title: Karl Schirdewan

texts: Saxony as a regional power hub politically. Although he had been working closely with the Party Central Committee since the party's foundation, it was only in May 1953 that he was co-opted as a member. He became the head of the Central Committee's newly created "Chief Organ of the Party and of Mass Movements" on July 26, 1953. The high point of <mask>'s political career was in the mid 1950s.He is second only to Walter Ulbricht in the national hierarchy, according to sources. He remembered that he had achieved his eminence because of the Soviet Union and not because of Walter Ulbricht. The two men didn't like each other. Ulbricht was known to have been close to senior East German politicians, such as Paul Merker, who had experienced career-breaks or worse, after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The East German SED sent a delegation to the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party in Moscow in February of 1956, which included relations with Nikita Khrushchev. Walter Ulbricht was one of the delegates from Berlin. The 20th Congress is remembered by historians for a speech by Nikita Khrushchev in which he spelled out the mistakes of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin.The speech was delivered after the formal business of the congress had concluded, and because it was a long speech, it was still being delivered during the early hours of 25 February 1956. Press reporters and delegates' guests were excluded from a closed session of senior party members. Slowly, its contents leaked out. Khrushchev's "secret speech" was one of the most famous speeches of all time. When congress delegates were allowed to view copies back in 1956, <mask> was given the task of creating a note of it using the German translation that Kremlin officials had prepared. It was clear to Schirdewan, as it must have been to many

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texts: delegates, that Khrushchev's speech opened up huge risks for his own career and for the future political direction of the Soviet Union and of "Communist" Central Europe. It appeared to open to way to a form of communist state more open to progress and less dependent on oppression, which was part of Khrushchev's calculation.While <mask> was open to such possibilities his fellow East German delegates, taking their queue from Ulbricht, reacted with horror to the possibility that new political trends in Moscow might threaten the stranglehold that the communist states such as East Germany held over their people. "Secret Speech" Khrushchev's wish to open up the Soviet past to scrutiny was in stark contrast with Walter Ulbricht's approach, and tensions between the two leaders over this, and over Khrushchev's determination to improve access to West Berlin from West Germany Hardliners in the politburos of various countries, including the Soviet Union, outnumber reformers following the Secret Speech. The obvious personal tensions in Ulbricht's relations with his Soviet counterpart encouraged East German Politburo members with reformist tendencies to contemplate a scenario under which Soviet pressure, manipulative skills, and simple power might enforce the replacement of Ulbricht. In 1957, talk of <mask> as Ulbricht's potential successor was intensified in order to block such a possibility. According to his successor, Khrushchev distributed a written account of Stalin's crimes to the 18 million Soviet citizens who were also Communist Party members, and who now discovered that their idol was a mass murder. Reactions in the Soviet Union were mixed.When the revelations of the crimes committed by Stalin and his followers found their way to the party leadership in East Germany, they were

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texts: accompanied by an internal document which included a guide on how the revelations should be interpreted, together with an estimation of how the revelations would be impacting Soviet society. After returning to Warsaw following the 20th Party Congress, <mask> met Nikita Khrushchev again at the funeral of the Polish leader, Bolesaw Bierut, who had died suddenly. Khrushchev was angry that the Ulbricht government in Berlin communicated his publicising of Stalin's crimes to the party leadership. During a visit to East Berlin in 1957, Khrushchev invited <mask> to give his opinion on the possibilities of a more collaborative relationship with Social Democratic parties. <mask> said that the left-wing elements in the youth movements of the Social Democratic Party worked well with the Communists. The leader of the Soviets pressed for more information and suggested that <mask> should go to the Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss the future with him. <mask> had already taken his holiday entitlement for 1957, so a second holiday would need to be approved by his boss.Ulbricht replied with a single word, "Ach!". It's not clear how long <mask> had been arguing the case for reform with his Politburo colleagues in Berlin, but it's clear that his relationship with Ulbricht was not good by 1957. There wasn't a second holiday. Downfall Within the East German leadership, <mask> continued to urge colleagues to respond more actively to the de-Stalinization agenda coming out of Moscow throughout 1957, with the further possibility that this might open the way for German reunification on acceptable terms. The return to show trials was a sign of the hardliners' views on de-Stalinization. The sentences handed out to Wolfgang Harich, Walter Janka and their alleged fellow conspirators in 1957 were less savage

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texts: than those received by Gnter Stempel in 1952, and the propaganda accompanying the show trials in 1957 was less shrill than it had been. There was no indication in the government's domestic policy that the communist regime was going to follow Khrushchev's ideas.In Hungary, the aftermath of the Secret Speech had culminated in a government declaration of intent to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact at the end of October, and a Soviet military intervention with tanks on the streets of Budapest in November. The hardline group headed up by Molotov had apparently come into line with Khrushchev. With Khrushchev distracted and possibly losing influence in Moscow, Walter Ulbricht felt strong enough to move against <mask>. In 1957, <mask> and other reformers resigned from key offices. <mask> was kicked out of the Party Central Committee on February 5, 1958. The expulsion was attributed to "Factionalism" and was accompanied by a stern rebuke. The expulsion came despite a plea from Khrushchev at a meeting in Moscow a couple of weeks earlier, in which Ulbricht had agreed that <mask> should at least retain his Central Committee membership.From the perspective of the national leadership team, <mask> was seen as a "punishment job" when he was placed in charge of the National Archives at Potsdam. Thirty years later, little was heard of <mask>. In 1964 or 1965, he retired from the national archives. Sources are different as to which. He outlived Walter Ulbricht and even the German Democratic Republic. East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED) reinvented itself in preparation for East Germany's first democratic general election, emerging at that time as the Party of Democratic Socialism. His widow is still a member of the "Council of elders" three decades after the PDS rehabilitated him.<mask> gave

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texts: at least one substantial interview as he lived long enough to contribute to the historiography of East Germany. He published a book in 1994 about his nemesis, Walter Ulbricht. He died in 1998 and his second autobiographical volume was published that year. Gisela collected <mask> from the airport on his return from hearing Khrushchev speak in Moscow and married him. There are indications that the couple were postponing having children because of political uncertainties. At Schirdevan's funeral in 1998, the leader of the PDS addressed mourners, including Schirdevan's wife Gisela, his four children, his grand children and other relatives. The number of his grandchildren was not given, and sources focused on his political career are silent on his private life.The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany Party of Democratic Socialism is made up of politicians from


title: Alan Musgrave

texts: <mask> is an English-born New Zealand philosopher. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Musgrave studied philosophy and economics. <mask>'s PhD was supervised by Karl Popper. As a lecturer, Musgrave worked as a research assistant. <mask> was the head of the department from 1970 to 2005 and was appointed the chair of the philosophy department in 1970. At his appointment, he was 30 years old. They edited Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge.It is the best-selling volume of the 4 volumes that record the confrontation at the London Conference. Common Sense, Science and Scepticism was published in 1992. Essays on Realism and Rationalism was published in 1999. The Festschrift: Rationality and Reality: Conversations with <mask> was edited by Colin Cheyne and John Worrall. Secular Sermons: Essays on Science and Philosophy was published in 2009. The Otago Philosophy's ranking in New Zealand's Performance Based Research Funding is one of his non scholarly achievements. The philosophy department at the University of Otago was ranked the best performing department in New Zealand in both 2003 and 2006 surveys.The University of Otago started a funding campaign in 2010 to raise money for a scholarship in his honor. The university's highest research honour was given to <mask> in 2012 His main interest is in philosophy of biology. The study of Charles Darwin was the largest part of his career. He has defended scientific realism and scientific rationalism throughout his career. He has attacked a variety of ideals, most recently by extending the argument known as Stove's "Gem". <mask> can be considered a nominalist if he argues for a position that he calls "pleonastic Platonism".The position claims that confusions within our language lead to Platonic entities. The Greek word for excessive is plionastic. Sir Karl Popper was his teacher at the London School of Economics and influenced many of his works. While in

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texts: theory 'X'. Scientific theory 'X' is correct.If a scientific theory generating correct novel predictions is true, then it is reasonable to believe that theory 'X' is true. Novel predictions are generated by scientific theory 'X'. It is reasonable to think that scientific theory 'X' is true. The latter argument has been argued to be less controversial than the former one. The Miracle Argument and novel predictions are some of the things he argues for. He tries to remove scepticism about realism by saying that he is no more wrong to believe in a theory's truth than an instrumentalist is to believe in a theory's usefulness. Both philosophers have the same chance of being wrong, as well as an explanation of events that the instrumentalist does not have.He sees no reason that the name of the game shouldn't explain the phenomena. Anti-realists point out that the principle can only be justified through circular reasoning. The best way to arrive at justification of 1) is to argue that the principle has escaped serious criticism and therefore is reasonable to accept. Why should a principle that has escaped serious criticism be accepted? It is a principle that has escaped serious criticism. The consequence of Musgrave's critical rationalism is the boot-strapping. Musgrave is quick to point out that anti-realism has nothing better to offer, and that not all circles are so vicious.In his book Essays on Realism and Rationalism, <mask> attacks the most prominent anti-realist views, including those of Nancy Cartwright and Bas van Fraassen. All major forms of philosophy are strongly argued against by Musgrave. The History page of the Philosophy Department in the University of New Zealand notes the presentation of the paper "Conceptual Idealism and Stove's Gem" by Musgrave at Florence. References 1940s births Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics New Zealand philosophers English philosophers Critical


