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unusual facts about Hutchison


Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock

The Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company was controlled by Douglas Clague through Hutchison International in the mid-1960s.


2013 Hong Kong dock strike

On 1 May 2013, Hutchison Port Holdings group managing director John Meredith published an article in several Chinese-language newspapers said the strike was jeopardising Hong Kong's entrepot status.

45 rpm adapter

Commissioned by RCA president David Sarnoff and invented by Thomas Hutchison, spiders were prevalent in the 1960s and sold tens of millions per year.

Alaska Commercial Company

After the 1867 purchase of Alaska by the United States, the firm of Hutchison, Kohl & Company, including Hayward Hutchison, William Kohl, and Louis Sloss, bought the Russian-American Company.

Andrew Hutchison

Hutchison delivered a response in late 2005 to the call for the destruction of Israel by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, condemning Ahmadinejad for his remarks which incite "hatred of the Jewish people and supporting violence against them."

Following his confirmation as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Hutchison toured Cuba in February 2005, meeting with religious leaders of the Episcopal Church of Cuba and theology students in Cuba, as well as government officials and the Roman Catholic Archbishop.

Anna May Hutchison

Nevertheless, Hutchison was able to make the adjustment to pitching before the 1946 season, when Leo Murphy, former Pittsburgh Pirates catcher and Belles manager, helped her to throw a fastpitch underhand delivery during spring training.

In Game 1 of the first round, Hutchison won a 17-inning pitching duel against the stellar Jean Faut.

Balfour Oliphant Hutchison

Hutchison was the son of Alexander Hutchison, of Braehead, Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Clyde A. Hutchison III

In 1996 Hutchison spent a sabbatical year at TIGR; there he discussed with Hamilton Smith and Craig Venter the idea of a minimum cell - cell with the minimal set of genes required for survival.

Dave Hutchison

David Joseph Hutchison (born May 2, 1952 in London, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played for the Philadelphia Blazers and Vancouver Blazers of the World Hockey Association, plus the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks and New Jersey Devils of the NHL.

Delphi Greenlaw

Hutchison received the "Rising Star" award in the TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice Awards 2004 for her portrayal of Delphi.

Drew Hutchison

The Blue Jays placed Hutchison on the 60-day disabled list on March 22, 2013 to make room for Todd Redmond on their 40-man roster.

Frank Hutchison

Some years after his recording career had ended and after he left the Logan County coal mines, Hutchison and his wife operated a store in Lake, West Virginia, where he also served as postmaster.

Geoff Hutchison

Following Liam Bartlett's defection to commercial radio in early 2006, Hutchison used Qantas back to Perth and took up the position as host of 720 ABC's Morning show.

Geophysiology

G. Evelyn Hutchison, studied the way logistic growth, biological feedback systems and self-regulation tended to explain many of the features of ecological systems, and Raymond Lindeman has further extended the way energy flows between various trophic levels in his "trophic-dynamic" model, further developed by Mark McMenamin and Dianna McMenamin's thesis of "Hypersea", which looks at the rate of water flow through the Gaian biological environment.

George Hutchison

Ian Clark Hutchison (1903–2002), full name George Ian Clark Hutchison, Scottish Unionist Party MP for Edinburgh West

Gus Hutchison

After retiring from racing, Hutchison focused on running his business, Solar Kinetics, based in Dallas.

Heather Hutchison

Hutchison has recorded and/or performed with various established Canadian artists, including Brock Skywalker, the Stringbeans Quartet, drummer Chris Budnardchuk (Maren Ord, the James Murdoch Band), Chris Brzezicki (Paul Bellows), Jeff Smook (Captain Tractor), and Ann Vriend.

Hong Kong Air International Ltd

The company was started by Maurice Holloway, as part of Hutchison (now Hutchison Whampoa), in 1971(?) and ceased trading in 1976.

Hong Kong Hilton

Also, Hutchison placed over 60% of its staff in the new Harbour Plaza Hotel in Hung Hom.

Hutchison baronets

The Hutchison Baronetcy, of Thurle in Streatly in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 July 1939 for Robert Hutchison, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and of the Royal College of Physicians.

