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James Jordan

James B. Jordan (born 1949), American Calvinist theologian and author

Liberation of Saint Peter

James B. Jordan suggests that this incident is portrayed as being a type of resurrection for Peter.


2009 Rose Bowl

PSU — Norwood, Jordan 9-yard pass from Clark, Daryll (Kelly, Kevin kick), PSU 24 - USC 38

ACLU v. Clapper

The named defendants include Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, NSA Director Keith B. Alexander, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, and FBI director James B. Comey.

Africa Boulevard

The avenue was formerly named after Dr. Samuel Jordan, the founder and the head of the American College of Tehran (later Alborz High School) from the 1910s to 1941.

Albert A. Rollestone

There is no evidence that Mr. Rollestone ever visited Persia or even met the visionary President of Alborz College, Presbyterian missionary Dr. Samuel M. Jordan.

Azraq, Jordan

During the Arab Revolt in the early 20th century, Qasr Azraq was an important headquarters for T. E. Lawrence.

Buffalo, Missouri

James B. Potter, Jr. (born 1931), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–71

Caroline Dormon

U.S. Representative James B. Aswell of Natchitoches worked with Dormon to bring to fruition the Kisatchie National Forest, which was designated in 1930 during the administration of President Herbert C. Hoover.

Cylinders of Nabonidus

The translation was made by A. Leo Oppenheim and is copied from James B. Pritchard's Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, 1950 Princeton.

Dion, Jordan

HE Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser

Ezell A. Blair, Jr.

Blair graduated from Dudley High School, where his father taught, and was awarded a B.S. in sociology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 1963.

Fort Gaddis

Jordan, Terry G. The American Backwoods Frontier: An Ethical and Ecological Interpretation.

Gatineau Park

On December 3, 1913, Dominion Parks Commissioner James B. Harkin wrote to Deputy Minister of the Interior William Cory, arguing for the creation of a nation-wide system of parks, the first of which was to be Gatineau Park.

Hard to Die

Hard to Die (also known as Tower of Terror) is a 1990 action comedy film written by Mark Thomas McGee and James B. Rogers, directed by Jim Wynorski, and starring Gail Harris and Melissa Moore.

Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

Through the powers granted to FHFA, created by the Act, on September 7, 2008, FHFA director James B. Lockhart III announced he had put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the conservatorship of the FHFA.

Huwwarah

Huwwarah if flanked by the ancient sites of Ramoth-Gilead (Ramtha, Jordan) in Gilead to the east and Arabella (Irbid) to the west.

James B. Aguayo-Martel

James Benjamin Martel (born October 15, 1955, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a physician, surgeon and scientist.

James B. Allardice

Allardice is best known for his collaborations with writing partner Tom Adair on a number of highly successful American 1960s TV sitcoms including The Munsters, F Troop, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle, USMC and Hogan's Heroes.

James B. Belford

Elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses Belford was United States Representative for the first district from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1885.

James B. Black

In 2005 and 2006, Black was linked to a series of scandals involving, among other things, the party-switching Rep. Michael P. Decker, and the North Carolina lottery, established the previous year.

James B. Burkholder

When the Sanctuary movement started in the 1980s, he became a supporter and even helped to transport and house Central American political refugees.

James B. Duke House

Construction was completed in 1912, and the three members of the Duke family—James B., his wife Nanaline, and their daughter Doris—lived there with their staff part of the year.

James B. Gibson

He ran for the Democratic nomination for the 2006 gubernatorial election, but lost in the primary to State Senator Dina Titus.

James B. Hunt

In 1842, Hunt was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, and was re-elected to the 29th Congress, serving from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847, the first person to represent Michigan's 3rd congressional district.

James B. Lockhart III

He has served as Senior Vice President, Finance, at National Reinsurance(1996) which was acquired by General Reinsurance; Managing Director in Smith Barney's Investment Banking Group for financial institutions and Co-Head of its Private Equity Group (1993–1995); Vice President and Treasurer of Alexander & Alexander(1981–1989); and Assistant Treasurer of Gulf Oil in Europe and the U.S. (1974–1981).

James B. McPherson

Gingrich, Newt, and Forstchen, William R., Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory, Thomas Dunne Books, 2005, ISBN 0-312-34298-5.

James B. Nutter Sr.

As a young man, Nutter got to know President Harry S. Truman, fostering a lifelong interest in local, state and national politics.

James B. Pearson

Following his reelection in 1972, Pearson was appointed by Nixon as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.

James B. Stephens

A native of Virginia, he was the founder of East Portland and Stephens Street in Portland, Oregon is named in his honor.

James B. Sumner

Sumner graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1910 where he was acquainted with prominent chemists Roger Adams, Farrington Daniels, Frank C. Whitmore, James Bryant Conant and Charles Loring Jackson.

James B. Weaver

He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1878 on the Greenback ticket and served in the Forty-sixth Congress from 1879 to 1881, but in 1880 was nominated for the presidency instead of re-election to Congress.

James B. Woods

He was a business partner with his brother-in-law J. Shannon Clift in a commission merchant and ship brokerage business in St. John's.

James Baker House

James B. Baker House, Aberdeen, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland

James Bullard

James B. Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis

James M. McPherson

:For the Civil War General of a similar name see James B. McPherson

James Simpson

James B. Simpson (died 2002), American journalist and Episcopal priest, known for Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

James Weaver

James B. Weaver (1833–1912), United States Representative from Iowa and Presidential candidate

James Whitfield

James B. Whitfield (1860–1948), Florida lawyer and justice of the Florida Supreme Court

Kent A. Jordan

He was previously a federal district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Lianxing Wen

He is a recipient of the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and a fellow of the Union, a designation conferred upon not more than 0.1% of all AGU members in any given year.

Listerine

As the advertising scholar James B. Twitchell writes, "Listerine did not make mouthwash as much as it made halitosis."

Michael H. Jordan

Two of his favorite non-profit organizations were the Center for Excellence in Education, founded by the late Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, and the United Negro College Fund.

In 1960, he joined the United States Navy as a lieutenant and was selected by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to serve on his staff, which was developing America’s nuclear submarine force.

P. J. Hairston

Hairston attended Dudley High School in Greensboro for his first three years of high school.

Propositional formula

William Eccles and F. W. Jordan (1919) describe a "trigger relay" made from a vacuum tube.

Ralph Craig

Immediately after the Olympics, Ralph Craig retired from the sport, although his brother, Jimmy, became an All American footballer in 1913.

Terry Jordan

Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov (1938–2003), Author, Professor at the Department of Geography and the Environment at University of Texas at Austin.

William E. Jordan

Jordan sought re-election in the new 10th Milwaukee County district (16th and 23rd wards), and was defeated by Republican John W. Eber, who received 3829 votes to Jordan's 2618.

William T. Culpepper, III

Considered the greatest Rules Chairman of all time, Culpepper will be remembered as one of the architects of the co-speakership (James B. Black and Richard T. Morgan) in 2003 and the driving force behind passage of the state's education lottery in 2005.


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