title: Michele Mariotti

texts: The conductor of Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an Italian who was born in 1979. He made his opera debut with Il barbiere di Siviglia in October of 2005, after graduating from composition of Pesaro's Conservatorio Rossini. His repertory included nine Rossini and eight Verdi operas, as well as symphonies of Beethoven, Bruckner and Schubert, and the Rossini Stabat mater. After the Rossini opera in Salerno, <mask> conducted opera in Firenze (Zaninelli's Snow White in its Italian premiere); in Fano (Gianni Schicchi); and in Bologna. During the launch period, he gave concerts in Italy and abroad. The success of a filmed run of Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna led to the appointment of <mask> as the theater's direttore principale. He began a major career after taking over from Daniele Gatti.In Bologna, <mask> has conducted productions in his capacities as direttore principale and then direttore musicale. Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero, Le nozze di Figaro, and Cos fan tutte were all written in 2011. There are regular subscription concerts with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, in its home theater, and at the Teatro Auditorium Manzoni, the base of Orchestra Mozart. These concerts feature Beethoven's symphonies. The Rossini Opera Festival was anchored by the opera company in Bologna for thirty years. <mask> attended his home town's most visible summer event. The first two operas of Guillaume Tell, a 2010 Sigismondo and a 2012 Matilde di Shabran, were filmed for the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.In Rossini's Stabat mater, he conducted the Bologna forces. The Mnchner Symphoniker has guest-conducted the German ensemble in works by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Bruckner, among others. He made his debut at the Bavarian State Opera with Semiramide. On September 12, 2009, <mask> conducted Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Washington National Opera. He performed the same opera in a different

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texts: production and with a different cast at Los Angeles Opera. In 2012 he led Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera and he has since returned to conduct four other productions with that company. He joined the Oregon Symphony Orchestra in Portland in 2012 and performed Rossini in Chicago two years later.During the Bologna company's September 2011 tour to Japan, <mask> led performances of Carmen and I puritani. <mask> conducted Don Pasquale at the Teatro Regio di Torino in 2009, Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 2010, and L'italiana in Algeri at Bilbao's Palacio Euska in 2011. He has led operas at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro Comunale in Florence, and the Teatro Verdi in Busseto. He conducted La donna del lago at the Royal Opera House in London and Ipuritani at the Bastille Opéra in Paris. He has guest-conducted the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, and the house orchestra of the Teatro Real in Madrid. He led concerts at the Festival de Radio France in Montpellier and the Thétre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In 2016 <mask> added I due Foscari to his repertory, conducting it as a return engagement at the Teatro alla Scala.He led his first performances of two French operas, one in Berlin and the other in Bologna. After a run of Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, o sia Bellezza e Cuor di ferro (Beauty and Ironheart) in which they both participated, <mask> married a Russian opera singer. She was born in 1980. They live in the Pesaro area. The four are close friends and the men were introduced by a mentor to one of the men, a former artist manager for both the younger and the conductor. Italian male conductors (music) 1979 births Living people Conductors of the Metropolitan Opera People from Pesaro 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male

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title: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

texts: <mask> is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series. He is the Chief Creative Officer. The son of a senior Nicaraguan World Bank official grew up in Washington, D.C., and later became an Ambassador to the US and Foreign Minister. He graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2003 with a Masters Degree in English literature and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University. During his first year at Yale, he wrote Say You Love Satan, a romantic comedy spoof of the Omen movies, and The Muckle Man, a serious family drama with supernatural overtones. During his last year at Yale, he produced Rough Magic, which 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 While


title: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

texts: working as a publicist at the Shakespeare Theatre, he had an opportunity to attend a week-long playwriting workshop under Paula Vogel at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.On April 4, 2003 Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta was scheduled to premiere Archie's Weird Fantasy, a new play by <mask>-Sacasa. Archie Comics issued a cease and desist order the day before the play was scheduled to open, threatening litigation if the play proceeded as written. Sean Daniels is the artistic director of Dad's Garage. If Archie was portrayed as being gay, it would tarnish his image. It opened as "Weird Comic Book Fantasy" a few days later. As Archie Comics' chief creative officer, Aguirre-Sacasa would later develop the television series. The Mystery Plays in New York, which won a writing award the previous year from the Kennedy Center, was one of the plays produced in 2003There were several productions of new and old works. Based On A Totally True Story was staged at the prestigious Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. The Advocate asked, "Which came first, being a comic-book nerd or being gay?" He said he was a comic-book nerd before he knew anything about being gay or straight. He said he loved superheros before he knew he was gay. Good Boys and True, about a graphic sex tape that begins


title: Jho Low

texts: <mask> is a Malaysian businessman and international fugitive sought by authorities in connection with the 1MDB scandal. He is accused of being the mastermind of the massive fraud, which prosecutors say was a scheme to snatch US$ 4.5 billion from 1MDB into <mask>'s personal accounts. The US government said he was the beneficiary of many discretionary trust assets because of payments from the Malaysian 1MDB fund. <mask> travels extensively through major cities in China. In November 2020, Al-Jazeera reported that <mask> was living in Macau in a house owned by a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party. Despite a red alert from the Malaysian police, he was able to travel freely. <mask> will not submit to any jurisdiction where guilt has been predetermined by politics and where there is no independent legal process, maintaining his innocence throughout the 1MDB scandal.He claims that Malaysian authorities are engaging in a campaign of harassment and political persecution due to his previous support of the former Prime Minister. <mask> was born to a wealthy Malaysian Chinese family and grew up in George Town on Penang Island. His family has kept a low profile. His grandfather was a businessman. In the 1960s and 1970s, he had interests in iron-ore mining and liquor distilleries in Thailand, as well as real estate in Thailand, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. MWE is an investment holding company founded by <mask>'s father. <mask> was the youngest of three siblings.He attended Chung Ling High School and The International School of Penang. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is an alumni of the school. He rubbed shoulders with students from powerful families, including royals from the Middle East and Brunei. He developed a close relationship with the stepson of a Malaysian Prime Minister. After completing his undergraduate program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, <mask> began to manage

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texts: money for his friends and family. At Wharton, <mask> developed a reputation for being dishonest and corrupt, for example, he would spend hours researching a plot to bribe the class teaching assistant to write an essay for him, so that he wouldn't have to do homework. <mask> is able to speak Malay, English, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Teochew.In 2015, <mask> said that his family had considerable independent means and that he had often claimed to be investing and making purchases on behalf of other investors. While a New York Times article suggested that his family was deflated, a Wall Street Journal profile called him a "scion." The Kuwait Finance House's purchase of a luxury high-rise apartment building in Kuala Lumpur was Career Low's first major deal. According to The New York Times, <mask> formed an investment group that included a Malaysian prince, a Kuwait sheikh and a friend from the United Arab Emirates who went on to become ambassador to the United States and Mexico. <mask> consolidated his fortune into Jynwel Capital and was the principal steward. As steward of Jynwel, <mask> cultivated relationships with some of the world's largest and mostReputable sovereign wealth funds, including Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Co and the Kuwait Investment Authority. The acquisition of New York's Park Lane Hotel for US$660 million was one of the deals that Jynwel is connected with.Jynwel Capital tried to buy Reebok from Adidas in October of 2014, but failed. Red Granite Pictures is responsible for films such as Wolf of Wall Street and Dumb and Dumber To. The US Government took actions to recover the rights in both movies. The settlement states that the payment should not be construed as an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of Red Granite. Low is a financial deal maker for high net worth individuals and international institutions. The Prime Minister of Malaysia was named in 2009. He became president of the board

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texts: of advisers for 1MDB.Although <mask> never received an official position, he admits that he occasionally "consulted" with 1MDB, and was involved in a number of transactions connecting his own interests with those of 1MDB, which he claimed were "arms-length and legally sound." According to the Wall Street Journal, a shell company under the control of <mask>'s family trust owned a $32 million Manhattan condo that was sold to a shell company controlled by Razak's stepson. A home in Beverly Hills known as the pyramid house for a gold pyramid in its garden was owned by a shell company controlled by the <mask> family trust and was sold and transferred to Razak's stepson. In October of 2016 a red notice was published by the International Criminal Police Organization regarding Singapore's request to locate and arrest <mask> in an investigation related to 1MDB fund flows within its jurisdiction. A representative for Singapore's police said that the request for assistance to arrest <mask> was rejected by the Hong Kong authorities. Arrest warrants were issued for <mask> despite the fact that no crime had been committed in the 1MDB matter. The filing of these charges leading to the arrest warrant was described by a spokesman for <mask> as a political reprisal by the Mahathir regime.In light of the warrants, some consider him a fugitive as he has reportedly been sought by the Malaysian authorities in connection with the 1MDB matter, notwithstanding that <mask> agreed to assist with the probe. According to the South China Morning Post, <mask> is still involved in Hong Kong companies. Even though Malaysian authorities are looking to arrest him in connection with the 1MDB scandal, he signed documents for a private equity firm and a charity in July of last year. He was said to have been in talks with the Malaysian government, but they did not come to a deal. KimKardashian received a US$325,000 white car as a wedding gift. Leonardo

