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Peter Fay

Peter W. Fay (1924–2004), professor and historian focusing on India and China


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The lawsuits surrounding the reported sudden acceleration episodes were subject of Peter W. Huber's 1993 book, Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science In The Courtroom.

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.

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1976

Instead, Carter invited Senators Edmund Muskie, John Glenn, Walter Mondale, and Congressmen Peter W. Rodino to visit his home in Plains, Georgia, for personal interviews, while Church, Henry M. Jackson, and Adlai Stevenson III would be interviewed at the convention in New York.

Foreign relations of Singapore

In 1994, relations with U.S. were hampered for a brief period by the caning incident of American teenager Michael P. Fay who was convicted in Singapore for vandalism.

5 May 1994 – United States media sensationalise the caning incident of American teenager Michael P. Fay who was convicted for vandalism.

Francis B. Fay

Fay was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Rantoul, Jr., and served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853.

Gopal Baratham

In 1994, Dr. Baratham wrote an account of the events surrounding the sentencing to caning of the American teenager Michael Fay, called The Caning of Michael Fay.

Helen L. Gilson

After, she moved back to Chelsea, Massachusetts where she worked as a governess for her cousins, children of her uncle Frank B. Fay, the mayor of Chelsea.

James Fay

James H. Fay (1899 – 1948), American lawyer and Democratic politician

John D. Fay

Fay participated with Stephen Clark in re-constructing the Long Bridge over the Potomac, and was a Resident Engineer on the New York State canals from 1841 to 1849.

Michael Fay

Michael P. Fay (born 1975), American teenager caned in Singapore in 1994 for vandalism

Michael P. Fay

Nevertheless, then and late President Ong Teng Cheong commuted Fay's caning from six to four strokes as a gesture of respect toward Clinton.

Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

It is also home to a number of artists and writers, including CBC personalities Ian Hanomansing and Tod Maffin, The Tyee editor David Beers and documentary filmmaker Peter W. Klein.

Peter Barlow

Peter W. Barlow (1809–1885), English civil engineer and son of the mathematician

Peter Gray

Peter W. Gray (1819–1874), American lawyer, judge, and legislator from Texas

Peter Klein

Peter W. Klein (born 1970), American journalist and documentary filmmaker

Peter Kunhardt

His eldest son, Peter is the Director of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, and his daughter, Abby, is a teacher at St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's in Manhattan.

Peter W. Chiarelli

He also served as commander, Multi-National Corps—Iraq under General George W. Casey, Jr..

Peter W. Dykema

Dykema was also active in the Music Teachers National Association and the National Education Association Department of Music Education.

Through his involvement with the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Schools of Music, the Fraternity came into close collaboration with these organizations, which had a lasting influence on the Fraternity's focus on music advocacy for decades.

Peter W. Gray

After the war he returned to his law practice in Houston, Gray, Botts & Baker.

Peter W. Hall

Supported by Vermont Senators Jim Jeffords and Patrick Leahy, Hall's nomination was uncontroversial, and he was confirmed on June 24, 2004, by voice vote.

Peter W. Kaplan

On November 6, 2009, Kaplan appeared on The Charlie Rose Show, where he discussed the future of newspapers with regards to the Internet and mobile devices such as the Amazon Kindle, and Apple's iPad.

Peter W. Klein

Klein also filmed, edited and produced documentary specials for Nightline, following people over long periods of time, including the abortion clinic bombing victim Emily Lyons as she spent her first year recovering from a near-fatal blast.

Klein and correspondent Elizabeth Vargas investigated the wrongful conviction of a woman named Betty Tyson and helped overturn her conviction, a project which earned Vargas her first Emmy nomination.

Peter W. Marx

With the completion of a research project for the Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he became a visiting scholar at the Columbia University in New York City for three expanded research stays between 2004 and 2006.

Peter W. Princi

Princi was born on November 7, 1915 to Joseph M. and Teresa M. Princi, immigrants from Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Peter W. Rodino

Representing a district that was heavily Italian-American when he was first elected, he was best known for his sponsorship of legislation that made Columbus Day a national holiday.

During his congressional career, Rodino also was one of the managers of the impeachment hearings of a pair of federal judges: Nevada judge Harry Claiborne in 1986 (for tax evasion) and Florida judge (and future congressman) Alcee Hastings in 1988 (for perjury).


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