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Jack Little

John N. Little, known as Jack Little, an American electrical engineer


1936 Democratic National Convention

The convention resulted in the nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner for reelection.

C57BL/6

The inbred strain of C57BL mice was created in 1921 by C. C. Little at the Bussey Institute for Research in Applied Biology.

Cambridge Discovery Park

CDP, formerly known as Acorn Park, was the home of Arthur D. Little, an international management consulting firm, for nearly 50 years.

Cape Wheeler

It was named by Jackie Ronne, expedition member and newspaper correspondent, for John N. Wheeler, president of the North American Newspaper Alliance and a contributor to the expedition.

Chauncey B. Little

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress.

Christopher Draper

Like most RNAS and RFC Squadrons by now, it was a multi-national unit, manned by British, Australians (including the leading Australian ace Robert A. Little), Canadians, and at least one American.

Edward C. Little

In the Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Revision of Laws.

Edward Little

Edward P. Little (1791–1875), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Friedrich Ehmann

Robert A. Little, who was the leading Australian ace of the war, scoring the majority of his wins in a RNAS Sopwith Triplane, shot down one of Ehmann's squadronmates.

George W. Little

:For other people with a similar name, see George Little.

Gerry P. Little

During his 19 years as Chief of Staff for State Senator Leonard T. Connors Jr., Assemblyman Christopher J. Connors and former Assemblyman Jeffrey Moran, Freeholder Little worked closely with 9th District legislators on numerous bills.

Griswold House

John N. A. Griswold House, Newport, Rhode Island, a National Historic Landmark and NRHP-listed in Newport County, Rhode Island

Henry Little

Henry F. W. Little, sergeant in the Union Army and Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War

International Controls Corporation

Vesco wanted Richard Nixon's Attorney General John N. Mitchell to intercede on his behalf with SEC chairman William J. Casey, and in April 1972 he sent his counsel, former New Jersey State Senator Harry L. Sears, along with ICC president Lawrence Richardson, to deliver a cash contribution of $200,000 to Maurice Stans, finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President.

Italian-American Civil Rights League

The group then turned its attention to what it perceived as cultural slights against Italian-Americans, using boycott threats to force Alka-Seltzer and The Ford Motor Company to withdraw television commercials the league objected to, and also got United States Attorney General John Mitchell to order the United States Justice Department to stop using the word "Mafia" in official documents and press releases.

James Harry Michael Jr.

Michael was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1973 but lost to Republican John N. Dalton.

James W. McCord, Jr.

In a later letter, written to U.S. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell.

John Irwin

John N. Irwin (1847–1905), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory, 1883–1884, and Arizona Territory, 1890–1892

John N. Irwin, II (1913–2000), American Deputy Secretary of State and Ambassador to France (1973-1974)

John N. Abrams

After retiring, Abrams became a military analyst for the Associated Press.

John N. Deck

At a time when Neoplatonism in philosophy, as well as philosophy itself in the university, was considered hopelessly outdated, he developed a freshman class called "Dream worlds and real worlds" that brought the message of Plotinus to the most unpromising students; it proved to be immensely popular, disconcerting his academic rivals.

John N. Erlenborn

He represented his district for twenty years, from January 1965 to January 1985, a period which began with the 89th U.S. Congress.

John N. Hagan

John N. Hagan (August 4, 1873 – June 4, 1952) was a North Dakota Republican/NPL politician who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1917 to 1921 and from 1937 to 1938.

John N. Hazard

He was associated with the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law at Columbia and helped shape its programs in Russian and East European law.

John N. Reeve

He is well known as the discoverer of archaea histones, small DNA-binding proteins which are the precursors of histones in eukaryotes, as evidenced by his many published articles.

John N. Tillman

Tillman was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1929).

John N. W. Rumple

He served in the Fifty-seventh Congress, but became seriously ill before the completion of his term.

Joseph J. Little

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Joseph Little

Joseph J. Little (1841-1913), a U.S. Representative from New York

KGB: The Secret War

KGB: The Secret War is a 1985 film directed by Dwight H. Little.

Lethal alleles

In 1910, William Ernest Castle and C. C. Little reaffirmed Cuénot's discovery of a lethal gene by proving that a quarter of the offspring from crosses between heterozygotes died during embryonic development, due to failure to implant in the uterine lining.

MathWorks

MathWorks was founded in Portola Valley, California, by Jack Little (President & CEO), Cleve Moler (Chief Scientist), and Steve Bangert (now inactive) on December 7, 1984.

MeadWestvaco

After an Arthur D. Little study indicated that the information retrieval product had a promising future, Mead Data Central launched it as the LEXIS legal research system in 1973.

Mitchell v. Forsyth

In 1970, John N. Mitchell, Attorney General, authorized a warrantless wiretap for the purpose of gathering intelligence regarding the activities of a radical group that had made tentative plans to take actions threatening the Nation's security.

Modus vivendi

This sense of the term has been used as a keystone in the political philosophy of John Gray.

Nat Emerson

They lost to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Fred Alexander and Harold Hackett in 1906, and Raymond D. Little and Beals Wright in 1908.

Remote viewing

A number of CIA officials, including John N. McMahon (then the head of the Office of Technical Service and later the Agency's deputy director) became strong supporters of the program.

Shoup Voting Machine Corporation

In July 1971, United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell announced that the Shoup Voting Machine Corp. of Philadelphia, its subsidiary Southern Municipal Sales, Inc., Shoup president Irving H. Myers, company executive vice president Martin V. Schott, several other Shoup employees, and other individuals had been indicted by a Philadelphia grand jury for a total of four indictments for bribery, mail fraud, and conspiracy.

Straw dog

Professor John N. Gray's book of trenchant essays is titled Straw Dogs (John Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Granta Books 2002, ISBN 1-86207-512-3)

T. D. Little

He ran for Alabama's 3rd congressional district for United States House of Representatives in 1996 after Glen Browder retired but lost to Bob Riley (R).

Thomas Buckner

In the early 1970s, while his uncle John N. Irwin, II served as the U.S. Ambassador to France, Buckner was one of approximately 500 left-leaning Americans on Richard Nixon's so-called "enemies list."

U. S. Guyer

Guyer was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward C. Little and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925.

Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera

Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera is a comic opera by David T. Little, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek.

Way Bandy

Bandy gained fame when he and friend Maury Hopson transformed Martha Beall Mitchell, wife of John N. Mitchell, during a photo session with Francesco Scavullo.


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