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texts: DiCaprio returned Picasso and Basquiat paintings, and Miranda Kerr returned diamond jewellery with a market value of US$8 million, after the Department of Justice sought their return from other famous celebrities who had received gifts from <mask>. The Wolf of Wall Street was nominated for an Oscar.During one of the awards ceremonies, Leonardo DiCaprio thanked <mask>. A production company backed by <mask> threw a party in France that included a performance by West. The US Government sought the return of millions of dollars in assets from the Malaysian 1MDB wealth fund. The United States Department of Justice indicted <mask> and two other people in connection with the 1MDB allegations. On October 31, <mask> entered into a global, comprehensive settlement with the US government forever resolving all civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings concerning asset forfeiture claims against various Low-linked assets. The settlement did not resolve the government's underlying money-laundering and bribe-taking charges and is unrelated to the criminal case against him. <mask> was linked to the Burning Sun scandal, where he was implicated in a K-pop sex scandal.On June 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges. <mask> and the Vice Minister of Public are alleged to have engaged in undisclosed lobbying campaigns at the direction of <mask>. According to newspapers, <mask> was granted a Cyprus passport in September 2015. It was reported that <mask> obtained a passport after investing in property in Cyprus. There was no warrant against <mask> for the 1MDB scandal, but he was already under investigation. The leak of the Cyprus Papers, which revealed that the Cyprus government granted citizenship to Cambodian elites, led to scrutiny of the Cyprus citizenship investment scheme. The Prime Minister of Malaysia was funded with 1MDB cash by <mask>, who had personal connections to the Razak family.Even though <mask>'s

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texts: close friend claimed the concert was for charity, it was criticized by the local opposition government for being unfair electioneering. According to the United States Department of Justice's indictment, <mask> was involved in a conspiracy to gain access to, and potentially influence, Barack Obama's 2012 campaign without revealing the foreign origins of the money funneled to Obama's Super. According to the indictment, <mask> directed the transfer of US$21.6 million from foreign entities to Pras in order to funnel money into the US election. Higginbotham, a former Justice Department employee, pleaded guilty to setting up bank accounts for a lobbying campaign against the US investigations into the 1MDB scandal. A spokesman for <mask> stated that he had never made a campaign contribution in the United States. The FBI is looking into whether a $100,000 donation to Trump Victory came from <mask>. If the Justice Department ended its probe into 1MDB, $75 million was offered to the businessman and his wife, according to the Wall Street Journal.In June 2021, <mask> was charged by a federal grand jury for running a back-channel campaign to get the Trump administration to drop an investigation of <mask> and the 1MDB investment company. <mask> was a high-profile social life before he became an international fugitive. Money was pilfered from the 1MDB fund to fund <mask>'s lavish lifestyle. Kimora Lee Simmons was one of his associations. He dated a Taiwanese singer and a Victoria's Secret model. Kerr gave $8 million in jewellery to the US government in June of last year. She was in a romantic relationship with <mask> when he gave her the jewellery.Donations have been made to various charities by Philanthropy <mask>. Critics claim that <mask>'s charitable giving is part of a public relations strategy to burnish his image and that the money provided to various charities was stolen from 1MDB. There is a list of fugitives from justice

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title: Hiroshi Wajima

texts: He was a professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 54th yokozuna and the only wrestler with a collegiate background to reach its highest rank. He was a professional sumo player from 1970 to 1981 and won 14 tournament titles. After several scandals, <mask> left the sumo world and became a professional wrestler. He made his professional debut in January 1970 at the age of 22, after graduating from Nihon University, where he was twice the amateur sumo champion. He could begin in the third highest division if he was given makushita tsukedashi status. He reached the jry division after just two tournaments after being perfect in his first 14 matches.He was promoted to the top division in 1971. He took his first top division ysh or championship in May 1972 after finishing as runner-up in the November 1971 and January 1972 tournaments. After winning his second championship with a perfect 15–0 score in May 1973, he was promoted to yokozuna. In November 1973, he became the first wrestler ever to withdraw from a tournament while still winning it, after winning his first championship as a yokozuna. He lost the next day with his hand bandaged after he split the webbing between his fingers in his Day 12 win over Takanohana. He won the championship with a 12–2–1 record despite sitting out the last two days because his only challengers had a fourth loss. <mask> won three titles in 1974 but then went into a slump and didn't win another title until March 1976.He was overshadowed by Kitanoumi, his junior, in the late 1970s. While <mask>

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texts: had a good personal record against him, Kitanoumi began to win their later encounters and overtook him in terms of championships won. <mask> had a 23-21 record against him. He retired in March 1981 after taking his fourteenth and final championship. He held the third highest number of top division ysh in history, behind only Kitanoumi and Taih. <mask> was seen as a contrast to the strong and silent Kitano. He was the only man to reach yokozuna who did not use a traditional shikona.He was the first collegiate competitor to be promoted to yokozuna. He was nicknamed the "Sumo Genius" because of his college background. His other departures from sumo norm included having his hair permed before growing a topknot, staying in luxury hotels and driving a Lincoln Continental whilst on regional sumo tours. He was a good friend and rival of Takanohana. The two were promoted to zeki at the same time. <mask> was famed for the power of his "golden left arm" which he would use to down his opponents, and he had a preferred grip on the mawashi. His favourite kimarite was yori-kiri and tsuri-dashi.<mask> retired from sumo in 1981 after marrying the daughter of the previous stablemaster who had reached the mandatory retirement age. His time there was controversial. He did not live in the stable, preferring to commute. There were no top-division wrestlers left when Hanakago declined to the point. He was demoted from his position as a judge after his wife attempted suicide. The marriage ended in divorce. He was forced to resign from the Sumo

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texts: Association in 1985 after it was revealed that he was heavily in debt due to the failure of his restaurant and had put up his share in the Association as a loan.Wrestlers from the stable went to the Hanaregoma stable. <mask> turned to pro wrestling to pay off his debts. The owner of All Japan Pro Wrestling convinced him to join his promotion. He made his debut in 1986. <mask> was pushed as a star because of his status as a former yokozuna, who turned to pro wrestling. accumulated injuries from his sumo years limited his potential as a professional wrestler, and he ended up retiring from the game in 1988. He and The Great Kabuki defeated Jerry Blackwell and Phil Hickerson in a recorded match on December 16.He had a good relationship with the Sumo Association because of his wrestling career. <mask> worked with the Cuban national sumo team after quitting as a wrestler. He was the tourist ambassador for Ishikawa Prefecture. He returned to the Kokugikan for the first time since leaving the Sumo Association in 1985 and was a guest of NHK on the day of the bouts with his friend Demon Kogure. <mask> played the father in a short film written and directed by Demon. He lost his voice after undergoing surgery for pharyngeal cancer in December of 2013). While he had difficulty speaking, he was able to remain physically active, going for a 50-minute walk every day.<mask> died at his home in Tokyo. He was 70 years old. List of past sumo wrestlers List of sumo tournament winners List of sumo tournament runners-up List of yokozuna

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title: Brian Griffin (photographer)

texts: <mask> was born in 1948 and is a photographer. He was named the "photographer of the decade" by The Guardian in 1989. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Arts Council, British Council, Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. There was a baby born in the city on 13 April 1948. He attended Halesowen Technical School and grew up in the Black Country. He started working in a factory at the age of 16. He worked in engineering for the British Steel Corporation, first making conveyors and later manufacturing and installing pipework in nuclear power stations.After joining a local camera club, he studied photography at the Manchester School of Art, which became part of Manchester Polytechnic, where he graduated in 1972. After college, he moved to London to work as a fashion photographer. He took a job as a corporate photographer for the London-based business magazine Management Today and later publications, including Accountancy Age, Computing, and Marketing. A print of his 1974 photograph "Rush Hour, London Bridge" is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. By the 1980s, he was known as a corporate photography expert. His first solo show was in London. While working in the music industry, he landed his first gig with Stiff Records.His work shooting businessmen translated well to many of the groups of the time who also dressed in suits and ties, such as The Jam and Elvis Costello and the Attractions. He took pictures of acts such as Peter Gabriel and R.E.M. over the next few years. One of the best color photographs ever shot was his work on the A Broken Frame album cover. The photograph is on the cover of "World's Best Photographs 1980–1990". His work appeared in


title: Brian Griffin (photographer)

texts: a number of publications. The background of his photographic subjects, many of whom were workers and tradesman, was drawn upon by his father's death from lung cancer. His photographic style has since been referred to as capitalist realism.Although the term has been used to describe other forms of art, he is credited with being the first to develop the style in photography. He doesn't know who came up with the term. He cites David Lynch as an influence on his work, which has been described as being influenced by Renaissance masters. The Guardian named a photographer of the decade in 1989. He left still photography to focus on TV commercials, music videos, and films. He worked as a commercial director at a production company for many years. The film "People and the City" was shot in the early 2000s to help the city become a European City of Culture.He worked on advertising campaigns for British Airways and Sony and shot a documentary for Paul McCartney. He worked on the bid to become a European Capital of Culture. Face to Face was a retrospective of his portraiture. He was invited to do an artist's residency in northern France. British politician Sebastian Coe is one of the people he has photographed. <mask> lives and works in London. <mask> is a publisher.It was self-published in 1978. Photographs and drawings by Barney Bubbles. 500 copies. British management is in focus. Richard Smith wrote the text for travelling light. There are twenty one photographs. Black pudding in 1986.There are 350 copies of the standard edition and 65 copies of the collector's edition. The black kingdom. Dewi Lewis is from Stockport. Pop. The essays by Terry and Paul were published in Gost. There is a person named Spud. London:

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title: Cody Hodges

texts: He is a philanthropist, motivational speaker, and former professional American football player who played in the National Football League, Arena Football League, and the Arena League 2. During the 2005 season, he was the starting quarterback for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He was the leader of the nation in passing and total offense as a fifth year Senior and he also appeared in the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic. He was the 3rd straight fifth year senior to start for Texas Tech and was also the second of 4 West Texas natives to take the quarterback reins in the Leach era. Steve and <mask> were born in Amarillo, Texas and raised in the Texas Panhandle. He was a four-year letterman in football and a star in basketball in high school. He threw for 2,458 yards and 28 touchdown as a senior.He ended his prep career with a 22-4 record as the starting quarterback and accounted for 70 touchdown passes and 6,500 passing yards over four years. He was a two-time 3-4A DistrictMVP. He was named Newcomer of the Year in 1997, Amarillo Globe-News Player of the Year in his Junior and Senior years, and All-South Plains Player of the Year in 2000. He was named to the second team in 1999. He was ranked as one of the top 100 quarterbacks in the nation by Lonestar.com. Texas Tech University and The University of Wyoming offered him scholarships despite his stellar high school career. He accepted a scholarship from Texas Tech.He redshirted his first year at Texas Tech. He made his


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texts: career debut as a freshman in 2002 and completed one pass for 10 yards. Kliff Kingsbury and B.J. were backups for 4 years. Sonny Cumbie and Symons. Every year, he moved up a slot in the depth chart. In 7 games from 2001 to 2004, he completed 8 passes out of 12 attempts for 70 yards and 2 touchdown. He ran for 33 yards on 3 attempts.The 2005 season saw a hard fought battle for the starting Quarterback job, and it was MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE MzE He put up big time numbers in wins over Florida International University, Indiana State University, and Sam Houston State University. After the win against SHSU, he said that Tech's offense was good enough to score 100 points. He led the Red Raiders to a win over Kansas. The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers played the Red Raiders in Lincoln. It was payback time for the Huskers, who were humiliated by Tech the previous year in Lubbock, by giving up 70 points. The Raiders won the game on a 10-yard touchdown pass from <mask> on 4th down to beat Nebraska for the first time in 36 years.Tech beat Kanas State 59-20 the next week. <mask> threw for a career best. After the big win against Nebraska and the career day against KSU, <mask> led the Red Raiders, ranked in the top 10 for the first time under Mike Leach, to Austin, Texas to face off with the eventual national champion Texas Longhorns

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texts: led by Vince Young. Tech suffered their first loss of the season as they fell to the Raiders in an early lead in Austin. Tech won against both Texas A&M and Baylor. Tech lost on a bowl bid after being upset by Oklahoma State. The Red Raiders finished the regular season with a 9-2 record and a second place finish in the Big 12 and an invitation to the Cotton Bowl after defeating Oklahoma 23-21.He was the 4th consecutive Tech quarterback to do so, and he finished the regular season first in the nation in passing. The Red Raiders, who were ranked #18 in the AP Poll and #1 in total offense, were ranked #1 in scoring defense and #2 in total defense in the Cotton Bowl Classic. He had his worst game as a starter, completing only 15 of 32 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown. He gained 66 yards on 17 carries. Texas Tech finished the season with a 9–3 overall record and 20th place in the AP Poll. He finished his career at Tech with 4,308 passing yards and 33 passing touchdown. He rushed for over 200 yards in his career.He threw his passes without the aid of the laces of the Football, which was noted to be the best running quarterback Tech had. A successful 2005 season was not enough for <mask> to be drafted in the 2006 NFL draft. He was signed by the TennesseeTitans. He was the backup to Vince Young, who was the top pick. Kerry Collins was signed to back up Young, which led to the release of <mask>. The quarterback for the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz was signed by

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texts: the Arena League. He was traded to Fort Wayne in 2007.During the first week of the af2 season, the Schutt Offensive Player of the Game was awarded to <mask>. He ended his season due to an injury. He retired from playing football in 2008. When he saw a presentation from Rachel's Challenge, he was inspired to join the organization as a speaker at age 20. He joined Rachel's Challenge as a full-time motivational speaker and engaged in philanthropy on behalf of the organization. The message of kindness is spread through smaller High Schools in rural America. When not traveling the country with Rachel's challenge, <mask> lives in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.His father was a football player at the University of Houston. He has a twin brother who played slot receiver for Texas Tech in the same years as his brother. During the 2005 Texas Tech-Texas A&M game,<mask> completed a 10-yard pass to his brother, and later watched from the sideline as his brother caught a touchdown in the 4th quarter. Sports people from Amarillo, Texas and players of American football from Texas have links to External

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title: Juan Manuel Fangio

texts: The Argentine racing car driver nicknamed "the bowlegged" or "bandy legged one" was named "The Master" or "The Teacher". He won the World Drivers' Championship five times. He abandoned his studies to become an auto mechanic. He competed in a Ford V8 in the game. In 1940, he competed with Chevrolet and won the Grand Prix International Championship and then defended his title a year later. Between 1947 and 1949, <mask> achieved further success in Europe. He won the World Championship of Drivers five times, a record that stood for 46 years until he was beaten by Michael Schumacher.He won 24 of 52 Formula One races he entered. The Argentine Grand Prix was won by <mask> four times, more than any other driver. <mask> was the president of Mercedes-Benz Argentina from 1987 to 1995 after retiring. On the 100th anniversary of <mask>'s birth, various activities were held in his honor. <mask>, <mask>'s grandfather, migrated to Argentina from Italy in the late 19th century. Giuseppe was able to buy his own farm near Balcarce within three years by making charcoal from tree branches. The racing driver's father, Giuseppe, brought his family, including his 7-year-old son, to Argentina from the small central Italian town of Castiglione Messer Marino in the Chieti province of the Abruzzo region.His mother was from Tornareccio. <mask>'s parents married on October 24, 1903, and lived on farms, where both worked in the building trade. <mask> was born on San Juan's Day, June 24, 1911, in Balcarce. The Register of Balcarce had a mistake with his birth certificate. He was one of six children. He used to be known as El Chueco, the

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title: Juan Manuel Fangio

texts: bandy-legged one, because of his ability to bend his left leg around the ball in football games. School No. was where Fangio started his education.School 4 of Balcarce was transferred to School No. There are 1 and 18 Uriburu Av. <mask> dropped out of school to work as an assistant mechanic in Casas' workshop. He started riding as a mechanic when he was 16. He developed pneumonia after a football game in which he had a pain in his chest. His mother cared for him for two months. Fangio served in the military at the age of 21.He joined the Campo de Mayo cadet school in the 1930's. <mask> was appointed as his official driver after his driving skills caught the attention of his commanding officer. <mask> was discharged before his 22nd birthday. He went back to Balcarce to continue his football career. He and his friend José Duffard were offered to play at a club in Mar del Plata. Their teammates at Balcarce suggested the two work on <mask>'s hobby of building his own car, and his parents gave him space to do so in a rudimentary shed at the family home. <mask> raced in local events after finishing his military service.He began his racing career in Argentina in 1936. <mask> was the co-pilot of Luis Finocchietti in the first race of the Tourism Highway category. <mask> finished 5th despite not winning the Argentine Road Grand Prix. There was a fatal accident in November of that year that caused the suspension of the " 400 km of Tres Arroyos". He won the Argentine National Championship in 1940 and 1941 while driving Chevrolet cars. The 1940 Gran Premio del Norte was a race that <mask> described as a "terrible

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texts: experience". The rally-style race started in Buenos Aires on 27 September and went up through the Andes and Bolivia before returning to Buenos Aires, taking 15 days, ending on 12 October.In the most difficult and varied conditions imaginable, drivers had to traverse through hot and dry deserts, insect-ridden jungles with crushing humidity, and freezing cold and sometimes snowy mountain passes, all on a mixture. The driveshaft of <mask>'s car was damaged when he hit a rock early in the race. He and his co-driver spent the night fixing Fangio's car after one of the townsfolk crashed into it. The fanblade got loose after the repair and had to be replaced. They were 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Fangio drove with his co-driver's arms around him for hours in the cold mountains. A 40 percent reduction in air thickness makes breathing difficult and the engine is down on power when going up to altitudes of above sea level.<mask> won

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texts: his first big victory when he got out of the mountains and back to Buenos Aires. In 1941, he beat Oscar Glvez in the Grand Prix Getlio Vargas in Brazil, which was a 6-day, public road race going through various cities and towns all over Brazil. <mask> won the title for the second time. He was tenth in the South Grand Prix in 1942. After winning the race "Mar y Sierras" in April, he had to suspend activity due to World War II. In February 1947, <mask> competed at the Retiro circuit, and on 1 March, he started the race for the Rosario City Award. <mask> won the 'Double Back Window' race.In October 1948, <mask> suffered a personal tragedy in a point-to-point race from Buenos Aires to Caracas, Venezuela, a distance of 20 days. <mask>, Oscar, and Domingo Marimon battled <mask> with his co-driver Daniel Urrutia. On the 10th day, Fangio was driving at night on the coastal roads along the Pacific Ocean when he encountered a left-hand bend near the village of Huan. With his cars' lights not helping him much due to the thick fog, he approached the bend too fast, lost control of the car and was thrown out of the car. Oscar stopped to help <mask>, who had neck injuries. Luciano Marcilla took <mask> and Urrutia to the nearest hospital in the town of Chocope 50 km away. <mask> and Urrutia both suffered fatal skull injuries.The race was a disaster and was marred by the deaths of 3 spectators and 3 drivers. <mask> got out of his depressed state after the death of his friend and his successes in Argentina caught the attention of the Argentine Automobile Club and the <mask>-led Argentine government, so they bought a car.

