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4 unusual facts about Thomas R. Berger


Alaska gas pipeline

Either proposal required the approval of the Canadian government, which named Thomas Berger to lead an inquiry into the proposals.

Thomas Berger

Thomas R. Berger (born 1933), Canadian lawyer and jurist (Mr. Justice Thomas Berger), Commissioner in the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry

Thomas R. Berger

Described as a "Young Turk" and "young man in a hurry", Berger challenged long-time BC CCF/NDP leader Robert Strachan for the party leadership in 1967.

Appointed in 2005 as Conciliator to resolve the impasse of the Government of Canada, Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated in reaching a common way forward for the Nunavut Land Claims Implementation Contract, Berger completed "The Nunavut Project" in 2006.


137th Delaware General Assembly

This date was January 5, 1993, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Democratic Governor Thomas R. Carper from New Castle County and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ruth Ann Minner from Kent County.

138th Delaware General Assembly

This date was January 3, 1995, which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Democratic Governor Thomas R. Carper from New Castle County and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ruth Ann Minner from Kent County.

A Life in the Death of Joe Meek

A Life in the Death of Joe Meek is an independent American documentary about the British record producer Joe Meek, made by Howard S. Berger and Susan Stahman.

Carper

Thomas R. Carper (b. 1947), American economist and politician, Governor and Senator from Delaware

Constructivist epistemology

Several traditions use the term Social Constructivism: psychology (after Lev Vygotsky), sociology (after Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, themselves influenced by Alfred Schütz), sociology of knowledge (David Bloor), sociology of mathematics (Sal Restivo), philosophy of mathematics (Paul Ernest).

Eric P. Schwartz

At the Council on Foreign Relations, he directed the Independent Task Force on Post-Conflict Iraq, working closely with co-chairs Thomas R. Pickering and James R. Schlesinger.

Fantaserye and telefantasya

This theory, by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann in the 1960s suggests that reality is constructed by the society in general, and individually, by the people who interpret and perceive reality.

Franco Baldini

Since then, current Roma manager Luis Enrique, director Walter Sabatini and himself have undergone a huge revolution at the club with new owner Thomas R. DiBenedetto to try and instill a system of running a football club similar to that of Barcelona.

Frederic Heath

Heath indicated that he was brought into the actual socialist movement through three influences: Julius Wayland and his newspaper The Coming Nation, forerunner to the Appeal to Reason; stray copies of literature produced by the Socialist Labor Party of America; and a direct acquaintance with Victor L. Berger, a former teacher who had become the editor of the German-language socialist daily newspaper in Milwaukee.

Guglielmo Gulotta

Inspired by the work of scientists such as Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, and of the Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, Gulotta believes that reality is a social construction, and that human beings are directly responsible for this natural fabrication of life and interpersonal relationships.

Howard S. Berger

Howard S. Berger is a filmmaker, co-winner of the "Best Screenplay" award for Love and Support (Dances With Films Festival, 2001), and winner of a Fantafestival (Italy, 1996) film award for his film Original Sins.

Jeffrey Berger

Jeffrey J. Berger (born 1955), American Democratic politician in the state of Connecticut

Jeffrey J. Schloesser

Schloesser took command of the 101st from Lieutenant General Thomas R. Turner II during a change of command ceremony at Fort Campbell on November 10, 2006.

Luis Rey

Other collaborations include Random House's bestseller Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages with Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.; the pop-up book Dinosaurs In The Round with Jen Green; and five books with paleontologist Robert T. Bakker.

Maryland Terrapins men's basketball

The team also had its first individual star in Louis "Bosey" Berger who was named to All-America teams both seasons.

Occam's razor

William H. Jefferys (no relation to Harold Jeffreys) and James O. Berger (1991) generalize and quantify the original formulation's "assumptions" concept as the degree to which a proposition is unnecessarily accommodating to possible observable data.

Pagan studies

In 1999, the American sociologist Helen A. Berger of West Chester University published A Community of Witches, a sociological study of the Wiccan and Pagan movement in the north-eastern United States.

Peter Berger

Peter L. Berger (born 1929), Austrian-born American sociologist and Lutheran theologian

Peter L. Berger

Zijderveld expands and discusses even further Berger's handling on such issues in relationship to classical figures such as Marx, Weber, Pareto, and Gehlen.

