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	Carl Lindner, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl Lindner and his family have been strong supporters of the Republican Party for quite some time.
		Lindner was a part owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Cincinnati Reds until he sold a majority interest to a group led by Robert Castellini on November 2, 2005 and stepped down as CEO.
		During the 2004 election cycle, the Lindner family contributed tens of thousands of dollars (funneled through each member of the family) to various conservative groups, including the Republican National Committee and several Republican politicians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Lindner (324 words)

	Carl Laemmle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl Laemmle (January 17, 1867 - September 24, 1939) born in Laupheim, Württemberg, Germany, was a pioneer in American film making and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios.
		On June 8, 1912 in New York, Carl Laemmle of the Independent Motion Picture Company, Pat Powers of Powers Picture Company, Mark Dintenfass of Champion Films, and Bill Swanson of American Eclair, all signed a contract to merge their studios.
		Laemmle remained connected to his home town of Laupheim throughout his life, by financial support and also by sponsoring hundreds of Jews from Laupheim and Württemberg to emigrate from Nazi Germany to the U.S. (which meant paying both emigration and immigration fees), thus saving them from the Holocaust.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Laemmle (337 words)

	Carl H. Lindner, Jr. 20th Century American Leaders Database
		Lindner parlayed his small interest in a family dairy business into one of the largest and most successful financial conglomerates in the United States.
		Beginning with the purchase of one insurance company in the late 1950's, Lindner went on to acquire several businesses - often creating significant turnarounds and generating strong returns for shareholders.
		From virtually nothing, Lindner has built a company with approximately $17 billion in assets.
	www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/531 (68 words)

	Lindner empire reborn
		Lindner said in 1995 that he was reluctant to take American Financial public again, he approved that decision and continues as a hands-on chief executive, insiders said.
		Lindner's three sons have kept a low profile in the community at large, concentrating mostly on business and their school-aged families.
		Lindner retires or dies, it inevitably will influence everything from the health of downtown Cincinnati to economic development throughout the region to the many charitable interests he has embraced.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/04/02/fin_lindner_empire.html (1710 words)

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		Lindner also reportedly is the largest non-Jewish contributor to Jewish causes in America, and is a major benefactor of Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, founded by his son, Carl III.
		Lindner, the chief executive officer of Chiquita Brands International and Cincinnati's best-known business magnate for more than a quarter-century, has become an equally familiar figure in Washington's corridors of power through millions of dollars in contributions that he, his family and his companies have funneled to Republicans and Democrats alike.
		Lindner, who had dropped out of school and began running UDF as his father's health later declined, saw the company grow to 22 stores by 1958, many of them situated in small strip malls built by the Lindners.
	www.cincypost.com /living/1999/carl120199.html (1816 words)

	Lindner holdings suffer with downturn
		Lindner's office insisted this week that the insurance company is well positioned to recover when the market turns and that its high reserves and solid underwriting record would soon help the stock recover.
		Lindner's stable of Cincinnati companies have been caught in downturns in the past year, shaving the value of his family's core company holdings by nearly one-third.
		Lindner's focus normally is not changed by one bad quarter or even one bad year in the stock market.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/12/03/fin_lindner_holdings.html (1007 words)

	Carl Laemmle
		Carl Laemmle Jr., 1908-79, American producer and son of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures.
		Laemmle produced nearly eighty films between 1926 and 1938, but his most famous is the 1931 version of
	www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Pop/laemmle.html (33 words)

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		Carl Laemmle, the German immigrant who founded Universal Film Manufacturing Co. with a handful of other independent-minded producers in 1912, was in his prime a scrappy entrepreneur who had the courage to stand up to the Thomas Edison-controlled film trust that sought to stifle competition from startup movie companies.
		Uncle Carl was heading into his last difficult years as the head of Universal by the time The Hollywood Reporter arrived on the scene in 1930 as the first Hollywood-based daily film trade newspaper.
		Laemmle's fabled nepotism even inspired the Ogden Nash ditty: Uncle Carl Laemmle had a very large faemmle.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000936390 (967 words)

	Dictionary.aspx?q=Universal_Studios
		Soon Laemmle and other disgruntled nickelodeon owners saw that a way to avoid paying Edison was to produce their own pictures, and in June 1909, Laemmle and partrners started the Yankee Film Company.
		While Laemmle was the primary figure in Universal, by absorbing several smaller firms he acquired a number of partners, among them Mark Dintinfass, Charles Baumann and Adam Kessel, and Pat Powers.
		Despite Laemmle's role as an innovator, as a studio head he was extremely cautious, and within a few years the rapidly expanding film business had passed him by.
	www.homestayfinder.com /Dictionary.aspx?q=Universal_Studios (2309 words)

	Tony Nudo's Hollywood Legends - Universal Pictures/Studios
		Carl Laemmle, was born on January 17, 1867 in Laupheim, Germany.
		In the theme park at the Studio Tour, Carl Laemmle is spoken of on almost every single tour as the founder and brainchild of the studio and theme park.
		You're exactly right; Carl Laemmle is the father of Universal, and we would certainly not exist without his imagination, initiative, and business sense.
	www.geocities.com /hollywoodlegendz/Universal.html (1278 words)