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title: Juan Manuel Fangio

texts: <mask> was the oldest driver in many of his Formula One races, having started his Grand Prix career in his late 30s. Drivers raced on circuits with no safety features and almost no protective equipment. In the 1950s, Formula One cars were extremely physically demanding to drive, and races were much longer than they are today. The treads were stripped in a race and the spark plugs were foul. No electronic aids or computer intervention were present.Drivers at the end of a GP often had blisters on their hands due to heavy steering and gear changing, and their faces were covered in soot from the inboard brakes. Tazio Nuvolari was one of the top GP drivers of all time, despite <mask>'s short career. If <mask> thought he would have a better chance with a better car, he would leave the team. Several of his race results were shared with his teammates after he took over their car when he had technical problems of his own. His competitors were Giuseppe Farina, Ascari, and Moss. The Argentine government supported <mask> throughout his career. <mask>'s first Grand Prix race was the 1948 French Grand Prix at Reims, where he started his Simca Gordini from 11th on the grid but retired.He fell down a mountainside during a long-distance race in South America. Daniel was thrown out of the car and <mask> found him dead. He contemplated quitting the sport after Urrutia's death. He returned to Europe the following year and raced in Sanremo, where he dominated the event, winning both heats and taking the aggregate win by almost a minute. <mask> won four of the six Grand Prix races he entered in 1949. The first World Championship

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title: Juan Manuel Fangio

texts: of Drivers was held in 1950 and <mask> was taken on by the Alfa Romeo team. After the Second World War, the pre-war Alfettas were in high demand.Farina's three wins at races allowed him to take the title even though <mask> was quicker than him. At Monaco, <mask> dodged a multi-car pile-up and easily won the race. In 1950s non-championship races <mask> took a further four wins at San Remo, Pau and the fearsome Coppa Acerbo at the 16-mile Pescara public road circuit, and two seconds from eight starts. He won a number of races for the Argentine Automobile Club with his cars. <mask> won three more championship races for Alfa in 1951 in the Swiss, French and Spanish Grands Prix, and with the new 4.5-litre Ferraris taking points off his teammates Farina and various others, <mask> took the title at the final race in Spain, finishing six points ahead <mask> finished second at the British Grand Prix after his Alfa had to make 2 lengthy pit stops for fuel, and he finished second at the German Grand Prix after he lost 1st and 2nd gears in his Alfa. Alfa Romeo withdrew from the 1952 World Championship because they didn't have a car for the new formula and couldn't use their Alfettas.As a result, the defending champion found himself without a car for the first race of the championship and remained absent from F1 until June, when he drove the British BRM V16 in non-championship F1 races at the public road circuits at Albi in France and Dundrod After missing a connecting flight, <mask> decided to drive through the night through the Alps from Lyon, arriving half an hour before the start of the race. After arriving at Monza


title: Juan Manuel Fangio

texts: at 2 p.m., he was badly fatigued and with the race starting at 2:30 p.m., <mask> started the race from the back of the grid but lost control on the second lap, crashed into a grass bank, and was thrown out of the He was taken to a hospital in Milan with multiple injuries, the most serious being a broken neck, and spent the rest of 1952 recovering in Argentina. The winner of the race visited <mask> in the hospital and gave him a wreath. After returning to full racing fitness in 1953, <mask> took a lucky win at Monza against the dominant Ferraris. <mask> offered the mechanics 10% of his winnings if they fixed his car's vibration, which they did, and he won the race, setting the fastest lap and beating Farina by just 1.4 seconds.<mask> secured three second-places to finish second in the Championship, and also came third in the Targa Florio. He drove a car with a 600hp V16 that was difficult to drive and won a heat in the Albi Grand Prix. One of the most dangerous and prestigious races in Europe is the Mille Miglia, a race on open public roads covering nearly all of northern Italy. The Carrera Panamericana in Mexico was similar to the races he competed in in South America in the 1940s, except all the roads were paved. At the Mille Miglia, the Alfa team was expected to win, but after Farina, Karl Kling and Consalvo Sanesi all crashed, <mask> was leading when he reached Rome. <mask>'s steering arm failure allowed Marzotto to catch and beat him by 12 minutes, even though the Argentine driver drove hard to keep up with him. He ended 1953 by winning the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico in a car, and <mask> was able to


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texts: win the 5-day open road rally that started at the Guatemala-Mexico border and ended at the United States border.The race was marred by multiple spectator deaths and the death of a 50-year-old man on the third day of the competition in the town of Silao. <mask> raced for Maserati until Mercedes-Benz entered the competition. He won his home Grand Prix with the 250F. The first race for Mercedes-Benz was the French Grand Prix at the fast, straight dominated Reims public road circuit, and he won the race with the streamlined, closed-wheel W196 Monoposto- a car that although difficult to drive was ahead of its time. The race was fought between <mask> and Karl Kling. <mask>'s closed-wheel car was unable to win at the high speed corner-dominated circuit. <mask> got the more open-wheeled W196 for the Nrburgring, and won the race, as he did at Bremgarten and then at Monza, the latter with the streamlined car.In Monza, a young British up-and-comer, Stirling Moss, in a private car, was also competitive in a race that was brutal. Ascari and Moss both passed <mask> and raced each other. <mask> won the race after Moss's engine blew up. In 1955, he won eight out of twelve races, six out of eight in the championship, and drove a further developed W196 in a team that included Moss. <mask> devoted himself to a training programme which was strenuous in an effort to keep up his fitness levels high which was comparable to his younger rivals. He won the race at Gran Premio de la Repblica Argentina. <mask> was able to complete the race despite the track temperature being over 100 degrees.It took <mask> three months to recover from

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texts: his injuries after he received severe burns to his right leg. <mask> tried to drive a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR without a navigator in 1955. After leaving at 6:58 a.m., the car's advanced engine began developing problems when he got to Pescara. He was sent off by the Mercedes mechanics. The engine was not running smoothly when <mask> went to Rome. The mechanics sent <mask> away again. <mask>'s 300 SLR was running on seven cylinders instead of eight because one of the fuel injection pipes broke when he got to Florence.Fangio thought that Mercedes didn't put as much effort into preparing his car as they did with the car of Moss because they didn't think he could win the race without a navigator. At the end of the second successful season, which was overshadowed by the 1955 Le Mans disaster in which 83 spectators were killed, an accident which happened right in front of and nearly killed him, Mercedes withdrew from racing and <mask> never raced again. He won his 3rd world championship by finishing second in Britain and Italy, which both had circuits with new and updated safety facilities. Mercedes needed to win the Targa Florio sportscar race in order to win the title, the German firm had skipped the first two races in Argentina and Florida. Mercedes won the title thanks to <mask>, who finished second to Moss and Peter Collins. <mask> moved to Ferrari to win his fourth title. The relationship between <mask> and Sculati was not warm, despite their success with the difficult-to-drive Lancia car.<mask> took over his teammate's cars after he had mechanical problems in three races. The points were shared between the two


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texts: drivers. After the Monaco Grand Prix, where <mask> struggled with the ill-handling Lancia-Ferrari, he asked Ferrari if he could have one mechanic exclusively for his car, as Ferrari did not have his mechanics assigned to any of the cars. The performance of <mask>'s car got a lot better after Ferrari granted his request. The British and German Grand Prix were won by <mask>. At the Italian Grand Prix, <mask>'s teammate Peter Collins handed over his car to <mask>, who was in a position to win the World Championship with just 15 laps to go. <mask> won the World title after they shared six points for second place.The 250F that <mask> had driven at the start of 1954 was still being used by Maserati in 1957. <mask> won in Argentina, Monaco and France before retiring with engine problems in Britain. He won the 12 Hours of Sebring for the second year in a row with Jean Behra. <mask> needed to extend his lead by six points at the German Grand Prix to win the title. <mask> got past both Collins and Hawthorn by the end of the third lap after dropping from pole position. <mask> expected to need new tires halfway through the race so he started with half-full tanks. <mask> was in third place and 50 seconds behind Collins and Hawthorn when he stopped on lap 13 with a 30-second lead.The record-breaking time <mask> set on lap 20 was a full eleven seconds faster than the best the Ferraris could do. <mask> took the win by just over three seconds after coming back past both Collins and Hawthorn on the last lap. <mask> claimed his fifth title after Musso finished fourth. <mask>'s last win is believed to be the greatest drive in

