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Charles R. Spencer

Charles R. Spencer (generally called the Spencer) was a steamboat built in 1901 to run on the Willamette and Columbia rivers from Portland, to The Dalles, Oregon.


58534 Logos

Logos' companion was discovered on 17 November 2001 from Hubble Space Telescope observations by K. S. Noll, D. C. Stephens, W. M. Grundy, J. Spencer, R. L. Millis, M. W. Buie, D. Cruikshank, S. C. Tegler, and W. Romanishin and announced on 11 February 2002.

7th World Science Fiction Convention

Don Ford carried out the duties of Chairman, but was officially Secretary-Treasurer; Charles R. Tanner had the honorary title of Chairman.

Alexander Slidell Mackenzie

Mackenzie was captain of the USS Somers when it became the only U.S. Navy ship to undergo a mutiny which led to executions, including Philip Spencer, the nineteen-year-old son of the Secretary of War John C. Spencer.

Am I Right

Charles R. Grosvenor Jr, Sasquatch Books, ISBN 1-57061-533-0 and Hit Me With Your Pet Shark (and Other Misheard Lyrics) (October 1, 2008).

Barbara J. Spencer

Since 1985 she has been a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and, since 1988, she has been the Asia Pacific Professor in Trade Policy at the University of British Columbia.

:For the curler, see Barb Spencer

Charles Baillie-Hamilton

Charles R. Baillie-Hamilton (1848–1927), played football for Scotland in 1870

Charles Brewer

Charles R. Brewer (1890–1971), Church of Christ professor, preacher, poet, and leader

Charles Cross

Charles R. Cross, rock music journalist and author based in Seattle

Charles Holland

Charles R. Holland, (born 1946) former Commander at United States Special Operations Command

Charles Larson

Charles R. Larson (born 1936), retired U.S. Navy admiral and former candidate for Lt. Governor of Maryland

Charles R. Bentley

In 1957, he and a handful of other scientists including Mario Giovinetto set out on an expedition across West Antarctica in tracked vehicles to make the first measurements of the ice sheet.

Charles R. Boutin

Governor Ehrlich appointed Sheryl Davis Kohl to replace Boutin as the Republican representative for District 34A.

Charles R. Burton

He and Sir Ranulph Fiennes spent some four years organizing the Transglobe Expedition and raising money.

Charles R. Crisp

Crisp was elected to the Sixty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until October 7, 1932, when he resigned to become a member of the United States Tariff Commission, in which capacity he served until December 30, 1932.

Crisp was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Charles F. Crisp, and served from December 19, 1896, to March 3, 1897.

Charles R. Fenwick

Throughout his life, Fenwick was a member of the American Bar Association, the Freemasons, the Shriners, the Elks Club, the Moose Lodge, the American Legion, the Rotary Club and the Farm Bureau.

Charles R. Forbes

On December 16, 1927, after the publication of his New York World article, Forbes testified before a grand jury in Kansas City that concerned his statement in the article that alleged narcotics was easily obtained at USP Leavenworth.

He served one year, eight months and six days at the Leavenworth federal penitentiary.

Charles R. Jackson

He and his wife had to sell their New Hampshire home and eventually moved to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

Charles R. Meyer

In 1935 against Notre Dame before a capacity crowd of 78,114 in Yankee Stadium, it was Meyer's 41-yard first-quarter TD pass and stellar performance in a 6-6 tie that brought him into the limelight.

This time the Army ace outdueled famed Columbia passer and future Chicago Bears Hall of Fame quarterback Sid Luckman as the Black Knights prevailed, 27-16, over the Lions.

Charles R. Pellegrino

One of his recent books (co-authored with Simcha Jacobovici) is The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (2007), a companion book to the Discovery Channel documentary on the same subject created in part by film director James Cameron.

Charles R. Skinner

He served as member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1884.

Skinner was elected as a Republican to the 47th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Warner Miller to the U.S. Senate; and was re-elected to the 48th United States Congress, holding office from November 8, 1881, to March 3, 1885.

Charles R. Train

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the Civil War served in the Union Army as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan.

Chester Business Park

One of the first major businesses to occupy a new building was Shell Chemicals U.K., and other businesses included Marks & Spencer Financial Services, MBNA International Bank, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Trinity International.

CKPG-TV

On December 12, 1970, Brian "Spinner" Spencer, a rookie hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from Fort St. James, was called up to play with the Leafs in what would be his first NHL game on television.