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		Carl H. Lindner Jr., 78, head of Chiquita, is worth $665 million, according to Forbes Magazine, and also heads up American Financial Group, a property and casualty insurance company based in Cincinnati with $15.7 billion dollars in assets in 1997.
		Carl, why do you have so much money?" (Laughter) "Is that rude to ask?" (Applause) "Sir, what do you do for a living, I know I should know, but since I don't know, would you tell me? Mr.
		It was money and love little buddy, don't you worry." (Laughter) "What's Carl's role in the community?
	www.electricarrow.com /CARP/agbiz/agex-18.html (2499 words)

	Fred Thompson v. Carl Lindner: Biting the Hand that Feeds Ya?
		Favoring Republicans, the Lindners bought their way to Democrat approval through Carl near Christmas, 1993 when he gave the DNC $250,000 in soft money.
		The Lindners of Cincinnatti are prodigious givers and use the entire family to "make their point" in Congress.
		The Lindners sort of stiffed the rest, but remember, they gave mightily to the Senatorial Campaign Committees of the RNC and gave the DNC plenty as well.
	www.americanpolitics.com /080797ThompsonLindner.html (807 words)

	Global Exchange : time020700.html
		Carl Lindner began investing in bananas in the 1970s, and by 1984 he had acquired a controlling interest in one of America's enduring brand names.
		That December, Carl Lindner contributed a quarter of a million dollars to the Democratic National Committee, establishing himself as a generous supporter of both political parties.
		Before Lindner bought in, Chiquita Brands was the old United Fruit Co., a ruthless buccaneer that earned a justifiable reputation as a tyrant that bribed officials of foreign governments, used armed force to keep its workers in line and generally mistreated its thousands of dirt-poor laborers on impoverished Caribbean islands and Central American plantations.
	www.globalexchange.org /economy/bananas/time020700.html (5766 words)

	Great American to name ballpark
		In a deal between two companies run by Carl Lindner Jr., Great American Insurance Co. will buy naming rights to the new Cincinnati Reds ballpark to open in 2003.
		Lindner's office coordinated the deal between the insurance company that is at the core of the $12 billion financial empire he controls and the baseball team he purchased last year.
		Lindner operates his businesses through the American Financial Group parent company.
	reds.enquirer.com /2000/07/01/red_great_american_to.html (655 words)

	Global Exchange : chiquitaSecretsRevealed.html
		Carl Smith, publications director and an expert on pesticide exports at the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE) in Los Angeles, said the use of many pesticides like terbufos are legal in the United States but only under strict safety regulations.
		Lindner, chairman of the board and CEO of Chiquita Brands International Inc., is buying the power of the White House and Capitol Hill, according to advocates of campaign finance reform and opponents of Chiquita's trade battles with Europe.
		Lindner was called by Vice President Al Gore in October 1994 while the White House was considering diplomatic action against the European Union on the trade issue.
	www.globalexchange.org /economy/bananas/chiquitaSecretsRevealed.html (18948 words)

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		Lindner is expected to wait until he sees a formal contract on the Dolan offer before deciding how to proceed, several sources said.
		Without Lindner, the question would be whether the group would have the financial muscle to mount a bid.
		Dolan talked Wednesday with Lindner, the Cincinnati financier who controls busi nesses including American Financial Group, Chiquita Brands International and Provident Bank, according to the sources, who would comment only on condition they not be named.
	www.cincypost.com /news/1999/lind022699.html (602 words)

	The Enquirer - Lindner III, students take relief items to south Asia
		Lindner III's son, Matt, is one of the students on the mission.
		The Lindner family is underwriting the $200,000 cost of fuel for the flight from Cincinnati to India and Sri Lanka to help tsunami victims.
		Lindner III said several doctors, including Dr. Thab Thambi-Pillai, a Sri Lankan transplant physician on fellowship at the University of Cincinnati, donated medical supplies.
	news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050104/NEWS01/501040371/1056/tsunami (623 words)

	The Cincinnati Post
		Keith Lindner, at 43 the youngest of Carl Lindner Jr.'s three sons, is leaving the family business after 22 years.
		Keith Lindner, a director and co-president of Lindner-controlled AFG along with his older brothers Carl Lindner III and Craig Lindner, will not stand for re-election to the board and does not want to be re-elected as co-president, the company said Wednesday.
		Keith Lindner's decision to leave the company "was strictly by personal choice on his part," Watson said, adding "he has a very good relationship with his father and his brothers" and remains a supportive shareholder.
	www.cincypost.com /2003/05/01/lind050103.html (479 words)

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		Carl Lindner Sr., with his four children - Carl Jr., Robert, Richard and Dorothy - open first United Dairy Farmers store at 3955 Main Ave.
		Carl Sr., Carl Jr., and Dorothy run UDF.
		Carl Lindner concentrates on AFC and related activities.
	www.udfinc.com /history/timeline.asp (253 words)