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texts: Formula One history. Michael Schumacher won his sixth championship in 2003 and <mask>'s record of five championship remained unchanged. He retired after the French Grand Prix. As <mask> was about to cross the line so that he could complete the 50-lap distance in his final race, race leader Hawthorn stopped as he was about to do so so that <mask> wouldn't be able to do it.After the race, he said to his mechanic, "It is finished." He was known for winning races at the lowest possible speeds in order to conserve the car for the finish. The reliability of cars in the 1940s and 1950s was unreliable, with almost any component susceptible to breaking. He won 24 World Championship Grands Prix, 22 outright and 2 shared with other drivers, from 52 entries, the best winning percentage in the sport's history. Before the world championship started, both drivers were experienced Grand Prix drivers. The non-Formula One Cuban Grand Prix was established by President Fulgencio Batista after he was kidnapped. <mask> set the fastest times during practice for the 1958 race, after winning the 1957 event.<mask> was kidnapped from the Hotel Lincoln in Havana by two men from the 26th of July movement. While a crack team of police hunted down the kidnappers, Batista ordered the race to continue. Guards were assigned to private and commercial airports and to all competing drivers. <mask> was taken to different houses. He was allowed to listen to the race on the radio and watch the crash reports on the television. <mask> was allowed to stay in his own bedroom in the third house, but he became convinced that a guard was outside the door


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texts: all the time. <mask> didn't want to speak about the revolutionary programme as he didn't have an interest in politics.He said, "Well, this is one more adventure." If the rebels did something good, I will accept it. He was released after 29 hours. The race was to be canceled in order to humiliate the Batista regime. After <mask> was handed over to the Argentine embassy, many Cubans thought that Batista was losing his power because he failed to find the people who were abducting them. The 1959 Cuban Grand Prix was canceled after the Cuban Revolution took over the government. Operacin Fangio was a 1999 Argentine film that dramatized the <mask> kidnapping.<mask> was offered $20,000 to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in a car owned by the father of a future Indy 500 driver. At the 500 in 1948, <mask> expressed his interest in competing. He wasn't able to qualify with a car that didn't work. He did not want another driver to take over <mask>'s position, even though he allowed <mask> to stand aside. <mask> sold Mercedes-Benz cars, often driving his former racing cars in demonstration laps, after retiring from racing. The Argentine Mercedes concession was acquired by <mask> before he joined the Mercedes Formula One team. He was the President of Mercedes-Benz Argentina from 1974 to 1987.The flagman for the Argentine Grand Prix from 1972 to 1981 was <mask>. The Australian Grand Prix became a round of the World Championship in 1978 and <mask> was the special guest of the 50th anniversary. <mask> drove his Mercedes-Benz W196 in a spirited 3 lap exhibition against 3 other cars after being awarded the Lex Davison Trophy

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texts: by race winner Graham McRae, who stated that meeting <mask> was a bigger thrill than actually winning the race for the 3rd time. <mask> pushed the Australian all the way to the flag despite the fact that his car had been given away. <mask>, who at 67 years of age and not having raced competitively in 20 years, still held a full FIA Super Licence, had stated his intention of racing and not just putting in a demonstration drive. <mask> had successful heart surgery at the beginning of the 1980s. He had been suffering fromKidney failure for some time before his death.The Diamond Konex Award was given to him in 1980 as the best sportsman of the decade. In 1981 <mask> traveled to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, where he was able to see his old cars for the first time since 1951. For the event <mask> was joined by old friends and fellow racers, uncluding Toulo de Graffenried, Luigi Villoresi and Giorgio Scarlatti as well as former Alfa Romeo managers from the 1950s Paolo Marzotto and Battista Guidotti. <mask> was involved in assembling automotive items associated with his racing career. The Museo Juan Manuel Fangio opened in Balcarce in 1986. In 1990 <mask> was in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. He came back to the spotlight in 1994 when he opposed a new law denying driving licences to people over the age of 80.An exception was made for the five-time champion after <mask> challenged Traffic Bureau personnel to a race in two hours or less, after he was denied a renewal of his card. In 1990 <mask> met the three-time world champion, Ayrton Senna, who felt the encounter had reflected the mutual affection

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texts: for both drivers. <mask> <mask> died in 1995 at the age of 84 and was buried in his hometown of Balcarce. His pallbearers were his brothers Ruben and Toto, as well as the president of Mercedes-Benz Argentina at the time. <mask> was involved in a road accident in the early 1950s when he was forced to avoid an oncoming truck. <mask> was thrown out of the car after it clipped a pole and spun twice. The passenger said the incident was the first time <mask> had been frightened.<mask> had a romantic relationship with Berruet who he broke up with in 1960. Oscar 'Cacho' Espinosa was acknowledged as the son of <mask> in 2000. In 2005, Rubén Vzquez claimed to be the son of <mask> through a relationship with Catarina Basili. The exhumation of <mask>'s body was ordered by an Argentine court in July of 2015. In December 2015, the Court confirmed that <mask>'s son was Rubén Vzquez, and in February 2016 it was also confirmed that <mask>'s son was also Rubén Vzquez. According to a June 2016 analysis, <mask> Rodrguez was the brother of Espinosa with a 97.5% certainty. He was born from a relationship with Susana Rodrguez, who was 16 years old at the time.<mask>'s paternity was confirmed in May 2021. His nephew is a successful racing driver. His record of five World Championship titles stood for 45 years. <mask> is much higher than I think he is. We have achieved something that is unique and what he did stands alone. I have respect for what he did. You can't compare Fangio to what has happened in the past.There is no comparison. In October 2020, The Economist ranked champion drivers by the relative importance of car quality to

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title: Juan Manuel Fangio

texts: driver skill. <mask> is the best Formula 1 driver of all time. Formula One drivers were ranked in November 2020. <mask> is the best Formula 1 driver of all time. <mask> is revered in Argentina as one of the greatest sportsmen the nation has ever produced. He is often referred to as El Maestro, el mejor, which means The Master.The New Indian on <mask> winning the World Championship at the Indy 500 inspired the first VaillantMichel story. There are six statues of <mask> at race venues around the world. The birthplace of <mask> <mask> is Balcarce. Argentina's largest oil company launched a gas brand. The Zonda 2005 C12 F was changed out of respect for Fangio F1 after his death. In 2007, Maserati created a website to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his fifth and final world championship triumph. A Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 race car, driven by <mask> in his World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix races in 1954 and 1955, was sold for a record $30 million at an auction in England.Post-World War II Grandes results include pole position, fastest lap, and complete Formula One World Championship results. The car had full-width bodywork. <mask> holds the following Formula One records: 24 Hours of Le Mans results, 12 Hours of Sebring results, 24 Hours of Spa results, and Carrera Panamericana results. <mask> is the life behind the legend. There are Virgin books. The man is Karl Ludvigsen. <mask> is the Grand Master of Motor Racing.Haynes Manuals Inc. has Pierre Menard and Jacques Vassal. The Race in the Blood was written by <mask> <mask>. There is a sport called chronosports. The Juan Manuel Fangio website has a

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title: John P. Bigelow

texts: The twelfth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1849 to 1851 was <mask>, an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Secretary of State of Massachusetts. He was born in Massachusetts. <mask> was a lawyer. He graduated from Harvard College with a law degree. He married Louisa Ann Brown on March 9, 1824, and their son was born a year later. He and Louisa Ann Brown both died at a young age. After being elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a member of the Whig Party, he served in the State House until 1836, where he was a prominent member on several committees.Reducing the number of members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives was one of the causes he championed. While in the State House, he was a member of the Common Council for Ward 9 in the City of Boston, a position to which he was elected in 1832, and in the following year he was elected President of the Council. He was elected Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1836 and served until 1843, when he became a member of the Executive Council. The following year, Bigelow was inaugurated as the Mayor of Boston. The City of Boston underwent significant structural changes while simultaneously fighting rising crime and an influx of Irish immigrants during his three years as mayor. He would have laid the groundwork for the construction of the Boston Public Library by the end of his tenure. He made clear in his inaugural address that he intended to run the city's finances as a fiscal conservative.He said to cut off every expense which is not

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texts: infirm to hospitals and educate those who lived in the vicinities of the outbreak. The article concluded that he was entitled to the respect and gratitude of the citizens because of his leadership. He had become a model mayor. Some of his supporters nominated him to be his party's candidate for governor because of his efforts to combat the city's cholera epidemic. The incumbent governor's supporters were not amused. On September 11, 1850, he published a note stating that he would not place his name into nomination if the incumbent placed his. He offered his full support to his party's nominee.To fully appreciate the rapid transformation which Boston underwent in the mid-nineteenth century and to rightfully evaluate Bigelow's performance as mayor, it is important to emphasize how the Irish diaspora reshaped the City of Boston's societal structures. In a single decade, the city had turned into "the Dublin of America" according to the Reverend <mask>. By the late 1840s and early '50s Bostonians had come to dislike the "Famine Irish" and had previously accepted new immigrants with open arms. Most of the new immigrants in 1847 came from Ireland. On average 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884


title: John P. Bigelow

texts: charities." They were living in filthy and wretched apartments. It wasn't lost on the natives that the new Irish immigrants were to blame for most of the city's ills. The police assumed Irish immigrants were responsible for the disappearance of <mask>, a well-known Boston Brahmin. Francis Tukey was suspicious of the allegation that on the night of <mask>'s disappearance, an Irishman paid for a toll with a twenty dollar bill.<mask> Webster, a prominent Bostonian, was sentenced to death for the murder of <mask>man. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was the subject of the Shadrach Affair, which caused a political and cultural uproar because of it. The law allowing federal marshals to capture slaves who had run away to non-slavery states was passed by the US Congress and signed by the President. The escaped slave, Shadrach Minkins, came to Boston to work as a waiter. In February of 1851, federal marshals made an arrest. Minkins fled to Canada after a group of 100–200 local blacks freed him from Boston's courthouse. Mayor Bigelow was embarrassed by Shadrach's escape.The U.S. Marshall accused the mayor and city marshal of denying his request for additional police officers to guard the courthouse. He had to defend himself against the accusations. He claimed that the mayor requested that Tukey send additional police to the courthouse in order to prevent disorder and chaos, and that the U.S. Marshall had not requested security. The uproar that followed the escape of Shadrach was intense. The citizens of Boston, including the mayor, were told to obey the law in

