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  YSUSports.com - 1997 "Penguin of the Year" Carmen A. Policy
Policy was is the president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Browns and has held both positions since the franchise returned to Cleveland in 1998.
Policy is a 10 percent equity partner in the franchise.
Policy’s return to the Mahoning Valley as the 1997 “Penguin of the Year” was a fitting tribute to his excellent leadership as a top executive in professional sports.
www.ysu.edu /sports/penguinclub/policy.htm   (762 words)

  
 Carmen Miranda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carmen Miranda (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955; birth name Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha) was a Portuguese-Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s.
Carmen Miranda Square is only one of about a dozen Los Angeles city intersections named for historic performers.
The location is especially noteworthy not only since Carmen Miranda's footprints are preserved in concrete at the Chinese Theater's famous collection, but in remembrance of an impromptu performance at a nearby Hollywood Boulevard intersection on V-J Day where she was joined by a throng of servicemen from the nearby USO.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carmen_Miranda   (1183 words)

  
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CARMEN was developed because there was an increasing awareness among PAHO member countries that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for nearly two-thirds of the total number of deaths in the Americas, and that, to a large extent, these diseases are dependent on risk factors and lifestyles which are amenable to modification.
CARMEN builds a countrywide effort upon local demonstration areas, which apply existing prevention knowledge to set in motion the processes required to achieve the objectives of CARMEN and to learn more from these experiences to extend the lessons to the rest of the country.
Policy development and legislation to attain consensus among relevant partners on the issues to be addressed and to coordinate their efforts.
www.paho.org /english/hcp/hcn/hcncarmen_1.htm   (1300 words)

  
 SI.com - Pro Football - Money could be factor in Browns' choice of QB next year - Wednesday August 13, 2003 02:06 ...
Policy dismissed the possibility that Suggs would sit out the season and re-enter the draft next year because he was frustrated by the team's insistence on a five-year deal.
Browns president Carmen Policy said Tuesday that while money isn't an issue this year, it would be tough to pay Tim Couch $7.6 million next season if he were the backup to Kelly Holcomb.
Policy said the Browns quarterback controversy is different from the one the San Francisco 49ers went through a decade ago with Joe Montana and Steve Young when he was president of the 49ers.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2003/08/13/browns_qbs_ap   (947 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Browns CEO Carmen Policy stepping aside
Policy's five-year run as the club's president and chief executive officer will officially end May 1, but he will stay on as a consultant through the 2004 season.
Policy had been hand-picked by the late owner when Cleveland was awarded an expansion franchise and returned to the league in 1999 following a three-year absence.
Still, Policy, who helped build the San Francisco 49ers into a power during the 1980s and '90s, is proud of how far the Browns have come since their expansion infancy, when the furniture at their headquarters was rented.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20040407-1654-fbn-browns-policy.html   (673 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NFL - Browns president Policy apologizes for comments
Policy said he made a mistake Sunday by not criticizing fans who hurled bottles and other debris onto the field because they were angry about a last-minute call that helped the Jaguars beat the Cleveland Browns 15-10.
Policy said the Browns have gotten high marks from the league for their security procedures at the stadium, which opened in 1999.
Policy said he spoke with league officials in New York on Monday morning but was not criticized for his postgame comments.
espn.go.com /nfl/s/2001/1218/1297527.html   (750 words)

  
 Cleveland Browns - News Room - Conference Call Transcript: Carmen Policy on Dwight Clark Leaving the Browns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Carmen Policy: Well, you must understand he got a call to come from San Francisco in December of 1998 and his mandate was put together a football operations group that would be ready in approximately two months to start exercising discretion relative to the expansion draft.
Carmen Policy: Well, I think we were facing realty in terms of there were going to be some changes in the organization as I saw it.
Carmen Policy: Well, you know, that – when – there was a report that on Thursday he was in the hospital awaiting surgery.
www.clevelandbrowns.com /news_room/news/arts/1163.0.html   (4397 words)

  
 49ers not in Policy's future / Despite desire to return to S.F., it's not likely
Carmen Policy's departure Wednesday as president of the Cleveland Browns is certain to lead to speculation that Policy, who is building a home and winery in the Napa Valley, has his eyes on returning to California to revive the 49ers.
Further, Policy has pined for a return to the Bay Area ever since he left the 49ers in July 1998, when Eddie DeBartolo was in the process of losing control of the franchise because of his involvement in a Louisiana gambling bribery case.
Policy is a consummate politician, particularly well-respected by the younger owners in the league, and it's quite likely Tagliabue will try to find some tasks to keep him involved even after he leaves Cleveland.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/04/08/SPGPR61UCI1.DTL   (743 words)

  
 Potent pair joins Browns fray
Policy and billionaire banker Alfred Lerner, a minority owner in the old Browns franchise that moved to Baltimore after the 1995 season, said Thursday they're applying to purchase the Browns expansion franchise that will start play next year.
Policy and Lerner are entering a field that has at least five other entries, including groups with members such as coaching great Don Shula; former star wide receiver Paul Warfield; Jim Brown, one of the best running backs ever; and Bill Cosby, who is involved with Shula's group.
Policy served as San Francisco president for seven years and is an expert at manipulating the salary cap and recruiting free agents, key elements in San Francisco's 1994 Super Bowl championship.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/fb/nfl/98/07/24/nfl-roundup.2-0.html   (999 words)

