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unusual facts about James K. Irving


The Daily Gleaner

The Gleaner, as it's called locally, is part of Brunswick News Inc., which is privately owned by James K. Irving.


54-40

The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the unsuccessful expansionist agenda of James K. Polk's presidency, intent upon controlling a contested U.S.-Canada border area in the Oregon boundary dispute.

Alliance of Youth Movements

Speakers at the inaugural 2008 summit included actress Whoopi Goldberg, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, the Obama Campaign’s New Media Team, and then-current Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the United States James K. Glassman.

Barnburners and Hunkers

They also stood for local control by the Albany Regency, as against the Polk political machine which the new administration was trying to build up in New York.

Baxter Glacier

It was named by a 1976–77 Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) field party after James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet and social critic.

Boston Custom House

—Opened August 1st, A.D. 1847, James K. Polk, President U.S.A.; Robert J. Walker Sec'y of the Treasury; Marcus Morton, Collector of the Port; Samuel S. Lewis, Robert G. Shaw, Commissioners; Ammi Burnham Young, Architect.

Brian E. Carlson

His work on inter-agency collaboration projects under the direction of three Under Secretaries of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs – Karen Hughes, James K. Glassman and Judith McHale led to the award of the Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in May, 2010.

Burma Global Action Network

Major figureheads such as Whoopi Goldberg of ABC’s The View, Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook, James K. Glassman, Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Oscar Morales, Founder, One Million Voices Against the FARC, Luke Russert, MSNBC, Matthew Waxman, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School.

Canadian Business

In 2008 the Canadian Business magazine's annual report on the wealthiest Canadians calculated that the Irving family combined wealth rose 34 percent from 2007 to $US 7.11 billion.

Capitol Police Board

The three members of this board are the Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate Terrance W. Gainer, and the Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives Paul D. Irving.

Catherine Galbraith

Catherine Galbraith (née Catherine Merriam Atwater; January 19, 1913 – October 1, 2008) was an American author who was the wife of economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith, and the mother of four sons: diplomat and political analyst, Peter W. Galbraith, economist James K. Galbraith, attorney J. Alan Galbraith, and Douglas Galbraith who died in childhood of leukemia.

Christopher DeMuth

DeMuth presided over the institute as a number of high-profile scholars joined AEI, including Charles Murray, Dinesh D'Souza, Richard and Lynne Cheney, Michael Barone, James K. Glassman, Newt Gingrich, Karl Zinsmeister, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Criticisms of neoclassical economics

James K. Galbraith on his article A contribution on the state of economics in France and the world asks himself: "Is there anything missing even from the hotly contested domains of modern mainstream economics?"

DCI Group

In 2000, DCI Group began publishing an online magazine, Tech Central Station, "hosted" by James K. Glassman.

Enos D. Hopping

A personal and political friend of Secretary of War William L. Marcy, Hopping was appointed a brigadier general in the Regular Army by President James K. Polk on March 3, 1847.

Fifty Caricatures

Published in 1913, Beerbohm's illustrations include caricatures of George Bernard Shaw, Lloyd George, Joseph Pennell, Lord Rosebery, John Masefield, George Grossmith, Jr., H. B. Irving, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Hardy, Bonar Law and Enrico Caruso and a collection of politicians of the time.

Fitzgerald Station and Farmstead

As part of the land received according to the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty of 1830, the property of the station and farmstead was officially signed to Fitzgerald in September 1846 by President James K. Polk.

Georgetown, Prince Edward Island

In the 20th century, Georgetown's industrial base diversified to include the Island's only shipyard, East Isle Shipyard, now owned by J.D. Irving Limited, and well known for its construction of tugs such as Atlantic Spruce, Atlantic Oak and the Royal Canadian Navy's Glen class tugs.

Go Go Gophers

They make attempts to secure the town of Gopher Gulch by wiping out the last two surviving Gopher Indians (depicted as anthropomorphic gophers): Running Board (voiced by George S. Irving) and Ruffled Feathers (also voiced by Sandy Becker).

Isaiah Rynders

He held considerable influence in Tammany Hall for twenty-five years and was credited for delivering New York to James K. Polk and securing his election as President of the United States.

Izetta Jewel

The following season she played opposite Skinner in Charles Frohman’s production of Sire at the Criterion Theatre and in 1912 with James K. Hackett in The Grain of Dust also staged at the Criterion.

James K. Bredar

He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (1985–1989) and a Deputy District Attorney in Moffat County, Colorado (1984–1985).

James K. Coyne, III

Coyne co-authored (with John Fund) "Cleaning House," which promoted state referenda to limit the terms of Members of Congress.