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title: John P. Bigelow

texts: After being imprisoned for several days, Simms was escorted by more than 100 police officers to a boat in Boston harbor and returned to his master. The reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 intensified after Bigelow's term as mayor. Over the course of the next three years, sentiment grew so heated that Anthony Burns, the last escaped slave to leave Boston under the law, cost the city more than $40,000 and the life of a police officer. The relationship between the Secretary of State and the Mayor did not improve after the Shadrach Affair. George Thompson, a famous British abolitionist, was holding a meeting at Faneuil Hall in 1850.The police, acting under instructions from the mayor, did nothing to stop the protesters from disrupting the meeting. The incident became known as the Bigelow-Tukey Riot. A year later, Daniel was denied a permit to hold a reception at Faneuil Hall. The Mayor and members of the Board were worried that a similar event would happen. There was a political backlash. To resolve the matter, a committee was sent to personally invite him to speak at Faneuil Hall. He argued that it was no longer convenient for him to attend.In that year's elections, <mask> was defeated because of his handling of the Shadrach Affair and his public rebuke of Webster. The Boston Public Library, the first publicly funded municipal building in the United States, was the crowning achievement of Bigelow's tenure as mayor. The Bigelow Fund was the initial money donated to the library. A group of citizens proposed to raise funds to purchase a silver vase to


title: Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney

texts: <mask>, comte <mask>, was a French philosopher, abolitionist, writer, orientalist, and politician. After his father's estate, he assumed the name of Volney, which he had created as a contraction of Voltaire and Ferney. The French Revolution <mask> was born of a noble family. He was interested in law and medicine and went on to study classical languages. He befriended a number of people, including Pierre Jean George Cabanis, the Baron d'Holbach, and Benjamin Franklin. He spent seven months in Egypt after embarking on a journey to the East. He lived in Greater Syria for nearly two years in order to learn Arabic.He returned to France in 1785 and spent the next two years writing his books. He was a member of the National Constituent Assembly after the French Revolution. His essay on the philosophy of history appeared in 1791. Through the recognition of the common truths underlying them all, it conveys a vision predicting the union of all religions. <mask> tried to put his theories into practice in Corsica by buying an estate and trying to cultivate colonial produce. He escaped the guillotine after being imprisoned during the Jacobin Club triumph. He was a professor at the cole Normale.<mask> was not a fan of communism. He was accused by John Adams' administration of being a French spy and sent to the United States to prepare for the reoccupation of Louisiana by France. He returned to France. The results of his travels were documented in his book. He was a moderate Liberal and Napoleon put him into the senate because he was impressed with his service to the First French Empire. He was made a Peer of France because of his opposition to the Empire. In 1795, he became a member of the Académie franaise.He helped to

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texts: found oriental studies in France, learning Sanskrit from the British linguist <mask>, who he had helped to protect during the Napoleonic era. He was buried at the Pre Lachaise Cemetery. Thomas Jefferson's translation of <mask>'s Ruins of Empires English translations of <mask>'s Ruins began appearing within a year or so of its first French edition but sometime during <mask>'s stay in the United States, he and Thomas Jefferson entered into a secret arrangement whereby <mask> was in Monticello for two weeks in June 1796. <mask> was made a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1797. Jefferson was the President of the organization at the time. The two men had plenty of time to discuss the translation project.The book's central theme was appreciated by Jefferson, who was the Vice President under John Adams. Jefferson believed that the theme represented an excellent summary of the Enlightenment-based principles upon which the U.S. was founded. Due to the book's controversial religious content, Jefferson insisted that his translation be only for certain readers. If it were known that Jefferson had translated <mask>'s book, he would be attacked by his opponents for being an unbeliever. The first 20 chapters of the Paris edition of <mask>'s Ruins were translated by Jefferson. The first 20 chapters are a review of human history from the point of view of a post- Enlightenment philosopher. Jefferson didn't have time to finish the last four chapters of the book because he was occupied with the 1800 Presidential campaign."General Assembly of Nations" is a fictionalized world convention where each religion defends its version of "the truth" according to its particular holy book. <mask> concludes the book with a

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texts: call for an absolute separation of church and state since no religion can scientifically "prove" its most basic assertions. Barlow's name became associated with the entire translation, which obscured Jefferson's role in the project. The first modern writers to advocate the Christ myth theory were <mask> and Dupuis. <mask> and Dupuis argued that Jesus was a mythical character and that Christianity was an amalgam of various ancient mythologies. An obscure historical figure whose life was integrated into a solar mythology was allowed by Volney in his version of the Christ Myth theory. The Ruins: Or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires is one of the publications.The gold medal of Prix Volney was originally worth 1,200 Swiss Francs. The Hotel Volney Opera is located in France. The Volney Hotel is in New York. Rue Volney was named after him. The Society of the Friends of Truth References has a Volney prize. The Jefferson-Barlow version of Volney's Ruines is called "Friendship, Secrecy, Transatlantic Networks and the Enlightenment". There are studies in book culture.Franois, online Furstenberg. French spoke about five refugees who shaped a nation. New York: Penguin. Gerhard Katschnig. <mask>'s génie des tombeaux et des ruines is the supportive voice in the midst of solitude and melancholy. The History of European ideas in the 21st century. Kim, Minchul."<mask> and the French Revolution." The Journal of the History of ideas was published in June. <mask>'s Travels through Syria and Egypt are External links. The text does not use the long s, which may make it easier for contemporary readers to understand. The burials of 18th-century French male writers and 19th-century French male writers took place at Pre Lachaise

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title: Michael Minsky

texts: <mask>, also known as Mino Minzer and <mask>, was born in August 1918. Minsky had an interest in music and culture. He showed his talents as a singer when he was young. Minsky studied geology at Kazan State University and was admitted to the RabFAk College in 1935. After joining the college choir in 1941, he was selected by Maria Wladimirowna Wladimirowa to study at the Moscow Conservatory, where she predicted a bright opera career for him. The Soviet Union entered World War II on June 22, 1941. On August 2, 1942, <mask> was drafted into the Red Army and trained for four months in Saratov.He spent 33 months in POW camps near the front lines after being taken prisoner. He was forced to work near the Hungarian border in 1943. The Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff's brother-in-law told Minsky about the Don Cossack Choir. Minsky lived in a number of refugee camps after the war. On 3 November 1945, Minsky joined the newly formed Trembita choir in Bad Herschfield. The choir performed in many other camps. Minsky moved to Karlsfeld.The refugees were relocated to two camps. <mask> joined the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. The choir was invited to go to the USA. <mask> left for New York on May 5, 1949. He and the Bandurist Choir gave a number of concerts in venues including the Mansonic Auditorium on 2 October 1949, after they were received at the White House. He made his first records in 1950. Minsky played in Carnegie Hall for the first time in 1953, when he sang in virtually every major concert hall in the United States.He was granted US citizenship in February of 1953 and changed his name to <mask>. He

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texts: made his debut in Philadelphia. <mask> was very active in the Ukrainian community. There is a large Ukrainian population in America and Canada. He collaborated with Ukrainian composers such as Mykola Fomenko and Andrij Hnatyshyn. Ihor Sonevytsky and B. Rudnyskyj. He issued records with songs of the Ukrainian Legion of World War I and the Ukrainian Underground Army.<mask>'s 50th anniversary was celebrated in 1971 by the Ukrainian community in Minneapolis. In 1972 the United Ukrainian Organizations of Australia sponsored <mask>'s critically acclaimed concert tour in Australia and Great Britain. <mask> was a soloist in almost all concerts and tours of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. Five singers went on tour. <mask> and the Bandurist Chorus performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in November of that year. While studying in Rome, he was given an opportunity to try out for the Pope. From early 1946 to 1984 he was a soloist in the choir, singing with Ivan Zadorozny, Volodymyr Bozyk and Hryhory Kytasty.In the early 1960s, Minsky joined the Black Sea Cossack Choir and also sang in Rodina, which closed in 1966. He received a contract to sing in New Orleans. He performed in Philadelphia in 1963. He performed in Friends Academy in New York. Minsky collaborated with the Gelsenkirchen Opera. Although under contract with the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff and its conductor from 1948 onwards, it was only late in 1964 that he could join the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff in Luzern. He was with Jaroff until the spring of 1979.Minsky performed again at the Mansonic Auditorium in Detroit on April 22, 1966.