  
 National Sports Browns president apologizes for postgame comments
Policy and Browns owner Al Lerner were widely criticized for comments made Sunday that appeared to condone rowdy behavior by some fans during the bottle-throwing riot in the final minute of Cleveland's loss to Jacksonville.
Policy apologized to Cleveland fans, the Jaguars and everyone but the "hooligans" who littered the field with beer bottles and took direct aim at NFL officials and Jacksonville's players.
Policy said he spoke with league officials in New York on Monday, but was not criticized for his postgame comments.
www.dailytidings.com /2001/news1218/sports/national_pages-04.php   (729 words)

  
 Sportspages.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Carmen Policy resigns to make wine, which makes Butch Davis the king of all that is football in Cleveland.
Carmen Policy resigned as President and CEO of the Browns on Wednesday, leaving Butch Davis in charge of football operations.
Policy was supposed to leave after the 2005 season.
www.sportspages.com /content/blog.php?p=2534&more=1   (644 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Browns CEO Carmen Policy stepping aside
Policy was hand-picked by late Browns owner Al Lerner when Cleveland returned to the league as an expansion in 1999 following a three-year absence.
Policy was then unable to stop Dwight Clark, his close friend who had followed him from San Francisco, from resigning in 2002 as the club's director of football operations following a power struggle with Davis.
Before joining the Browns, Policy was president and CEO of the San Francisco 49ers and has longed to return to the Bay area.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20040407-0719-fbn-browns-policy.html   (458 words)

  
 Browns Send Palmer Packing - CBS News
Policy, who guaranteed Palmer's job was safe for at least another year in November, said the decision to reverse direction was made after a series of postseason meetings.
Policy indicated Palmer would be paid for the remaining three years of his contract, and said Lerner wanted to go beyond the terms of the deal to compensate the former coach.
Policy said Lerner, who was not present at the news conference, preferred to have Palmer back for a third season.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/01/11/sports/printable263423.shtml   (985 words)

  
 NFL.com - Cleveland Browns Team News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Policy will step down after five years as the club's president and chief executive officer on May 1 but will stay on as a consultant through the 2004 NFL season.
Policy was hand-picked by late Browns owner Al Lerner when Cleveland returned to the league as an expansion franchise in 1999 following a three-year absence.
Policy purchased 10 acres of land in California's Napa Valley where he plans to build a home and a winery that will have his private label.
www.nfl.com /teams/story/CLE/7238476   (643 words)

  
 The News-Herald - There's a Policy change
Policy on Wednesday announced he is stepping down in less than a month, despite signing a five-year extension in March 2003 that would have kept him as president and CEO through 2008.
Policy resigning also means that if the Browns struggle again, as they did last year while going 5-11, it would be up to Lerner to decide whether Davis stays or goes.
Policy explained his seemingly abrupt resignation by saying he agreed to what amounted to two 2 1/2-year contracts when he signed the five-year extension 13 months ago.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11264495&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21848&rfi=6   (955 words)

  
 Vindicator • Policy hints of playoffs or bust
BEREA (AP) — Carmen Policy doesn't expect the Cleveland Browns to be watching the playoffs from the sidelines this season.
Policy said the team recognizes that's it's not going to easy to get to the postseason for the first time since the Browns returned to the NFL in 1999.
Policy said he believes that Green's agent, Tom Condon, is waiting for other players taken in the middle of the first round to sign before he completes a deal.
www.vindy.com /sports/275616182601562.shtml   (811 words)

  
 Sports: Policy steps down as Browns' top exec
Policy will step down after five years as the club's president and chief executive officer on May 1 but will stay on as a consultant through the 2004 season.
Policy was handpicked by late Browns owner Al Lerner when Cleveland returned to the league as an expansion franchise in 1999 after a three-year absence.
Policy then was unable to stop Dwight Clark, his close friend who had followed him from San Francisco, from resigning in 2002 as the club's director of football operations after a power struggle with Davis.
www.sptimes.com /2004/04/08/Sports/Policy_steps_down_as_.shtml   (639 words)

  
 CNN/SI - NFL Football - Policy denies charges of 49ers cap violations - Monday July 26, 1999 12:07 AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Policy said he is cooperating fully with the NFL and is innocent of any wrongdoing concerning charges the San Francisco 49ers violated the salary cap while under his control.
Policy and Dwight Clark, the Browns director of football operations who followed Policy from San Francisco, came under investigation by the league earlier in the week.
Policy had deferred comment on the allegations until Sunday when he and Cleveland owner Al Lerner met with reporters during the Browns' afternoon practice.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/news/1999/07/25/policy_cap_ap   (401 words)

  
 sfweekly.com | News | Charmed
Some of the events in Policy's past are simply overlooked-but-interesting nuggets, like the starring role he played in one of the most sensational trials in Cleveland history, that of the killers of Danny Greene.
Policy is, by nearly universal acclaim, among the brightest and most charming men in professional sports.
Policy's parents operated a drugstore and soda fountain, but both of them died suddenly before Policy, an only child, was 10 years old.
www.sfweekly.com /issues/1999-10-13/news/feature2.html   (976 words)

