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Holding Court: Jester brings renewed optimism to the football program at Fort Mill High.
Fort Mill Times (Fort Mill, SC); 8/9/2006; 651 words
; ... Fort Mill High football coach Rusty Jester. Jester had to hit the ground running this year ... school system. But, being a quick learner, Jester is coming to grips with things. Retired from ... system with more than 30 years of experience, Jester comes to Fort Mill with optimism when it ...
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Profile: Controversy surrounding the selection of England's first official court jester in more than 350 years
NPR Special; 11/30/2004; ALEX CHADWICK; 787 words
; ... selection of England's first official court jester in more than 350 years Host: ALEX ... approval of England's first national court jester in more than 350 years. Naturally ... London. Mr. NIGEL RODER (National Court Jester): Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! (Soundbite ...
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Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester around the World.(Book Review)
Journal of World History; 12/1/2003; Peterson, Barbara Bennett; 787 words
; ... rld's oldest historical figures--the court jester--was researched and explained by ... Everywhere. She concludes that the court jester was a universal phenomenon appearing ... Circumstances are humanized by the court jester to allow the ruler to see things ...
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Okla. Leadership in Law profile: Hon. Melanie J. Jester, U.S. District Court, Western District
THE JOURNAL RECORD; 5/1/2007; 385 words
; ... and a law degree, Jester began her career ... the U.S. District Court for the Western ... process through the court decisions rendered," said Jester, who also is an ... American Inn of Court. In addition, she ... Services. In 2003, Jester received the Oklahoma ...
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No joke: History agency aims to hire court jester
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/5/2004; 157 words
; LONDON (AP) -- Wanted: court jester. English Heritage, guardian of ... someone to be the nation's first court jester since 1649. An ad appearing in ... salary, English Heritage said. The court jester's position died along with King ...
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Even despots need a good laugh: Across time and culture, court jesters tickle the ruling funny bone.(Features)(Books)(Page 20)
The Christian Science Monitor; 5/17/2001; 596 words
; ... popes, and princes has been the court jester. It is the premise of Beatrice ... book, Fools Are Everywhere, that court jesters have been found in almost every ... Europe, to the Aztecs and Hopis. A jester might be a simpleton or a scholar ...
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Tonga says court jester took nest egg
The Independent - London; 6/8/2002; Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles; 210 words
; ... meagre fortune - to the official court jester and promptly lost it in a string ... and given the official title of court jester. Entrusted with the kingdom's nest-e ... chastened by the whole experience. "The jester has so many implications for the ...
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Tonga files suit to recover $26 million it entrusted to `court jester'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/6/2002; Khanh, Truong Phuoc; 787 words
; ... happens when you let the court jester invest the nation's savings ... who later was named royal court jester by the king, conspired with ... he's doing more than just jester; he fooled us all, said Mateni ... been avidly following the news. In California's Bay Area ... sought, and received, ...
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Tonga says court jester took nest egg.(Foreign News)
The Independent (London, England); 6/8/2002; Gumbel, Andrew; 209 words
; ... meagre fortune - to the official court jester and promptly lost it in a string ... and given the official title of court jester. Entrusted with the kingdom's nest-e ... chastened by the whole experience. The jester has so many implications for the ...
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San Francisco Bank Employee Turned Tongan Court Jester Is Accused of Fraud.
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 6/5/2002; 779 words
; ... happens when you let the court jester invest the nation's ... later was named royal court jester by the king, conspired ... doing more than just jester; he fooled us all ... avidly following the news. In the Bay Area, a ... and received, the court jester role, Tapueluelu ...
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