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Treaty of Balta Liman

James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East , Oxford University Press, 2005.


70th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Lieutenant James L. Mitchell - regimental adjutant and 11th mayor of Indianapolis, 1873–1875

Barbara Balzerani

In 1981 she participated in the abduction of US general James L. Dozier.

Boston University School of Theology

Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., the first African-American from Texas to earn a doctorate;

C. Jay Cox

He mentioned in a 2004 interview that some of his idols are James L. Brooks, Sydney Pollack and Billy Wilder.

Carrier Strike Group Six

During its nearly 63 years history at least four division Rear Admirals were eventually promoted to Chief of Naval Operations, the most recent being Admiral James L. Holloway III.

Combat pistol shooting

This drill was invented by Jeff Cooper after the kidnap of Brigadier General James L. Dozier by Italian Red Brigade terrorists.

Czechoslovakia 1968

In 1972, Senator James L. Buckley (New York) obtained a copy of Czechoslovakia 1968 to show on New York television stations.

Equisetopsida sensu lato

However in 2009, in an article titled "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III," Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal proposed a much broader sense for the Equisetopsida class name.

Frank H. Spearman

His western novel Whispering Smith – the title character of which was modeled on real-life Union Pacific Railroad detectives Timothy Keliher and Joe Lefors (though the name of the titular hero was apparently derived from another UPRR policeman, James L. "Whispering" Smith) – was made into a movie on eight separate occasions, four silent films in 1916, 1917, 1926, and 1927, with later versions in 1930, 1935, 1948 and 1952.

Fumitada Itakura

From 1973 to 1975 he worked at the Acoustics Research Department of Bell Labs, having been invited to work there on fundamental problems by James Flanagan, who had been impressed by one of Itakura's papers on low bit-rate encoding.

FutureGen

According to James L. Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the market for steel, concrete and power plant components has “just gone through the roof globally”, and much of the reason is the construction of hundreds of new conventional coal plants.

Half-Decent Proposal

Although the episode was written by Tim Long, the idea for the episode was pitched by series' co-creator and executive producer James L. Brooks.

J. A. B. van Buitenen

van Buitenen contributed to the training of several able scholars in the USA, among them James L. Fitzgerald (Brown University), Walter O. Kaelber, Michael D. Willis, Bruce M. Sullivan (Northern Arizona University) and Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago).

James Bentley

James L. Bentley (1927–2003), U.S. politician; Comptroller General of Georgia

James Dolan

James L. Dolan (born 1956), American businessman, President and CEO of Cablevision Systems Corporation

James Dow

James L. Dow (1908–1977), Church of Scotland minister, broadcaster and author

James Farmer

James L. Farmer, Sr. (1886–1961), first African-American Texan to earn a doctorate

James L. Farmer, Jr. (1920–1999), one of the leaders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, son of the above

James Fisk

James L. Fisk (c. 1845-1902), Union Army officer and leader of four expeditions

James Hodges

James L. Hodges, (1790–1846), delegate from Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives

James Holloway

James L. Holloway III (born 1922), U.S. Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations, 1974–1978

James L. Boldridge

James L. Boldridge (December 17, 1868 - May 18, 1918) was a famous horse trainer in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and is the only other African-American other than Hiram Young buried in an Independence, Missouri cemetery along with other honored city leaders/pioneers, at a time when African-American burials were segregated.

James L. Conger

Then he moved to Macomb County, Michigan and laid out the town of Belvidere where he engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits until 1850.

James L. Connaughton

In his senior year, Connaughton was selected for the senior society Scroll and Key and became a member of the Whiffenpoofs, the world renowned, senior men's singing group.

James L. Graham

On August 15, 1986, Graham was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by Robert Morton Duncan.

James L. Gulley

Since 1999 he has authored and run a variety of clinical trials at the NCI, serving as Principal Investigator or an Associate Investigator on approximately 40 trials.

James L. Halperin

In 1985 Halperin authored a text on grading coins, How to Grade U.S. Coins, upon which the grading standards of the two leading third-party grading services PCGS and NGC were ultimately based.

James L. Harris

On that day, at Vagney, France, he commanded an M4 Sherman tank in a hunt for an enemy raiding party which had infiltrated Allied lines.

James L. Herdt

After leaving active duty in 1974, Master Chief Herdt enlisted in the Naval Reserve serving in various Selected Naval Reserve units while attending Kansas State University.

James L. Kemper

After crossing the Emmitsburg Road, his brigade was hit by flanking fire from two Vermont regiments, driving it to the left and disrupting the cohesion of the assault.

James L. Key

He was instrumental in getting Harry Hopkins and his WPA program to update the city sewer system and nearly a million dollars to remodel the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium and Cyclorama building.

James L. McCusker

After winning a three-man September 1891 swimming race at Lake Quinsigamond against John Leavitt and Robert Magree for a prize of $750, he was declared the American champion.

James L. Pohl

On January 29, 2009, Pohl denied the request of the Obama Administration to delay proceeding for 120 days in the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

James L. Quinn

During his tenure, the magazine's circulation never sold as well as he'd hoped, even with the assistance of Larry Shaw and a short tenure by Damon Knight as editor of the magazine.

James L. Reveal

Reveal is a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, adjunct professor at Cornell University's Department of Plant Biology and honorary curator at the New York Botanical Garden.

James L. Richetelli, Jr.

Richetelli's son, James, attends Joseph A. Foran High School and his daughters, Michelle and Julie, attend colleges within the state.

James L. Usry

On March 20, 1987, Usry was nominated by President Ronald Reagan for a two-year term on the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement.

A Republican, Usry served as mayor from 1984 to 1990, after defeating Mayor Michael J. Matthews in a recall election.

Usry graduated from Atlantic City High School and earned a bachelor's degree in 1946 from Lincoln University.

James L. Wattenbarger

A native of Cleveland, Tennessee, Dr. Wattenbarger is credited as being the Father of the Community College System of Florida.

James L. Whitley

He was elected as a Republican to the 71st, 72nd and 73rd United States Congresss, holding office from March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935.

Knight International Center

Famed newspaper publisher, James L. Knight donated over one million dollars towards the cost of the arena.

McConaughy

James L. McConaughy (1887–1948), American politician and a former Governor of Connecticut, USA

North Shore Country Day School

James L. Oakes '41 - Senior Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1992 to 2007

Rupert Read

(co-authored with James L. Guetti, 1999) Meaningful Consequences, The Philosophical Forum, Volume XXX, Issue 4, December 1999, Pages 289-315.

Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards

The final round of the awards are judged by prominent writers, directors, and entertainers, who have included Moss Hart, Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Dustin Hoffman, James Brooks, David Mamet, A. Scott Berg, and David Lynch.

Steve Faber

Faber is writing and executive producing a film for writer/director James L. Brooks, as well as adapting the screen version of journalist A. J. Liebling's Telephone Booth Indians.


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