Eastline Marketing

Eastline has developed campaigns for Middle Eastern and global brands such as Toyota, AZADEA Group, DHL, Kimberly-Clark, Bank Audi, Fransabank, Henkel, Avis, AXA Insurance, Marks & Spencer, JoueClub, and Waterfront City.

Frank Morey

His election in 1876 was contested and he lost his seat in June of that year to Democrat William B. Spencer.

Gay male pulp fiction

These were often reprints of literary novels that involved references to homosexuality, such as Charles Jackson's 1946 novel, The Fall of Valor, and Gore Vidal's 1948 novel, The City and the Pillar, which first appeared in paperback in 1950.

George E. Spencer

Born in Champion, New York, Spencer was the son of Gordon Percival and Deborah Mallory Spencer.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

He was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for the 1982 murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Ray, who was an assistant US military attaché and murder of Israeli diplomat Yaakov Bar-Simantov in Paris, as well as involvement in the attempted assassination of American consul in Strasbourg Robert O. Homme.

Henry Fairfield Osborn

As a curator, he assembled a remarkable team of fossil hunters and preparators, including William King Gregory, Roy Chapman Andrews, a gentleman allegedly a possible inspiration for the creation of the fictional archeologist Indiana Jones, and Charles R. Knight, who made murals of dinosaurs in their habitats and sculptures of the living creatures.

Incesticide

It was widely reported in the music press that the band wanted to offer fans a higher-quality alternative, but in the book Cobain Unseen, Charles R. Cross writes that Kurt Cobain agreed to the release of this compilation because he was allowed complete control over the album's artwork.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

During the campaign, Townsend was criticized for her choice of running mate, Admiral Charles R. Larson, a novice politician who had switched parties only a few weeks before.

Michael Jack

From 1975-80 he worked at Marks & Spencer, being PA to Managing Director Lord Rayner from 1975-6, National Chairman of the Young Conservatives from 1976–77, Sales Director at LO Jeffs Ltd (a fresh produce supply company and part of Northern Foods) from 1981-7.

National Policy Institute

In September 2011, NPI hosted its first national conference, entitled "Towards a New Nationalism." Speakers included Richard B. Spencer, Keith Preston, Byron Roth, Alex Kurtagic, Tomislav Sunic, Jared Taylor and his associate Sam Dickson.

Nirvana – A Classic Album Under Review – In Utero

Those interviewed include Nirvana's original drummer Chad Channing, Kurt Cobain's biographer Charles R. Cross, and music producer Jack Endino.

Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design

In the field of art and design, NTU has links with a wide range of companies, professional bodies and institutions on an international level, including Apple, Arcadia Group, Broadway, Fashion Institute of Technology, Marks & Spencer, Ralsey Group Limited, Association of Illustrators, Sony, and Sophie Stellar.

Oliver Shepard

On the Transglobe Expedition he travelled with Fiennes and Charlie Burton, and acted as doctor, dentist, scientist and mechanic.

Percival H. Spencer

He was born on April 30, 1897 to Christopher Miner Spencer (1833-1922), the inventor of, among other things, the Spencer repeating rifle.

Samuel M. Spencer

He was postmaster in the area, which is why some sources say the post office for Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii is called "Kamuela", the equivalent of Samuel in the Hawaiian language.

South African republic referendum, 1960

When the Republic of South Africa was declared on 31 May 1961, Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state, and the last Governor General of the Union, Charles R. Swart, took office as the first State President.

The Quest for Cush

The Quest for Cush also known as Imaro II: The Quest for Cush is a sword and sorcery novel written by Charles R. Saunders, and published by DAW Books in 1984.

The Very Best of Macy Gray

On December 1, 2008, the album was re-released in the United Kingdom including "Winter Wonderland" (which first appeared as a B-side to the "Sexual Revolution" single), featured in the Marks & Spencer Christmas ads.

Treatment of slaves in the United States

Historian Charles Johnson writes that such laws were not only motivated by compassion, but also by the desire to pacify slaves and prevent future revolts.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

On December 22, 2009, Canadian movie director James Cameron and author Charles Pellegrino met Yamaguchi while he was in a hospital in Nagasaki, and discussed the idea of making a film about nuclear weapons.

Warren Training School

The Warren Training School was a boys-only day school in Chatham, Virginia founded in 1906 by Charles R. Warren.


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