Hutchison Whampoa

Hutchison Whampoa has received criticism from charities such as the Burma Campaign UK and appear on the charity's 'dirty list' for their involvement in trade with the military junta in Burma.

Jill Hutchison

After graduating from UNM, Hutchison was admitted to the master's program at Illinois State University.

John de Mestre Hutchison

The young Hutchison attended Eastman's Naval Academy in Southsea, Portsmouth before he joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1876.

John G. Hutchinson

When longtime Representative and fellow Democrat John M. Slack, Jr. died in office on March 17, 1980, Hutchison won the special election to fill Slack's vacancy in Congress.

Kathleen Hutchison

Hutchison was appointed Executive Producer of Eastenders by Mal Young following a prolonged tenure as Executive Producer and critical acclaim for her work at "Holby".

Lynne Hutchison

Hutchison started training at the club on the same day as Francesca Fox, who would ultimately also represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Maiden Island

The prominent Hutchison Memorial on the north end of Kerrera that commemorates David Hutchison, one of the founders of Caledonian MacBrayne, is visible from Maiden Island.

Michael Clark Hutchison

Alan Michael Clark Hutchison (26 February 1914 - 21 March 1993) was a Scottish Unionist politician.

Port of Brisbane

In January 2008, Port of Brisbane Corporation signed an agreement with Brisbane Container Terminals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings, subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, which Hutchison will operate berths 11 and 12 for 42 years.

Ray Graydon

The side, containing Hutchison and Graydon also boasted Mick Ferguson, Ian Wallace, Terry Yorath, Graham Oakey, Bobby MacDonald and Jim Blyth.

Ron Hutchinson

In October 2007, Hutchison took part in a three-city tour of India with Tiger Jeet Singh's Universal Wrestling Stars, Incorporated and included American independent wrestlers Sonjay Dutt, Steve Corino, Jerry Lynn, Don Paysan as well as Canadian female wrestlers Kacey Diamond, Josianne the Pussycat and Portia Perez.

Scott Hutchison

Initially a solo project, Hutchison collaborated with his brother Grant on the band's debut album, Sing the Greys (2006), and recorded the band's critical breakthrough, The Midnight Organ Fight (2008), as a three-piece, following the collapse of a romantic relationship.

Sir James Hutchison, 1st Baronet

So effective was Hutchison that he was nicknamed the "Pimpernel of the Maquis"; he was not captured during four months in France, and at the end of the war he received the Distinguished Service Order from the British.

Susan Hutchison

Hutchison serves as an officer of the following boards: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC), Finance Chair (present) of Young Life International, Vice Chair (present) All-Star Orchestra, Vice President (present) and Chair (2006-2009) Seattle Symphony, and on the following boards: Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation, Discovery Institute, and Salvation Army.

Thomas Setzer Hutchison

After meeting Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, Hutchison was sent to Epirus with the Fifteenth Regiment of Greek Infantry and some eight batteries of artillery.

Hutchison participated in the various battles and assaults on the Turkish fort of Bizani, during which he was wounded.

Tim Blair

He has criticised the work of other journalists and bloggers, including Margo Kingston and writers Elizabeth Farrelly, Mike Carlton, Terry Lane, Mark Lawson, Tracee Hutchison of The Age and Robert Fisk.

Up the Academy

It was directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starred Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Harry Teinowitz, Hutch Parker (younger brother of Parker Stevenson and now known as movie executive J. Hutchison), Tom Poston, Barbara Bach, Stacey Nelkin, Ralph Macchio (his screen debut) and King Coleman.

VHA

Vodafone Hutchison Australia, a company formed in 2009 by the merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison 3G Australia

Vodafone Hutchison Australia

The 850 MHz spectrum belonged to Hutchison prior to the merger and was used by their brand Orange.

The joint venture entity is owned by Hutchison Telecommunications Australia (a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa) and by Vodafone Group plc on a 50-50 basis.

Vodafone India

Hutchison Max rebranded Max Touch as Orange from 14 February 2000, thus introducing the Orange brand to India.

William Oliphant Hutchison

Hutchison was Director of the Glasgow School of Art from 1933 to 1943, from all accounts being an excellent director.


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