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Benjamin Civiletti

Civiletti had come to Bell's attention when he was forming the Justice Department for the newly elected president by Carter's close confidant, Charles Kirbo, a law partner of Bell's who had once been involved in a case with Civiletti.

Bob Sijthoff

In an article in Quote in July 2006, Jort Kelder states that a confidant of Willem Endstra told him that Sijthoff bought two pit houses in Amsterdam from Endstra in March 2001 through the mediation of Willem Holleeder.

Casimir, Comte de Montrond

He was the confidant and political agent of Talleyrand, and his inside knowledge of politics enabled him to make a large fortune on the Bourse.

Catherine Shuvalova

The Countess Catherine Shuvalova, (born Catherine Saltykova on 23 June 1743 - died on 13 October 1816, Rome) - was the daughter of Field Marshal Earl Pyotr Saltykov, Empress Catherine II's Lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Court of Russia, confidant of Platon Zubov and courtyard of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden).

Chavit Singson

Chavit considered his uncle, Floro Crisologo as a mentor, but eventually had a severe falling out with his cousin and once-confidant Vincent "Bingbong" Crisologo (who was Floro's son) and there were many bloody encounters between the two.

Doin' the Jive

Glenn Miller biographer and confidant George T. Simon reviewed the song in the March, 1938 issue of Metronome magazine, describing it as "much swing, fun, and good Kitty Lane singing."

Edith Abbott

Abbott was known to be a confidant and special consultant to Harry Hopkins, adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Eleanor Bone

Bone was a close confidant of Gardner's initiator Dafo, and she reported that the New Forest coven was a hereditary coven that followed the old ways of the Hampshire region, and that they traced their origins to the time of the death of King William Rufus in the Norman era.

Elizabeth Carter

She was friends with many other eminent men, as well as being a close confidant of Elizabeth Montagu, Hannah More, Hester Chapone, and several other members of the Bluestocking circle.

Flight for Freedom

Other characters are loosely drawn from real life, such as Earhart confidant and instructor, Paul Mantz as well as Fred Noonan, albeit in the role of pilot Randy Britton.

G'Kar

However, Na'Far did not only fail, but his personal bodyguard, Ta'Lon (whom Sheridan had saved on a Streib ship), became G'Kar’s most avid follower and confidant.

George Tomline

George Pretyman Tomline (1750-1827), Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester, Dean of St Paul' and confidant of Pitt the Younger

Harold L. Nieburg

He was considered an international expert on political conflict and the Cold War, and was a confidant of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Paul Simon.

Hashem Aghajari

According to Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, a "leading Iranian newspaper editor and confidant of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami" interviewed by Newsweek magazine, the arrest and stiff sentence were an attempt to distract attention from two bills to increase the power of president and curb the hard-liner conservatives' supervisory power which reformist President Khatami had introduced into Parliament.

Henri de Catt

Henri Alexandre de Catt (25 June 1725–23 November 1795), a Swiss scholar, was from 1758 the private secretary and close confidant of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

Hossein Shariatmadari

A strong supporter of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he has been described as being "a close confidant of Iran’s supreme leader" Ali Khamenei, and as having "links" to Iran's intelligence services.

Ignaz Kuranda

He fought the absolutist October policy, and assisted, as friend and confidant, the Austrian secretary of state, Schmerling, in drafting the February constitution.

John Murray of Broughton

From there he went to the Stuart court-in-exile in Rome, where he became a confidant of Prince Charles.

Jon Abrahams

Abrahams great-uncles were Mack Gray, actor in over 40 films and long time confidant of George Raft, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra and Joe Gray actor, stuntman and fight coordinator in over 110 films and boon companion of writer Henry Miller.

Khalid Ahmed Khan Kharal

He was considered a close confidant of Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.

Kitbuqa

He was a lieutenant and confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, assisting him in his conquests in the Middle East.

Louis Kugelmann

Louis Kugelmann, or Ludwig Kugelmann (February 19, 1828, Lemförde - January 9, 1902 Hannover) was a German gynecologist, social democratic thinker and activist, and confidant of Marx and Engels.

Mrinal Hazarika

However, Bijoy Chinese, a close confidant of Paresh Baruah and Sujit Moran, the ‘B’ company commander, distanced themselves from the pro-ceasefire group.

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2000

Jim Eisenhower, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and close confidant of Ed Rendell was the Democratic nominee; he earned a narrow victory in the party primary over John Morganelli, the District Attorney of Northampton County.

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2004

Corbett's Democratic opponent was Jim Eisenhower, the 2002 nominee who had once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and had been a close confidant of Governor Ed Rendell.

People Will Talk

The film also highlights Praetorius's close friend and confidant, physics professor Lyonel Barker (Slezak), who plays bass viol in the student/faculty orchestra conducted by Praetorius.

Robert Abplanalp

Abplanalp was a close friend and supporter of former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, Nixon's immediate family, and Nixon's long-time confidant, Charles "Bebe" Rebozo.

Roman Tsepov

Roman Igorevich Tsepov (Russian: Роман Игоревич Цепов, (July 22, 1962, Kolpino, Leningrad Oblast, USSR – September 24, 2004, Saint-Petersburg) was a Saint Petersburg businessman and confidant to Vladimir Putin during Putin's work at the Saint Petersburg City Administration.

Serpent Column

The invasion, a combined land and sea expedition, which began in 480 BC, fell under the command of the king himself Xerxes I and his brother-in-law and cousin Mardonius who was a close confidant of Xerxes' father Darius.

South Bend Tribune

During the 1960s and 1970s, for example, when the Fighting Irish football teams were among the nation's elite, sports editor emeritus Joe Doyle was a close confidant of coach Ara Parseghian.

Sumit Nijhawan

He was also seen in Mahesh Bhatt's Jism 2 where he played the role of Randeep Hooda's friend and confidant.

The Plane Makers

Wilder's nemesis in the boardroom was David Corbett (Alan Dobie), though he was supported by his long-suffering wife Pamela (Barbara Murray, with Ann Firbank standing in for a few episodes when Murray was unavailable), his Sales Director and confidant Don Henderson (Jack Watling) and ever-reliable secretary Miss Lingard (Norma Ronald).

The Private Life of Chairman Mao

In publicising The Private Life of Chairman Mao, Li Zhisui stated that he was Mao's personal physician for twenty-two years, in which time he became a close confidant of the Chinese leader, although this has since come under criticism from those who do not agree that Li's relationship was as close to Mao as he maintains.

Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre

His second cousin, Father Edward Petre, S.J., became advisor and confidant to James II Edward was universally hated and reviled by the populace.

Tobias Hill

Tobias Hill was born in Kentish Town, in North London, to parents of German Jewish and English extraction: his maternal grandfather was the brother of Gottfried Bermann, confidant of Thomas Mann and, as owner of S. Fischer Verlag, German literature's leading publisher-in-exile during the Second World War.

Tucker McCall

Tucker stands in as the godfather of Moses Winters, the son of his longtime friend and confidant, Sofia Dupre (Julia Pace Mitchell).

Victor Bergman

Victor Bergman was in his late fifties and, after the Moon's breakaway from Earth, served as Moonbase Alpha's lead scientist, and as a close confidant and advisor to Commander John Koenig, with whom he had become acquainted in his university days.


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