tom Mann's death on March 13, 1941. Tom Mann helped fight for the eight-hour working day and...D31242_1' CEREMONY... Union members pay tribute to Tom Mann and (above) Paul Shevlin. Pictures: James Balfour Read more
CITY OF ANGLES TOM CRUISE AND JAMIE FOXX SAW L.A. IN A NEW LIGHT WHILE SHOOTING MICHAEL MANN'S `COLLATERAL'.(U)
; Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer Michael Mann had an odd notion for depicting Los Angeles...as ``Chinatown,'' ``Training Day'' and Mann's own ``Heat,'' L.A. may seem like a familiar...sent the movie's mismatched antiheroes - Tom Cruise's implacable hit man Vincent, out...never shoot the city the way that ... Read more
Join Tom Cruise for a nocturnal white-knuckle thrill ride.(First look: Michael Mann's Collateral)
; ...he's gone digital. Michael Mann has returned to his genre roots...shift. Like Annie, Vincent (Tom Cruise) appreciates Max's expertise...Beattie's screenplay (with a Mann rewrite) is a Kammerspiel on...imperative as well as one of Mann's central preoccupations--professionalism...FBI agent, or a ... Read more
Cruise Control; In Michael Mann's latest, Tom's got perhaps his meatiest role yet.
; ...landscapes. A pulp Antonioni by way of Howard Hawks, Michael Mann is always gloriously, completely insane. And I wouldn't have...I'm not one to talk. Having grown up on TV memories of Mann's pastel Miami Vice brooding and the art deco introspection...psychotic Crime Story, I guess you can say I was inoculated ... Read more
Tom's just too good; Michael Mann's thriller may have the looks, but Cruise lacks the deepdown darkness to pull it all together.
; ...DOESN'T matter whether Michael Mann directs Al Pacino in The Insider...different proposition. Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a hit man in a cream...around like a bemused sheep. Mann's screenwriter, Stuart Beattie...high-definition, digital video cameras, Mann's cinematographer, Dion Beebe...gimmicky ... Read more
All night long Out and about with Sam Mann; Rossy saying his Rs as Ws wasn't a problem until it came to, 'How does Tom Hanks rank?'.(Features)
; Byline: Sam Mann HOT STUFF: Pop Idol DariusThis week I've been busier than a complaints...pronouncing his Rs as Ws. Which wasn't a problem until he came to the Tom Hanks cover entitled, How does Tom Hanks rank? Thank God I stopped myself from shouting, Wouldn... Read more
Tom's vain, obnoxious - and perfect; Collateral Director: Michael Mann Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith Certificate: 15 Time: 1hr 59mins ***** Code 46 Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton Certificate: 15 Time: 1hr 32mins ***** Ae Fond Kiss Director: Ken Loach Starring: Eva Birthistle, Atta Yaqub Certificate: 15 Time: 1hr 50mins *****.
; ...hinge on the shifting relationships between mismatched people. Tom Cruise's character in Collateral shouldn't really have relationships...thrillingly entertaining, though, is its look, as director Michael Mann is a master of seductive, flashy style. Mann was the man who devised Miami Vice - don't tell me ... Read more
THE BIG PICTURE: Cruising along in a tense thriller; Collateral (Cert 15) Stars Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dennis Farina and Irma P. Hall; director Michael Mann. 120 mins. Rating . . . .(Features)
; ...pretends. But director Michael Mann is one of the best in Hollywood...much more. Set in Los Angeles, Mann takes enormous care in capturing...by a grey-haired, grey-suited Tom Cruise who tries his best to...CAPTION(S): Jamie Foxx takes Tom Cruise for a ride; Tom Cruise looking older, ... Read more

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