Taung

Recently, however, studies of the associated baboons by Ron Clarke and Lee Berger, and identification of specific marks on the Taung Child skull have demonstrated that the Taung Child may have been killed and eaten by a large bird of prey.

The Social Construction of Reality

The Social Construction of Reality is a book about the sociology of knowledge written by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann and published in 1966.

Thomas Ball

Thomas R. Ball (1896–1943), U.S. Representative from Connecticut

Thomas Chandler

Thomas R. Chandler (born 1954), candidate for Congress from Ohio in the 1990s

Thomas McCarthy

Thomas R. McCarthy (born c. 1934), American Thoroughbred racehorse owner & trainer

Thomas R. Allen

In 2010 Allen cosponsored an ordinance with 30th Ward Alderman Ariel Reboyras that designated a stretch of Central Avenue in the vicinity of its intersection with Belmont Avenue as "Honorary Lech Kaczynski Way" to honor the deceased Polish President.

Thomas R. Bard

Thomas R. Bard and his brother, Dr. Cephas Little Bard, established the Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital in Ventura as a memorial to their mother.

Thomas R. Chandler

He faced incumbent Jacquelyn K. O'Brien in the 37th Ohio House district, which included the eastern Cincinnati neighborhoods of Oakley, the East End, Hyde Park, Mount Lookout, Columbia Tusculum, Linwood, California and Mount Washington; the cities of Norwood and Newtown; and Anderson Township.

In the fall, The Post wrote "Chandler deserves credit for offering a credible alternative, and he has a compelling belief in the work ethic. But in this race, Portman is clearly the better qualified candidate. We endorse him enthusiastically." Chandler lost 58,715 to 186,853, with Natural Law Party candidate Kathleen M. McKnight receiving 13,905 votes.

Thomas R. Cobb

Cobb was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1887).

Thomas R. Hawkins

Hawkins' courage at New Market Heights is depicted in a painting, Three Medals of Honor by artist Don Troiani.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

He is also the director of the Science and Global Change Program within the College Park Scholars living-learning community at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Thomas R. Kline

Defendants included the City of Philadelphia and its Department of Human Services, which had sent the troubled youth to the facility.

Thomas R. Marshall

In October several men led by Duff Green demanded that Daniel Marshall provide medical assistance to the pro-slavery faction.

Thomas R. Morgan

Reassigned to Quantico, he entered the Command and Staff College, completing the course in June 1966.Morgan was ordered to Marine Aircraft Group 32, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina in July 1966, where he served as Group Operations and later as Commanding Officer, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312.

When the unit was disestablished in October 1959, he reported for duty to Marine Aircraft Group 32, at Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina.

Thomas R. Odhiambo

He inspired different Kenyan scholars and leaders, notably, academician Odhiambo Siangla and politician Kalonzo Musyoka.

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship

The Pickering Fellowship program is funded by the U.S. Department of State, and is administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Thomas R. Pickering, a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, held the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Thomas R. Ranson

After the war, Ranson went there and had a marble marker placed over the unmarked grave of Julia Neale Jackson (1798–1831) in Westlake Cemetery, to make sure that the site was not lost forever.

Today, local folks in Ansted, in an area which became the new State of West Virginia, tend the gravesite of the young mother and speak of her little orphaned boy who grew up to be the legendary Stonewall Jackson.

Captain Ranson survived the War and is best remembered for an act of devotion and respect paid to his fallen leader, who died near Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 10, 1863.

Ranson knew of the short and tragic life of Jackson's mother, who had been buried in an unmarked grave in Fayette County along the James River and Kanawha Turnpike when Thomas was orphaned at the age of only 7 in 1831.

Thomas R. Ross

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress.

Ross was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825).

Thomas R. St. George

His best known work is C/O Postmaster, a semi-autobiographical description of his experiences in Australia as a U.S. soldier in 1942.

Thomas R. Williams

He became principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's on May 1, 2008, following the in-term resignation of Karen Hitchcock.

United States Ambassador to South Vietnam

The Deputy Ambassadors and their periods of service in Vietnam are: U. Alexis Johnson (June 1964–September 1965), William J. Porter (September 1965–May 1967), Eugene M. Locke (May 1967–Jan 1968), Samuel D. Berger (March 1968–Mar 1972) Charles S. Whitehouse (March 1972–August 1973).


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