James K. Galbraith

In 2009, he joined the project for Soldiers of Peace, a documentary for global peace and against all wars, which has won various awards in film festivals.

James K. Gilman

He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

James K. Hampson

James Kelly Hampson (1877 – 8 October 1956) was the archaeologist to excavate and preserve the artifacts from the Nodena Site and owner of the Hampson Plantation in Wilson, Arkansas.

James K. Johnson

In 1979, Johnson married his wife Sylvia, with Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater as his best man.

James K. Marshall

Marshall had the brigade's Moravian band perform for the men to heighten their morale after the first day's carnage.

James K. Okubo

Okubo's award was one of those upgraded to the Medal of Honor and in a ceremony at the White House, on June 21, 2000, the formal presentation was made by President Bill Clinton.

Jonathan D. Stevenson

He supported James K. Polk for the Presidency in 1844, and was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1846.

Josefa Segovia

Ten years later, James K. Polk suggested annexing Texas, but also put California as a high priority on his list of territory to acquire.

K. C. Irving

His father did not oppose his second attempt to enlist and Irving entered the Royal Flying Corps as a fighter pilot, although he never saw action as the war ended shortly thereafter.

Irving Oil, J.D. Irving and all subsidiary companies are actively supporting Canada's ratification and implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, since the family has invested considerable funds into environmental controls and alternative energy for its operations and wishes to capitalize on these investments at the expense of its slow-to-respond publicly traded competitors.

Kevin Hassett

Hassett is coauthor with James K. Glassman of Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market.

Mattawamkeag, Maine

In 1994, Canadian Atlantic was sold, with the line running through Mattawamkeag being purchased by J. D. Irving and is now operated as the Eastern Maine Railway.

Paul Maunder

He is best known for his 1979 film of the Albert Wendt novel Sons For the Return Home, and his 1983 play Hemi, about the life of James K. Baxter.

President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

He mentioned James K. Galbraith, Larry Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, Dean Baker, and Jared Bernstein as progressive economists who might be suitable for the board.

Restigouche-La-Vallée

One local campaign issue concerned whether and how much government should support the forestry company J. D. Irving.

Reverend James Smith

James K. A. Smith (born 1970), Canadian-American proponent of Radical Orthodoxy

Richard Barnes Mason

When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, Mason made a report of the finding to President James K. Polk.

Robert Toombs

Historian William Y. Thompson writes that Toombs was "prepared to vote all necessary supplies to repel invasion. But he did not agree that the territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande was a part of Texas. He declared the movement of American forces to the Rio Grande at President Polk's command "was contrary to the laws of this country, a usurpation on the rights of this House, and an aggression on the rights of Mexico.

Sayles Jenks Bowen

President James K. Polk appointed Bowen to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in 1845, but revoked the appointment three years later when Bowen gained the reputation of a radical for distributing abolitionist propaganda; additionally, he supported Freesoil candidate Martin Van Buren in that year's presidential election rather than Polk's preferred successor, Lewis Cass.

Seaton Schroeder

She was also a great-granddaughter of Sarah Franklin Bache and Richard Bache, and more notably she was the great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin as well as a niece of George Mifflin Dallas the 11th Vice President of the United States, serving under James K. Polk.

Second inauguration of Richard Nixon

Johnson thus became the sixth president who died during his immediate successor's administration, following George Washington (1799), James K. Polk (1849), Andrew Johnson (1875), Chester A. Arthur (1886) and Calvin Coolidge (1933), who died during the administrations of John Adams, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland (1st term), and Herbert Hoover, respectively.

T. B. Irving

As a scholar, Irving taught and studied at a number of leading universities in the U.S. and Canada, including McGill, Princeton, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Tennessee.

Texas Democratic Party

In 1845, the 29th United States Congress approved the Texas Constitution and President James K. Polk signed the act admitting Texas as a state on December 29.

The Body in the Seine

What makes The Body in the Seine interesting to collectors of Broadway cast albums is the theatrical performers assembled for the recording, including Alice Pearce, George S. Irving, Barbara Ashley and future U.S. Congressman, Jim Symington.

United States Capitol Guide Board

The three members of this board are the Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, the Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance W. Gainer, and the House Sergeant at Arms Paul D. Irving.

Vardaman

James K. Vardaman (1861 - 1930) American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

A Groovy Griot Film In Association with 57th & Irving Productions, the film was executive produced by Edward Tyler Nahem, Jennifer Millstone, Patrick Morris, Jack Turner, Kathryn Tucker, and Miklos C.Vasarhelyi, and co-produced by Sarah Price, Gwyn Welles, Scott Duncan, and Hugo Berkeley.


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