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2 unusual facts about Barron's Educational Series


Barron's

Barron's Educational Series, a publisher of books, as well as college entrance exam preparation classes and materials, based in the United States

Rick Bayan

While working as chief copywriter at Barron's Educational Series from 1978 to 1985, Bayan authored Words That Sell (1984, revised 2006), an advertising and marketing thesaurus that became a standard reference work in its field.


A State of Vine

With insight and commentary from many members of the wine world – including Two Buck Chuck’s Fred Franzia, champion racecar driver and winery owner Mario Andretti, award winning winemakers, Bob Foley of Pride Mountain Vineyards, Daniel Barron of Silver Oak Cellars and Randy Pitts of Harvest Moon Estate Winery, along with many others.

Barron County, Wisconsin

The county had taken the name of Barron in the honor of Wisconsin lawyer and politician, Henry D. Barron, who served as Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.

Barron Wortham

Barron Winfred Wortham (born November 1, 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League who played seven seasons for the Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans and the Dallas Cowboys.

Barron's 400 Index

The Barron’s 400 Index is an equal-weighted stock market index that tracks the performance of certain public companies in the United States, based on the strength of financial characteristics related to growth, market value, profitability and cash flow.

Ben Barron

Barron's Department Store became the largest department store in Berkeley County, South Carolina, before he sold it in 1960.

Brian Barron

Amin had been given refuge because of his conversion to Islam; after weeks of negotiation Barron secured the first interview with him since his deposition.

Based in Nairobi from 1977 onwards, covering all of Africa as chief correspondent, Barron covered the end of the regime of Idi Amin, and was the first foreign correspondent to reach an abandoned Kampala, filing a report from the headquarters of the State Research Bureau, Amin's secret police.

Cambodian genocide denial

On June 6, 1977, he and his collaborator, Edward S. Herman, published a review of Barron and Paul's, Ponchaud's, and Porter's books in The Nation.

The witnesses were Barron and three academics who specialized in Cambodia: David P. Chandler, who would become perhaps the most prominent American scholar of Cambodia, Peter Poole, and Gareth Porter.

Clarence W. Barron

Clarence W. Barron (July 2, 1855, in Boston, Massachusetts – October 2, 1928) is one of the most influential figures in the history of Dow Jones & Company.

Dana Barron

Barron received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1989 for her appearance in the CBS after-school special No Means No.

Daniel Corral

Daniel Corral Barrón (born 25 January 1990 in Ensenada) is a Mexican gymnast.

David ''D'' Barron

Barron Corona was killed on November 27, 1997 in Tijuana, Baja California during the attempted assassination of journalist Jesus Blancornelas.

David Balakrishnan

Other TIQ credits include soundtracks for major motion pictures, TV and radio credits such as the Today Show and All Things Considered, feature articles in People and Newsweek magazines, and collaborations with famed artists such as The Manhattan Transfer, pianists Billy Taylor and Kenny Barron, the Ying Quartet and the Parsons Dance Company.

David Jeremiah Barron

Barron is known for coauthoring (with Martin S. Lederman) a Harvard Law Review article titled "The Commander in Chief at the Lowest Ebb - Framing the Problem, Doctrine and Original Understanding," Harvard Law Review, Vol.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Trump has two half siblings, Tiffany from his father's marriage to Marla Maples and Barron from his father's current marriage to Melania Knauss-Trump.

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner is the son of Juan Manuel González Barrón and Rossy Moreno, both professional wrestlers with his father working as the masked wrestler Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the grandson of wrestlers Dr. Wagner and Alfonso Morales, patriacs of the Wagner and Moreno wrestling families.

Frank McBrearty, Jnr

The son of Frank McBrearty, Snr, McBrearty became known nationally as a result of the Morris Tribunal's ruling that police had tried to frame him for the 1996 murder of Richie Barron.

Gran Cochisse

Barrón adopted a Nativ American character while wrestling called "Gran Cochisse" ("The Great Cochise") named after the Apache chief Cochise.