	If crowds grow, so do Reds
		Lindner said he was disappointed in attendance, but that bigger crowds in the season's final months could loosen the payroll a bit.
		Lindner said the new Great American Ball Park would add significantly to the team's revenue in 2003, but it won't alter the team's break-even philosophy, even if fans are frustrated about the Reds' payroll restrictions.
		Lindner said he still is glad he bought the Reds and has no plans to sell the team or retire.
	reds.enquirer.com /2002/06/15/red_if_crowds_grow_so_do.html (598 words)

	The Kentucky Post
		Lindner, who could not be reached for comment, reportedly has given about 450,000 people certificates for two free tickets to Reds games in recent years.
		Lindner was giving everybody at the school -- students, teachers, staffers -- a certificate for two free tickets to a Reds game.
		Faust said that Lindner, a multi-millionaire business executive, said in his note that he wanted to give back to the community for all that he has received.
	www.kypost.com /2004/05/10/lind051004.html (252 words)

	BoxOfficeCritic.com - Movie editorials, Film Editorials & Essays from critic Eileen Peterman
		Carl Laemmle Jr had loved the atmosphere of such silent films as Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame and he thought that there could be a market for these scary films.
		A previous film of Dracula had been made, a German film by the name of Nosferatu, and there was a current play that was a hit on Broadway so Carl Laemmle Jr acquired the rights to the Bram Stoker novel to make a big budget talking picture starring Lon Chaney.
		Lon Chaney Jr became the only man to play all of the monsters, tackling Frankenstein’s monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein, the mummy in The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Ghost, and The Mummy’s Curse, and Dracula in Son of Dracula.
	www.boxofficecritic.com /spotlightdetail.asp?id=10&pageno=1 (1150 words)

	Universal and Carl Laemmle >> German-Hollywood Connection
		Laemmle’s son, Carl Laemmle, Jr., had some success as a producer for Universal, most notably with the Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).
		Carl Laemmle died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on September 24, 1939.
		“Uncle Carl,” as Laemmle was affectionately known, gave a start to many people in the film industry, but he suffered the same fate that befell most of the studio owners during the Depression.
	www.germanhollywood.com /universal.html (1007 words)

	Lindner joins Business Partner Campaign
		Lindner has been a long-time supporter of Museum Center since its opening in 1990.
		It is a nationally recognized educational and research resource and one of the top cultural attractions in the Midwest.
		He most recently served as presenter for the museum's showing of the Baseball As America touring exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and he underwrote all visitors' parking fees at the museum during this past season's "Holiday Homecoming" promotion.
	www.cincymuseum.org /information_center/press_room/press_releases/021306_lindner_bpc.asp (474 words)

	Lindner cedes title of CEO to two sons
		Craig and the younger Carl Lindner have been co-presidents of AFG, with Carl III running the property-and-casualty unit and Craig running annuity and investment operations.
		AFG is the holding company for the financial interests of Lindner, who also is chief executive officer of the Cincinnati Reds, and his family.
		AFG said Wednesday that Lindner, 85, would make the move as part of the company's succession plan and it will take effect in January.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/08/26/biz_biz1alind.html (226 words)

	United Dairy Farmers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		United Dairy Farmers (known locally as UDF) is an chain of ice cream shops started by Carl Lindner, Jr.
		The chain now has stores in the Cincinnati metropolitan area, as well as a few stores in Dayton, Columbus and Cleveland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Dairy_Farmers (136 words)

	CJR - Autopsy on a Killed Story, by Phil Linsalata
		A lawyer for the station, John F. Novatney, Jr., says Idsvoog and Johnson "were on a vendetta course" and would not take direction from their managers.
		In the database Idsvoog and Johnson were building, both Evans and Lindner showed up as significant contributors to various candidates for the bench.
		But the project needed a quid pro quo, a dramatic case in which a judge's findings were so plainly biased that no one could miss the point.
	archives.cjr.org /year/95/2/autopsy.asp (1192 words)

	Emessay Oct 05
		Carl H. Lindner, Jr., may be the embodiment of the Masonic dream—a good man made better by the teachings of Freemasonry, who incorporated those teachings into his daily life, used them as the rule and guide of his business dealings, and realized the success of hard work and a faith-based, principled life.
		At an early age, with encouragement and guidance from his father, Brother Lindner, and his two brothers, were introduced to Freemasonry.
		Ohio Masons are very proud of Brother Lindner, as a business leader, philanthropist, principle owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team and Freemason.
	www.msana.com /emoct05.htm (561 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Marge Schott
		On April 20, 1999, Schott agreed to sell her controlling interest in the Cincinnati Reds for $67 million to a group led by Cincinnati businessman Carl Lindner.
		At the time she was facing a third suspension from Major League Baseball and an expiring ownership agreement with her limited partners, who planned to oust her.
		November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Marge-Schott (2086 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: List of Major League Baseball principal owners
		Robert Castellini is an American businessman and on November 2, 2005 he became the Chief Executive Officer of the Cincinnati Reds, leading a group that purchased a majority share of the franchise from previous CEO Carl Lindner, Jr.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Major-League-Baseball-principal-owners (2458 words)

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