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title: Michael Minsky

texts: Most of <mask>'s time was spent in Europe. Minsky toured Australia in 1972 and produced a series of records. Zwolle is a city in the east of the Netherlands. Minsky set up a mixed amateur choir in Zwolle, within a few months it made its television debut. After this success, <mask> was invited to become the conductor of the Ural Cossacks amateur choir in The Hague, which he did from 1984 to 1988. He led an amateur Cossack Choir in the autumn of 1984.In his autobiography, he wrote with a sense of unhappiness. When Otto Hofner asked him to conduct the Original Don Cossack Choir again, he did not hesitate. When Gedda refused to perform on a daily basis, Minsky became ill and Hofner wound down the project, although he did conduct a tour of major Germany halls. The Mayor of Zwolle presented him with the Meester prize on 10 May 1988. Zwolle residents who have won world renown are the recipients of this award. Minsky was devoted to the organization of the Dutch celebration of the thousand-year anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus'. He was one of the originators of this anniversary celebration, which was held on 30 September 1988 and attended by Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.On 9 October 1988, <mask> died and was buried in Zwolle. The sources are Koren, Kerken en Kozakken. Ulas ZHyvi struny: bandura i bandurysty. Detroit: Vyd. Kapeli Bandurystiv im. Tarasa Shevchenka is the author of the 1976 DVD film Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. The Dictionary of Ukrainian Singers was published in 1997.The Minsky archive is at the Overijssel Historical Centre in Zwolle, the

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title: Shawn Graham

texts: <mask> is a Canadian politician who served as the 31st premier of NewBrunswick from 2006 to 2010. He became premier after his party captured a majority of seats in the 2006 election. Changes to provincial policy were initiated by <mask> after he was elected. <mask> resigned as Liberal leader on November 9, 2010 after his party was defeated in a provincial election. <mask>'s father Alan R<mask> was the longest serving member of the Legislative Assembly of New York. The family's roots go back to the early 19th century in the communities of Rexton and Main River. The year after his father's first election, <mask> was born.After completing his education degree at St Thomas University in Fredericton, <mask> was an alumni of Harrison House. When his father resigned from the legislature in 1998, <mask> was elected to replace him as a member of the Liberal Party. Following the general election of 1999, the Liberals were reduced to 10 seats from 45, and by early 2001 they were down to 7 seats. The young politician was given the chance to make a name for himself. Theriault resigned from the leadership campaign in March 2001 and a leadership convention was held in May 2002. Paul Duffie, a former cabinet minister, was expected to win easily. <mask> was urged to run, and eventually entered the race with the support of Greg Byrne, a previous leadership contender, and many of the supporters of Bernard Richard, also a former leadership contender and the interim leader following the resignation of Theriault.Duffie dropped out of the race after <mask> took a solid lead during delegate selection meetings in February and March 2002. Jack MacDougall was defeated by <mask> by a 3 to 1 margin at the May convention. Few gave <mask> a chance in the 2003 election, as he was considered a lightweight by pundits and the governing Progressive Conservative Party. <mask> surprised pundits again during the 2003 election, running an energetic campaign and winning 26 of 55 seats, just two short of the Conservatives, and coming within 1% of the Conservatives in the popular vote. Pundits said <mask> and Lord had fought the English language debate to a draw, while they

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texts: viewed <mask> as the winner of the French debate, despite the fact that Lord was a francophone and that <mask>'s command of French was seen as one of his largest liabilities. The main issues of the campaign were public automobile insurance, public health care and public power. There would have been a 27– 27 tie in the riding of Kennebecasis if there had been 10 swing votes from the Conservatives to the Liberals.On election night, <mask> was quoted as saying "until five minutes ago, I thought I was going to be premier". On October 4, 2004, <mask>'s Liberals won a by-election in Shediac-Cap- Pelé. <mask>'s upward momentum continued when, in an opinion poll released on December 9, 2004, the Liberals expanded their lead over the Conservatives to 46% to 36%, but also, for the first time since <mask> became leader, he was the preferred choice of New Brunswickers for premier beating the incumbent Bernard Lord <mask> tried to pass a motion of no confidence during his speech on the budget. Less than half of the government caucus was present for <mask>'s speech, however the speaker ruled that the vote would be held along with the main budget motion at the end of the week. Two of <mask>'s members were absent when the vote was held. <mask> argued that it was impossible to defeat the government because the leader of the New Democratic Party was absent.<mask>'s victory in a subsequent by-election on November 14, 2005, in Saint John Harbour with candidate Ed Doherty, as well as his continued lead in opinion polls, quieted any criticism of his leadership for a time. <mask> took a very aggressive stance towards forcing an election in 2006 after Michael Malley left the government caucus for 6 weeks. Most of the business of the House was disrupted by the dispute over the functioning of the legislature. In June 2006 the PCs regained the lead in opinion polls and Lord took a double-digit lead in preference for the premier after <mask> and the Liberals were criticized for this. <mask> and his caucus have worked hard to portray themselves as a government-in-waiting. <mask> said in the spring of 2004 that he would force an election at his earliest

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texts: opportunity. His party introduced a record number of pieces of legislation for an opposition party.In addition to his legislative agenda, <mask> and the Liberals launched a series of regional policy meetings. <mask> convened a meeting of all of the Liberal leaders of the Maritime provinces to discuss common policy objectives, engaged in several tours of the province on particular policy issues, and met with federal ministers on various issues. In early 2006 <mask> embarked on a tour of the northeast United States, Washington, D.C. and the Maritimes to promote New Brunswick as an "energy hub" and his idea of building a second reactor at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station. On February 17, 2006 Bernard Lord's government was reduced to a minority when Michael Malley crossed the floor to sit as an independent. The budget vote on April 7, 2006 would have brought down the government if Malley had supported the Liberals, according to <mask>. The April 7 vote came to a tie which was broken in favour of the government by Malley in accordance with tradition. Malley returned to the Conservative caucus from the speaker's chair.<mask>'s Liberals held up some business in the House as a procedural stalemate continued. The Conservative and Liberal House Leaders signed an agreement on May 31, 2006 that laid out a detailed plan for the conduct of the business of the House and guaranteed that the next election would be held on October 15, 2007. In an opinion poll released on June 12, 2006 the Conservatives took the lead over the Liberals for the first time in four years. On August 10, 2006 Bernard Lord announced that an election would be held on September 18, 2006 due to the pending resignation of Peter Mesheau from the legislature that would have created another minority government. <mask> announced his energy platform on August 8 and had already nominated several candidates. With the election call, the party gave him the authority to appoint 25 MLAs seeking re-election as candidates, bringing the total number of nominated Liberal candidates to 30. <mask> said he would focus on education, economic development and energy during the campaign.If

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texts: he did not win the election, <mask> would step down as Liberal leader. <mask> won the 2006 election by taking 29 out of 55 seats in the legislature despite the Liberals narrowly trailing the Progressive Conservatives in the popular vote. <mask> was elected premier under a platform called the Charter for Change, he pledged to focus on "the three Es": energy, education and the economy. He promised to make the province self-sufficient by the year 2026. The Liberals surged in popularity after taking office, even though they won the election with a slight deficit in the popular vote. In December of 2006 a poll showed the Liberals had surged to a lead of 65– 27 in opinion polls, after which polls showed the Liberals ahead by a minimum of 17%. Despite addressing a number of controversial issues, <mask>'s Liberals maintained their lead in a number of polls.<mask> appointed a transition team on September 20, 2006 headed by Doug Tyler. On October 3, 2006 <mask> and the rest of the cabinet were sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor. <mask> acted on five campaign promises on his first day in office. His government cut the excise tax on gasoline by 3.8 cents per liter, moved nursing home payments from an assets-based test to an income-based test, and provided students with a reduced tuition of $2000 for their first year in university. On its first day in office, it pledged $2 million to assist in maintaining ferry service from Saint John to Digby, Nova Scotia. In addition to being the premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, <mask> was also the Minister of Culture and Sport. <mask>, who competed in the 1985 Canada Games in track and field, wanted to take the portfolio to ensure it was a priority to fight childhood Obesity in the province, which is the highest in the country.<mask> made several senior appointments in the first year. When <mask> took office, Conservative appointees in the Department of Energy and the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs resigned. The Policy and Priorities Committee of Cabinet has a secretary in Chris Baker and a chief of staff in Bernard Thériault. The government increased the amount of care received by

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title: Shawn Graham

texts: nursing home and homecare clients. The Child and Youth Advocate position had been vacant since 2005 because of a Liberal-sponsored bill. In December of 2006 the province announced an agreement with private auto insurance companies that would see some restructuring of regulations and an average decrease of 13.5% in insurance rates by March 1, 2007. The province created a Community Non-Profit Task Force, a Self-Sufficiency Task Force and a Commission on Post-Secondary Education.The previous government brought in a tax rebate on energy costs, but the Liberals canceled it. The Conservatives left the province's finances in a downward spiral and the program was bad policy, according to the Liberals. The government's first budget was introduced on March 13, 2007. While the budget was balanced despite warnings from an independent auditor that the province was facing a massive deficit, it was criticized by the opposition for having raised some taxes. When the level of taxation is insufficient to ensure the continued provision of essential public services, it needs to be addressed. When former premier Bernard Lord stepped down from provincial politics, the Liberal majority grew by six and they added a seat. The Liberals won 32 seats, compared to 23 for the opposition, thanks to the crossing of the floor by the Tories and their spouses.The report of the Self-Sufficiency Task Force was released in May and contained 91 recommendations, of which 80 were to be acted upon within a year. <mask>'s government unveiled a plan to build the best education system in Canada during the spring sitting of the legislature. The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station was refurbished, a feasibility study was launched into building a second reactor, and the government began projects to add 300megawatts of wind power to the province's electric grid. It opened 125 new nursing home beds and invested $40 million into affordable housing. The Climate Change Action Plan was launched by <mask> and his Environment Minister. Over the summer, a number of major economic projects were announced by <mask> including a $1.7 billion potash mine near Sussex and a $21.5 million steel

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