Harris Barron

For many years, Barron's message to his students, "Shared experience creates community." was painted on the back wall of SIM's Longwood Theater on Brookline Avenue in Boston.

Herman Barron

On February 8, 1942, Barron became the first Jewish golfer to win an official PGA Tour event by winning the Western Open by two strokes over Henry Picard at Phoenix Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

James Barron

Barron was born in Hampton, Virginia, the son of a merchant captain named James Barron who became Commodore of the tiny Virginia State Navy during the American Revolution.

Jerome A. Barron

Jerome A. Barron is the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and a former dean of the law school.

Keith Barron

Born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, Barron became well known to UK television viewers in the early 1960s as the easy-going Detective Sergeant Swift in the Granada TV series The Odd Man and its spin-off It's Dark Outside.

Kevin Barron

Kevin Barron was a leading figure in the campaign to rewrite Clause IV under the new leadership of Tony Blair and it came as a surprise that there was no job in government for him after the victorious 1997 general election.

Barron was returned to the front bench nine months later as a spokesman on Employment by the new leader John Smith, and after Smith's death Tony Blair moved Barron to speak on Health matters.

Kevin Barron, the son of Richard and Edna Barron, was born at Hazlewood Castle in Tadcaster, Yorkshire.

Lake Massawippi

A popular summer destination for wealthy Americans in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, industrialist Foxhall P. Keene, writer Upton Sinclair, and the Barron family (of Barron's Magazine) were among those who owned seasonal estates on the lake.

Luther George Simjian

This credit is often attributed to John Shepherd-Barron (who invented the first true electronic ATM) and Donald Wetzel (who directed a 5 million US-$ project to build upon Shepherd-Barron's invention in the late 1960s).

Peter-James Barron

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Barron finished 106th in the individual sprint event.

Red Barron

During the Cocking affair, Eugene Talmadge attempted to place Barron in a new position as vice president of his alma mater, Georgia Tech; the move was widely criticized by Georgia Tech alumni, and Barron subsequently declined to accept the position.

Robert John Kerr

It is noted in Henry Barron's report (The Barron Report 2003) that Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Robert Lowry was aware of Kerr and Jackson's involvement in the Strathearn killing, and that they were not prosecuted for "operational reasons".

Rubber band ligation

In modern history, ligation using rubber band was introduced in 1958 by Blaisdell and refined in 1963 by Barron, who introduced a mechanical, metal device called the Barron ligator (similar to the McGivney).

Shepherd-Barron

John Shepherd-Barron (born 1925), inventor and developer of the cash machine or ATM

Sixteenth Street Heights

Park facilities near 16th Street Heights include the Carter Barron Amphitheater and the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center, which is the home of the Citi Open tournament (formerly Legg Mason Tennis Classic).

SS Kaffraria

Whilst under the command of Captain W. Barron, the SS Kaffraria ran aground in the river Elbe at Otterndorf, Germany on 7 January 1891.

Steve Brozak

Mr. Brozak is frequently interviewed and quoted by such media sources as the Associated Press, ABC, Barron's, Bloomberg, CNN, Forbes, Dow Jones, Reuters, SmartMoney, TheStreet.com, and The Wall Street Journal.

Tamam Shud

Tamam Shud reformed in 1993 with the line-up of Barron, Bjerre, Gaze and Macara to record an album Permanent Culture released in 1994 before disbanding in 1995; and reformed with the same line-up for the Long Way to the Top package tour in 2002.

Todd Harrison

Harrison has appeared on Fox, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV and in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Worth, Fortune, Barron's, Dow Jones MarketWatch, New York and Canada's National Post, and contributed articles to various market-related publications.

WAQE

WAQE-FM, a radio station (97.7 FM) licensed to Barron, Wisconsin, United States

Wilfred Shepherd-Barron

Their son, John Shepherd-Barron became the inventor who pioneered the development of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM).

WTQR

Curly Howard of WKBX told Stockton he should do country on FM, and Summit Communications president Lee Wallenhaupt and executive vice president Richard Barron supported letting Stockton take the FM station in a new direction.


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