  
 Archives: September 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Policy said the conversation wouldn't specifically be about the "identity of a coach," but he would like to discuss "ideas about football operations" with the man who has the top winning percentage in NFL history.
On Carmen Policy's first day as part-owner and president of the Cleveland Browns and with less than a year until his team's first game, he faced questions about who his head coach might be.
Policy told the AP he's likely to wait until after the season to hire a coach, and he doubts he'd hire someone to be both coach and general manager.
home.earthlink.net /~seifertsite/archive0998.html   (1124 words)

  
 Scout.com: Policy To Exit the Browns
There is no indication that Policy's exit is due to a desire to run for NFL Commissioner or head a franchise in Los Angeles - both rumors which have been spread via the Internet.
Carmen Policy will be leaving the Browns at the end of the 2004 season.
Policy, in a quote replayed via WTAM, says that marketing guru Collins has "a passion for football" and has "never worked at the club level".
browns.scout.com /2/249722.html   (667 words)

  
 Glenn Dickey . com
With the 49ers, Carmen had direct input into football decisions, though he was never the primary decision-maker.
Policy would be able to pull 31 of the 32 owners together.
Policy loves the Bay Area, for all the usual reasons, but I’m sure he could make the adjustment to living in New York.
www.glenndickey.com /_gd.php?view_one=yes&which=325   (1178 words)

  
 SportingNews.com Ultimate Fantasy Source - NFL : Browns' Policy confident Couch will be back
Browns president Carmen Policy is confident that salary issues can be worked out with quarterback Tim Couch.
Policy also said running back William Green, suspended last season for violating the NFL's substance abuse program, has been making progress after completing a rehab program.
Policy has not met with Green, but he has heard good reports from those in contact with the second-year back.
fantasy.sportingnews.com /nfl/articles/20040210/523537.html   (366 words)

  
 Playa del Carmen, Playa del Carmen Vacations - www.bestday.com
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The capital of the Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, evolved from a small village of Mayan pilgrims to a lively, cosmopolitan city with the highest urban growth in the country.
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www.bestday.com /Playa_del_Carmen   (519 words)

  
 AM Archive - Labor MPs call for refugee policy change
She says the policy must be abandoned because it was damaging to individuals and society as a whole, creating an environment for hate to prevail over compassion.
CARMEN LAWRENCE: I think it's clear that the policy isn't working and for reasons of principle we should re-examine it too, because a lot of us are very concerned about the effects the policy has on, if you like, the wider community's attitude toward people in need.
CARMEN LAWRENCE: Well I think there's a lot of momentum coming from the members of the Party and from people who vote Labor and have traditionally supported Labor.
www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s444827.htm   (877 words)

  
 The Sporting News NFL - Policy-Clark: Meet the 49ers East
Standing with Policy and expansion Cleveland Browns owner Al Lerner before a backdrop of orange helmets, Clark was introduced as the Browns vice president and director of football operations.
Clark is leaving the same job with the San Francisco 49ers to rejoin Policy, the Browns president who also filled the same role for San Francisco.
Clark and Policy denied the tampering allegation, but Tagliabue ruled Clark was obligated to finish out the season with the 49ers even though he was working without a contract.
archive.sportingnews.com /nfl/articles/19981214/122247.html   (405 words)

  
 The 49er fray - problems with San Francisco 49ers management - Column Sporting News, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In the case of Carmen Policy and the 49ers, a lot.
That's the power of Policy, who for years has been the smoothest operator in the NFL, accessible and accommodating to the media, tight with the commissioner, able to twist the salary cap to his desires.
Policy was replaced as DeBartolo's confidante, and the relationship disintegrated during a hard-fought stadium battle and a probe by federal authorities into a Louisiana casino license that encompassed DeBartolo.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n33_v222/ai_21076268   (787 words)

  
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Policy, who will remain with the team as a consultant through the 2004 season, was hired by late Browns owner Al Lerner when Cleveland was rewarded a franchise following the departure of the original Browns team to Baltimore.
In 2003, Policy sold his 10 percent interest in the team back to the Lerner family.
Policy made his mark in the front office of the San Francisco 49ers, where he played a key role in building a franchise that was a perennial Super Bowl contender.
www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=58325   (249 words)

  
 Policy is impressed by Palmer: 1/16/99
Policy has previously said he'd prefer to build the Browns around a "franchise quarterback" and Palmer seems to agree.
Policy, who said his list of potential candidates is shrinking, became interested in Shaw after seeing him on a videotape the NFL had distributed for minority coaching candidates.
Policy said who the Browns take in the expansion draft would have little bearing on their selections in the early rounds of April's college draft.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/01-99/01-16-99/c04sp105.htm   (792 words)

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